Why Cloudflare's plan to tame AI bots may backfire

AI

Friday August 15, 2025
  • Cloudflare introduced a marketplace for AI companies to pay for data scraping, aiming to monetize web content.

  • The plan's success depends on convincing bots to comply with payment rules, a challenge given their design to evade detection.

  • AI security expert Antoine Vastel highlights the risk of fraud, where low-value content could be generated just to be scraped for profit.

  • The initiative could lead to Cloudflare controlling a significant portion of internet content monetization, raising monopoly concerns.

The Great De-Siloing: Why an Oracle Vet Says Customer Success Must Collapse to Survive AI

Enterprise

Friday August 8, 2025
  • The inefficiency of separate customer support and success functions is prompting a shift to product-led models.

  • Manil Vasantha envisions a future without post-sales teams, where products are self-sufficient and intuitive.

  • Rushing into AI adoption without understanding it can lead to ineffective systems and workforce downsizing.

  • Vasantha advocates for a "human-in-the-middle" approach for effective data management.

  • His successful automation of Oracle's support cases highlights the potential of AI in streamlining operations.

Facing a credit wall, here's how AI may be the key to keeping the auto market afloat

AI and Automation

Monday July 7, 2025
  • AI powered companies are stepping in to provide lending support to an auto market in need of optimization.

  • Banks have pulled back from traditional lending and credit is maxed out for most borrowers, creating a situation where new credit options are needed to keep the market afloat.

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