Google And Shopify Back Cloudflare’s AI Bot Gatekeeping Initiative via @sejourna

<p>Cloudflare's Monetization Gateway charges AI agents per request in a closed beta, and Pay Per Use pays publishers for the AI uses that buyers report.</p> <p>The post <a

<p>Cloudflare now lets all sites manage AI crawlers as Search, Agent, or Training, with Sept. 15 defaults that can block Googlebot for sites blocking training.</p> <p>The post <a

<p>Google is testing Web Bot Auth, an experimental protocol for verifying some AI agent requests with cryptographic signatures alongside existing checks. </p> <p>The post <a

<p>Google is testing a cryptographic protocol for verifying bot traffic that could make unwanted crawlers easier to identify.</p> <p>The post <a

<p>Google, Cloudflare, and Microsoft are testing different models for paying publishers when AI systems access or use their content.</p> <p>The post <a

<p>Google is adding subscription labels, inline links, discussion previews, and desktop link previews to its AI Search experiences.</p> <p>The post <a