Cloudflare CEO on AI bots, web scraping, and replacing staff with AI

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Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince appeared on The Verge's Decoder podcast to discuss the growing impact of AI on internet infrastructure. The company reported in June that bots now account for more than half of all internet traffic, a share that continues to rise as AI firms scrape the web and deploy autonomous agents. Cloudflare, which sits between websites and incoming traffic, gives site owners options to block, allow, or charge AI tools for access. Earlier this year, Cloudflare laid off over 1,000 employees — roughly 20 percent of its workforce — with Prince publicly attributing some of those cuts to AI adoption. Prince also addressed broader questions about whether the emerging model of AI-driven web access will ultimately benefit or harm the open internet.

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