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Cloudflare's bot verification mechanism used to identify approved AI crawlers.

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Placed in Assess: 2 article(s) of evidence from 2 source(s), led by product launches, with 2 in the last 30 days. Confidence 37%.

7Hacker News·10/2/2026product_launch
Cloudflare Launches Web Search API via AI Gateway
Cloudflare announced a Web Search API delivered through AI Gateway, letting agents retrieve live web results and inject fresh context into model prompts. The launch starts with partners Ceramic.ai, Exa, and Linkup, and emphasizes bot transparency, robots.txt compliance, source linking, and support for zero data retention where available.
7Cloudflare Blog·9/30/2026product_launch
Cloudflare launches Pay Per Use beta for AI content monetization
Cloudflare has introduced Pay Per Use in beta, a system that lets publishers charge AI companies only when their content is actually used downstream. Buyers define the paid use, report each use through a single API, and Cloudflare handles billing and payments. The company says the model is designed to convert AI crawling and summarized outputs into revenue for publishers while giving AI firms a simpler way to license content.