Age-Gating the Internet + Cloudflare Takes On A.I. Scrapers + HatGPT

In this episode of Hard Fork, co-hosts Kevin and Casey discuss age-gating on the internet, focusing on the UK's Online Safety Act and similar laws in the US, highlighting privacy concerns and potential workarounds. They then interview Matthew Prince, CEO of Cloudflare, about the company's efforts to protect content creators from AI scrapers by blocking unauthorized access and advocating for fair compensation models. Finally, they play a round of "Hat GPT," riffing on tech headlines, including LeBron James' legal action against AI-generated content, Sam Altman's warning about ChatGPT's confidentiality, and Amazon's AI bracelet that records everything you say.