Andrea Grandi 7/6/2024

If your website uses Cloudflare, you can now easily block AI bots

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Cloudflare has introduced a new feature allowing website owners to block AI bots and scrapers. The article explains how to enable 'Block AI Scrapers and Crawlers' in the dashboard's Security/Bots section, notes its availability on all plans, and discusses its effectiveness against bots from companies like Bytedance, while acknowledging some like PerplexityAI may bypass it initially.

If your website uses Cloudflare, you can now easily block AI bots

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