Patreon is strengthening its defenses against AI scraping by working with Cloudflare to block bots that train AI models on creators’ content without permission. The move marks a shift away from relying on websites using robots.txt alone to actively block unauthorized AI training.

Patreon is strengthening its defenses against AI scraping by working with Cloudflare to block bots that train AI models on creators’ content without permission. The move marks a…

Patreon deploys Cloudflare's Crawl Control to block AI training bots, as Cloudflare's stablecoin-powered pay-per-crawl model reshapes the creator economy.