Cloudflare reports non-human traffic surpassed human traffic on its platform for the first time
Cloudflare announced that non-human traffic (AI agents, bots, and machine-driven traffic) surpassed human traffic on its platform for the first time, with CEO Matt Prince commenting on the shift. The company's network now serves as a verification layer for a significant portion of the web as AI agents must prove they are not bots at the edge.
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NON-HUMAN TRAFFIC JUST PASSED HUMAN TRAFFIC ON CLOUDFLARE $NET The internet is shifting from human clicks to AI agents, bots, and machine-driven traffic: - Cloudflare says non-human traffic surpassed human traffic on its platform for the first time - CEO Matt Prince estimates https://t.co/EbaxuFRmP1
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Every AI agent hitting a website needs to prove it isn't a bot at the edge. $NET sits on that verification layer for a fifth of the web. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵. The traffic physically transits their network, and pay-per-crawl decides which ones get in at https://t.co/YHvQuD26ak