#Cloudflare alleges that #Perplexity, an #AIsearch startup, is using “#stealthcrawling” techniques to access #blockedwebsites. Cloudflare claims Perplexity disguises its #crawlingidentity and uses rotating #IPaddresses to bypass restrictions. Perplexity denies the allegations, calling Cloudflare’s report a “publicity stunt”. https://www.theverge.com/news/718319/perplexity-stealth-crawling-cloudflare-ai-bots-report?eicker.news #tech #media #news
Cloudflare says Perplexity’s AI bots are ‘stealth crawling’ blocked sites

A new report from Cloudflare accuses Perplexity of ignoring robots.txt files and concealing the identity of its AI crawlers to get past websites’ restrictions.

The Verge