As AI companies continue to scrape websites for training data, website owners now have more control over what content can be accessed. Cloudflare has introduced a managed robots.txt feature that automatically directs AI crawlers on what they can and cannot scrape from your site.
The feature works seamlessly with your existing setup – if you already have a robots.txt file, Cloudflare will prepend their AI-specific directives to your current rules. If you don’t have one, they’ll create a new file with the necessary protections.
This gives website owners a simple way to set boundaries around AI data collection without complex technical implementation. The feature is available on all Cloudflare plans and can be enabled with just a few clicks in the dashboard.
While respecting robots.txt is voluntary for AI companies, this tool provides a clear signal about your content usage preferences. For stronger protection, Cloudflare also offers their AI Crawl Control feature.
Read the documentation here: https://developers.cloudflare.com/bots/additional-configurations/managed-robots-txt/
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