Rather than block web scrapers, Cloudflare invites them to trawl a web of useless ‘AI-generated nonsense.’ ...

On Wednesday, the company released AI Labyrinth, a tool that uses AI-generated content to "slow down, confuse, and waste the resources" of unauthorized AI crawlers.

Cloudflare used generative AI to build premade websites that can be embedded as an AI Labyrinth in protected websites, sending crawlers on a wild goose chase.

Cloudflare has built an 'AI labyrinth' to thwart AI companies training data off their customers' content. Credit: Jaque Silva ...

Cloudflare describes this as just "the first iteration" of using AI defensively against bots. Future plans include making the ...

US-based web services provider Cloudflare says it has come up with a solution to web scraping - by setting up an "AI labyrinth" to trap bots. More specifically, this maze is aimed at detecting "AI ...

AI web crawling bots are the cockroaches of the internet, many developers believe. FOSS devs are fighting back in ingenuous, ...

Cloudflare has announced ' AI Labyrinth,' which traps cheating bots in an AI-generated maze. On March 19, 2025, Cloudflare announced 'AI Labyrinth' as a new approach to confuse and drain resources ...

While many AI companies engage in web crawling, the sources suggest varying levels of responsibility and impact. Dennis ...