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07 Oct

The Race to Block OpenAI’s Scraping Bots Is Slowing Down

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It’s too soon to say how the spate of deals between AI companies and publishers will shake out. OpenAI has already scored one clear win, though: Its web crawlers aren’t getting blocked by top news outlets at the rate they once were.The generative AI boom sparked a gold rush for data—and a subsequent data-protection rush (for most news websites, anyway) in which publishers sought to block AI crawlers and prevent their work from becoming training data without consent. When Apple debuted a new AI agent this summer, for example, a slew of top news outlets swiftly opted out of Apple’s…

New Cloudflare Tools Let Sites Detect and Block AI Bots for Free

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According to Dark Visitors founder Gavin King, most of the major AI agents still abide by robots.txt. “That’s been pretty consistent,” he says. But not all website owners have the time or knowledge to constantly update their robots.txt files. And even when they do, some bots will skirt the file’s directives: “They try to disguise the traffic.”Prince says Cloudflare’s bot-blocking won’t be a command that this kind of bad actor can ignore. “Robots.txt is like putting up a ‘no trespassing’ sign,” he says. “This is like having a physical wall patrolled by armed guards.” Just as it flags other types…

Top Platforms for Deploying Bots: Free and Paid Options

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Deploying bots has become a crucial aspect of modern application development. Whether you're building chatbots, automation bots, or any other type of bot, selecting the right deployment platform is essential. Here are some top platforms offering both free and paid options for deploying bots: Platforms for Deploying Bots 1. Render Render offers a straightforward platform for deploying web apps, databases, and bots. It supports various languages and frameworks, providing both free and paid tiers with scalable options. 2. Mogenius Mogenius simplifies the deployment process with its cloud automation features. It supports Docker and offers free and paid plans, making it…