Here's How AI Could Help Cloudflare Win New Customers

Cloudflare (NYSE: NET) already has a dominant presence on the internet. Around 18% of all websites have Cloudflare acting as a middleman, speeding up requests and providing protection from malicious traffic. The company provides these basic services for free, with more advanced services available as part of its subscription plans.While Cloudflare already captures an enormous share of global internet traffic, the emergence of artificial intelligence could push that share even higher. Website owners face a new problem: Bots controlled by AI companies are scraping their content for AI training purposes. Some large online publications have struck deals for access. News Corp, for example, is reportedly getting paid as much as $250 million over five years in a deal with OpenAI. For smaller online publications, such direct deals may be out of reach.On Monday, Cloudflare announced two new initiatives that could help draw in new customers. First, AI Audit is a new tool available to all Cloudflare users that breaks down which AI bots are accessing what content on a particular website. Cloudflare uses information that bots often include in their requests as well as things like IP addresses and behaviors to classify and identify which AI company is accessing a particular website.Continue readingWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool