Cloudflare has launched a system to prevent AI companies from scraping website content without permission or payment. The initiative addresses the growing concerns of online publishers about unauthorized data collection. Cloudflare has reported that Perplexity is using evasive tactics to access blocked content, modifying its user agent to disguise its identity when encountering restrictions. Perplexity has denied these allegations, claiming the report is a sales tactic. This is not the first instance of accusations against Perplexity regarding unauthorized scraping of content from various publishers.
Cloudflare announced a new system to block AI companies from accessing websites without permission or compensation, following concerns over content scraping practices.
Cloudflare reported that Perplexity employs evasive techniques to bypass content blocks set by websites, changing their crawling identity when faced with restrictions.
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