Cloudflare says Perplexity’s AI bots are ‘stealth crawling’ blocked sites

The Verge
By Emma RothAug 4, 2025, 1:51 pm389 ptsTop
The AI search startup Perplexity is allegedly skirting restrictions meant to stop its AI web crawlers from accessing certain websites, according to a report from Cloudflare. In the report, Cloudflare claims that when Perplexity encounters a block, the startup will conceal its crawling identity “in an attempt…

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