TechCrunch·3 min read·medium
Patreon stops asking AI bots not to scrape — and starts blocking them
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Sarah Perez
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Patreon has partnered with Cloudflare to actively block AI bots from scraping creator content for model training purposes. This move shifts the platform's strategy from requesting compliance via robots.txt files to enforcing technical blocks to protect creator intellectual property.
Patreon , the membership platform for creators, is cracking down on AI scraping its content for training purposes. On Thursday, the company shared that it’s working with internet infrastructure provider Cloudflare to directly block access to AI bots designed to train their AI models on creators’ work without permission.
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