Patreon stops asking AI bots not to scrape — and starts blocking them
TechCrunch
Patreon has partnered with Cloudflare to actively block AI bots from scraping creator content for model training instead of just requesting they stop.Summary
Patreon is transitioning from passive requests to active enforcement regarding AI data scraping. By utilizing Cloudflare’s AI Crawl Control technology, the platform is now blocking AI training bots that previously ignored robots.txt instructions. This shift ensures that creators maintain control over their work, as the company distinguishes between beneficial indexing bots and unauthorized AI scrapers that ingest content for model training without consent.
(Source：TechCrunch)