Some time ago, we informed you about a Cloudflare feature that helped protect content from the bots of voracious artificial intelligence companies, something particularly interesting after discovering that some do not respect the robots.txt directives. Now, a new feature, currently in beta, called AI Audit has been added to those functionalities.
AI Audit is a tool that will enable content creators to understand how AI model providers are using their content, and then take control by allowing or denying access to their content.
Cloudflare is fully aware that if services like ChatGPT discourage the creation of quality content, the Internet as we know it could change significantly for the worse. For this reason, they have decided to take action.
In addition to the above, AI Audit will allow creators to secure fair compensation for allowing AI companies to use their content. OpenAI and other major tech companies are already reaching agreements with large media groups, but we are all waiting for a solution for smaller content creators.
Cloudflare will also offer this service for free, within their existing free service for low-traffic websites. Thanks to these tools, smaller media outlets can easily block all AI bots with a single click.
AI Audit will also provide data and statistics on how AI bots access content, vital information for negotiating with big tech companies. For now, this tool is not yet active, although access can already be requested.
* Article written by Jorge Mediavilla, translated using chatGPT and reviewed in english by Jorge Mediavilla.
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