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Patreon stops asking AI bots not to scrape — and starts blocking them | TechCrunch
Patreon is partnering with Cloudflare to actively block AI scraping bots, moving beyond passive robots.txt measures. The shift reflects growing sophistication in AI data harvesting and Patreon's expansion of discoverable content through new features like the Home Feed and Quips.
This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of AI Frontier Models and Creator Economy. Wire is Fusion42's founder-focused intelligence feed: each story is connected to the funds and startups it names — every one with a live profile on Raise or Scout — so founders can follow the capital and the momentum behind the headline rather than just the headline itself. Wire analysis is one of the live surfaces Arthur, Fusion42's AI co-founder, reasons over.
The Wire takeaway
If you're building AI training data infrastructure, platforms are now actively blocking you rather than asking nicely. Patreon's move with Cloudflare sets a technical precedent that other creators will copy—the era of robots.txt compliance is ending.
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Topics: AI Frontier Models · Creator Economy · ai-training-data · content-protection · creator-economy · platform-defence