Cloudflare Helps End the Search-or-AI-Training Tradeoff

New controls and recommended settings go live today, allowing publishers and businesses to independently control how their content is used across search, AI training, and AI agents. Leading mixed-use crawlers already offer or are building controls that honor these choices. SAN FRANCISCO, September 15, 2026--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cloudflare, Inc. (NYSE: NET), the leading connectivity cloud company, today announced a new Accountable designation for AI crawling. In conjunction with this, Cloudflare launched Disallow AI Training, a setting that lets any website refuse AI training while staying fully in search results.