The Internet is fighting over whether robots.txt applies to AI agents. It all started when Cloudflare published a blog post, ...

In a debate likely to get louder as AI agent usage grows, some people say Perplexity crawling blocked websites isn't a simple ...

Responding to Cloudflare's analysis and testing, Perplexity declared that analysis was technically flawed and that it ...

First, Cloudflare accused the AI company of bypassing no-crawl directives. Now Perplexity says Cloudflare has it all wrong.

Cloudflare accuses AI startup Perplexity of secretly scraping websites that explicitly blocked bots, claiming it bypassed restrictions and masked its identity to access protected content.

Cloudflare is accusing Perplexity of using stealth crawlers to bypass site restrictions, triggering fresh concerns over how ...

AI search engine Perplexity is using stealth bots and other tactics to evade websites’ no-crawl directives, an allegation ...

Cloudflare blocks Perplexity due to deceptive crawling behavior, including rotating IP addresses and ignoring robots.txt ...

To test this, Cloudflare says it created new domains with similar restrictions against Perplexity’s AI scrapers. It found ...

Cloudflare has since removed Perplexity's bots from its list of verified bots and implemented new AI-blocking techniques.

AI search biz Perplexity claims that Cloudflare has mischaracterized its site crawlers as malicious bots and that the content ...

Internet giant Cloudflare says it detected Perplexity crawling and scraping websites, even after customers had added ...