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Bots now outnumber human traffic on the web. Cloudflare’s CEO wants AI companies to pay for it
AI EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Web traffic generated by automated bots has surpassed human web traffic according to recent data. Cloudflare's leadership is proposing that artificial intelligence firms should be held financially responsible for the network load caused by their automated systems. This development highlights ongoing discussions regarding infrastructure costs and traffic management on the internet.
WHY IT MATTERS
This proposal addresses the growing financial and infrastructural burden that AI-driven web scraping and bot traffic place on internet service providers and website operators.
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