Patreon stops asking AI bots not to scrape — and starts blocking them
TechCrunch | 17.07.2026 22:21Patreon, 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.
