Patreon has partnered with Cloudflare to implement network-level blocking of AI training crawlers. This move aims to prevent AI companies from using creators' work without consent, credit, or compensation. Patreon CEO Jack Conte emphasized that creators' rights to opt-out, receive credit, and be compensated are paramount, stating that if these conditions are not met, AI crawlers will be blocked from accessing content on the platform. AI
IMPACT This move by Patreon and Cloudflare could set a precedent for other platforms to control AI data scraping, potentially impacting the training data available for AI models.
RANK_REASON Patreon, a content platform, is implementing a policy change with Cloudflare to block AI crawlers, which is a product-level decision affecting user content.
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