Tech Billionaire Challenges OpenAI and Google: Insights from Cloudflare CEO on AI Developments
In an interview with BBC's Amol Rajan for the Radical podcast, the CEO of cybersecurity company Cloudflare discusses his perspective on artificial intelligence and the competition with OpenAI and Google.

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In an interview with Amol Rajan for his BBC podcast, Radical with Amol Rajan, the CEO of cybersecurity giant Cloudflare explains how artificial intelligence is transforming the internet.
Matthew Princeâs company is blocking the AI âcrawlerâ bots that scrape content to train large language models like OpenAIâs ChatGPT and Googleâs Gemini from accessing the websites of its customers.
He hopes his decision will lead to a better deal for publishers as âsearch enginesâ become âanswer enginesâ in the era of AI overviews and chatbots, which he says is having an impact on website traffic.
You can listen to the full interview on BBC Sounds: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002l3j9
You can also watch Radical with Amol Rajan on BBC iPlayer: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m002f1d0/radical-with-amol-rajan
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Matthew Princeâs company is blocking the AI âcrawlerâ bots that scrape content to train large language models like OpenAIâs ChatGPT and Googleâs Gemini from accessing the websites of its customers.
He hopes his decision will lead to a better deal for publishers as âsearch enginesâ become âanswer enginesâ in the era of AI overviews and chatbots, which he says is having an impact on website traffic.
You can listen to the full interview on BBC Sounds: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002l3j9
You can also watch Radical with Amol Rajan on BBC iPlayer: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m002f1d0/radical-with-amol-rajan
Subscribe here: http://bit.ly/1rbfUog
For more news, analysis and features visit: www.bbc.com/news
#BBCNews
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