--- title: "Refuse AI training, stay in search | Am I Ready for Agents?" description: "Cloudflare lets sites refuse AI training while staying in search, 15 Sep 2026. The source and the date it was read are given. Sourced and dated." canonical: https://amireadyforagents.com/news/2026-09-15-cloudflare-lets-sites-refuse-ai-training-while-staying-in site: "Am I Ready for Agents?" last_updated: 2026-11-04 date: 2026-09-15 section: "News" --- # Refuse AI training, stay in search | Am I Ready for Agents? > Cloudflare lets sites refuse AI training while staying in search, 15 Sep 2026. The source and the date it was read are given. Sourced and dated. Source: https://amireadyforagents.com/news/2026-09-15-cloudflare-lets-sites-refuse-ai-training-while-staying-in Site: Am I Ready for Agents? Last reviewed: 2026-11-04 # Cloudflare lets sites refuse AI training while staying in search ## In short Cloudflare lets sites refuse AI training while staying in search, on 15 Sep 2026. Publishers can refuse training and stay in search, and new domains get stricter defaults that nobody chose. Check the date your domain joined Cloudflare and which of the new defaults are on. ## What happened 15 September 2026. Cloudflare shipped a Disallow AI Training setting and an Accountable designation for Apple, Google and Microsoft crawlers, which stay allowed for search while training is refused. From the same date, new domains block Training and Agent bots on pages with ads by default. - 15 Sep 2026 Cloudflare shipped a Disallow AI Training setting and an Accountable designation for Apple, Google and Microsoft crawlers, which stay allowed for search while training is refused. From the same date, new domains block Training and Agent bots on pages with ads by default. [Cloudflare: Disallow AI Training, Accountable crawlers (15 Sep 2026)](https://blog.cloudflare.com/accountable-mixed-use-ai-crawlers/), read 4 Nov 2026 ## Why it matters to a leader Publishers can refuse training and stay in search, and new domains get stricter defaults that nobody chose. ## What to check Check the date your domain joined Cloudflare and which of the new defaults are on. - [What Cloudflare's AI defaults mean](https://amireadyforagents.com/guides/what-cloudflare-ai-defaults-mean-for-you) - [AI agents and publishing](https://amireadyforagents.com/for/publishers) ## Sources 1. [Cloudflare: Disallow AI Training, Accountable crawlers (15 Sep 2026)](https://blog.cloudflare.com/accountable-mixed-use-ai-crawlers/) (blog.cloudflare.com/accountable-mixed-use-ai-crawlers), read 4 Nov 2026. Last reviewed 4 November 2026 Reviewed 4 November 2026. [1 source](#sources), each with the day it was read.