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Cloudflare's tech targets AI firm bots - also known as crawlers - programmes that explore the web, indexing and collecting data as they go.

From BBC • Jul. 1, 2025

If there’s been an even more difficult task than policing predatory A.I. crawlers, it’s been keeping Reddit interactions personal, healthy, and as bot-free as possible.

From Slate • Jun. 23, 2025

When Adam Cooper came across an old junkyard filled with RVs and rock crawlers in South Central, he immediately saw its potential.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 28, 2024

Some of the observations took twisted turns, like when she began to notice what she called “mass cannibalism” among the red crawlers.

From New York Times • May 9, 2024

“It is the Ring Dance. It is said the crawlers perform it only in the greatest secrecy for ones they believe to be chosen,” answered Vikus.

From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins