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Some people are defending Perplexity after Cloudflare ‘named and shamed’ it
In a debate likely to get louder as AI agent usage grows, some people say Perplexity crawling blocked websites isn't a simple ...
Cloudflare Accuses AI Startup of ‘Stealth Crawling Behavior’ Across Millions of Sites
Cloudflare is accusing Perplexity of using stealth crawlers to bypass site restrictions, triggering fresh concerns over how ...
AI crawlers vs. web defenses: Cloudflare-Perplexity fight reveals cracks in internet trust
The feud underscores the need for new standards in AI-web interaction, as bot detection tools struggle to distinguish between ...
Cloudflare accuses Aravind Srinivas-led Perplexity of covertly scraping data from sites; AI firm reacts — details here
AI startup Perplexity is accused of scraping content from websites that block such actions. Cloudflare reported deceptive ...
An AI data trap catches Perplexity impersonating Google
Cloudflare set a trap for Perplexity, and the AI startup crawled right into it. This has lessons for other AI companies ...
Perplexity accused of breaking a major online AI scraping rule - but it says it has done nothing wrong
Cloudflare has accused AI giant Perplexity of scraping websites which explicitly disallowed crawling via robots.txt and other ...