AI IntelligenceJun 4, 2026AI Intelligence
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Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince says the future of the web is a 'pay-to-crawl' model, as bots now outpace human traffic.
AI agents are driving this shift. Website operators may soon have to pay for bots to crawl their content.
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Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince says the future of the web is a 'pay-to-crawl' model, as bots now outpace human traffic. AI agents are driving this shift. Website operators may soon have to pay for bots to crawl their content.
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