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Cloudflare accuses Perplexity of secretly crawling sites despite explicit blocks
Cloudflare accuses Perplexity of secretly crawling sites despite explicit blocks

Cloudflare is accusing the AI search engine Perplexity of covertly crawling websites, even when site owners have explicitly forbidden access through robots.txt files or firewall rules. According to the company, Perplexity disguises its identity to sidestep restrictions and is violating established internet norms.
The article Cloudflare accuses Perplexity of secretly crawling sites despite explicit blocks appeared first on THE DECODER.

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Perplexity is allegedly scraping websites it's not supposed to, again
Perplexity is allegedly scraping websites it's not supposed to, again

<p>Web crawlers deployed by Perplexity to scrape websites are allegedly skirting restrictions, according to <a data-i13n="elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:1;pos:1" class=&q [...]

Match Score: 182.72

Perplexity sued by Japanese media giants for stealing information and presenting false information
Perplexity sued by Japanese media giants for stealing information and prese

<p>Another day, another instance of AI companies purportedly engaging in copyright infringement. Two Japanese media groups, <em>Nikkei</em> and the <em>Asahi Shimbun</em> [...]

Match Score: 116.01

Perplexity has cooked up a new way to pay publishers for their content
Perplexity has cooked up a new way to pay publishers for their content

<p style="text-align:left;"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">Perplexity is launching a new revenue-sharing plan for publishers that will [...]

Match Score: 101.17

Perplexity will now show hotel information from TripAdvisor
Perplexity will now show hotel information from TripAdvisor

<p>TripAdvisor has entered into a <a data-i13n="elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:1;pos:1" class="no-affiliate-link" href="https://tripadvisor.mediaroom.com/p [...]

Match Score: 98.25

Apple executives have held internal discussions about potentially bidding for AI startup Perplexity
Apple executives have held internal discussions about potentially bidding f

<p><img width="1681" height="896" src="https://the-decoder.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/apple_perplexity_logo.png" class="attachment-full size-full wp-pos [...]

Match Score: 77.57

Perplexity's Comet AI browser is available now for $200 per month
Perplexity's Comet AI browser is available now for $200 per month

<p>Comet, Perplexity's AI-powered web browser, <a data-i13n="elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:1;pos:1" class="no-affiliate-link" href="https://www.perplexity [...]

Match Score: 77.57

Trump's Truth Social launches AI search powered by Perplexity
Trump's Truth Social launches AI search powered by Perplexity

<p>Truth Social, President Trump&#39;s social media platform, is <a data-i13n="cpos:1;pos:1" href="https://ir.tmtgcorp.com/news-events/press-releases/#b2iLibScrollTo"& [...]

Match Score: 77.11

New UK law would criminalize creating sexually explicit deepfakes
New UK law would criminalize creating sexually explicit deepfakes

<p>Bad actors have created deepfakes to imitate <a data-i13n="cpos:1;pos:1" href="https://www.engadget.com/taylor-swift-deepfake-used-for-le-creuset-giveaway-scam-123231417.htm [...]

Match Score: 71.42

Cloudflare experiment will block AI bot scrapers unless they pay a fee
Cloudflare experiment will block AI bot scrapers unless they pay a fee

<p>Cloudflare has rolled out a couple of new measures meant to keep AI bot crawlers at bay. To start with, every new domain customer that signs up with the company to manage their website traffi [...]

Match Score: 67.50