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Free Lunch Is Over for the AI That Broke the Web (gizmodo.com)
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Cloudflare, a company that runs 20% of the web, just flipped a switch that could end the open internet as we know it, forcing AI companies to pay for the content they’ve been taking for free.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They aren't putting up blocks to protect us. They just want their cut of the profits. I'm sure they will come to an arrangement that benefits Cloudflare and the AI behemoths, but still screws us all over somehow.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

Exactly, it's just a shakedown.

Man... Cloudflare's PR department has been moving mountains over the past 5 years. In my mind their brand still only barely ranks above the Khmer Rouge.