Cloudflare lets publishers block AI training without disappearing from search
Cloudflare's new setting publishes a no-training preference while keeping Applebot, Googlebot and Bingbot available for search under its Accountable designation.
By RuntimeWire Staff · Published
Primary source: The Cloudflare Blog
Why it matters
Mixed-use crawlers have forced publishers to choose between search visibility and control over AI training. Cloudflare's setting reduces that tradeoff by publishing a no-training preference, allowing Accountable crawlers to continue search indexing and blocking other training traffic.
Cloudflare, founded by Matthew Prince (@eastdakota), Michelle Zatlyn (@zatlyn) and Lee Holloway, launched Disallow AI Training on September 15th, 2026, giving website owners a way to reject model training while remaining visible to traditional search crawlers.…
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