The internet has quietly crossed a civilizational threshold: for the first time, machines now outnumber humans in the daily act of traversing the web. In mid-2026, Cloudflare — the invisible infrastructure layer protecting millions of websites — has stepped forward to impose order on this new reality, introducing classification tools, transparency dashboards, and a default policy that draws a firm line between the crawlers of the old web and the autonomous agents of the new one. The move reflects a deeper reckoning with what the web was built for, and who — or what — it now serves.