Patreon stops asking AI bots not to scrape and starts blocking them | TechCrunch0

• AI, ai apps, ai coding, ai coding assistant, ai dictation, AI inference, ai music, AI Pope, AI regulation, ai safety, ai-agents, ai-chatbot, Artificial Intelligence, artificial-intelligence, ArtificialIntellgence, Big Tech, big-tech, Biotech & Health, brain tech, Business / Artificial Intelligence, Business / Big Tech, cloudflare, CoECI News, Earth Science Technology Office, Energy & Environment Newsletter, Fintech, Gaming News Roundup, Gear / Gear News and Events, Global, Global Precipitation, global warming, globalstar, HealthTech, healthtech startups, Home, House, ip-tech, News, newsletter, Newsletters, Nexstar Media Wire News, Opinions - Technology, Patreon, People News, Photovogue / Editorial / News, Politics / Politics News, Property / News, Reviews
• July 18, 2026

Patreon, the membership platform for creators, is cracking down on AI that mines its content for training purposes. On Thursday, the company shared that it is working with internet infrastructure provider Cloudflare to directly block access to AI robots designed to train their AI models on creators’ work without permission. The strengthened measures were necessary