The web does not need gatekeepers: Cloudflare’s new “signed agents” pitch

Everyone loves the dream of a free for all and open web.

But the reality is how can someone small protect their blog or content from AI training bots? E.g.: They just blindly trust someone is sending Agent vs Training bots and super duper respecting robots.txt? Get real...

Or, fine what if they do respect robots.txt, but they buy the data that may or may not have been shielded through liability layers via "licensed data"?

Unless you're reddit, X, Google, or Meta with scary unlimited budget legal teams, you have no power.

Great video: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/M0QyOp7zqcY

I personally love the idea of a free and open internet and also have no issues with bots scraping or training off of my data.

I would much rather have it open for all, including companies, than the coming dystopian landscape of paywall gates. I don’t care about respecting robots.txt or any other types of rules. If it’s on the internet it’s for all to consume. The moment you start carving out certain parties is the moment it becomes a slippery slope.