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Patreon blocks AI scrapers; climate change threatens data center cooling

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Patreon has implemented a new policy to prevent AI companies from scraping user-generated content for training purposes, emphasizing creator compensation. Meanwhile, research from the University of Hawaiʻi suggests that rising heat and humidity due to climate change may threaten the viability of cost-effective data center cooling methods. AI

IMPACT Platform policies and environmental factors may impact the cost and accessibility of AI training data and infrastructure.

RANK_REASON The cluster discusses policy changes by a platform and research findings on data center cooling, neither of which are frontier releases, significant industry moves, or core research papers.

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Patreon blocks AI scrapers; climate change threatens data center cooling

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COVERAGE [2]

  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    PetaPixel: Patreon Blocks AI Crawlers From Copying Content: ‘Creators Deserve Compenstion’. “Patreon has announced a new update that blocks AI crawlers from hoo

    PetaPixel: Patreon Blocks AI Crawlers From Copying Content: ‘Creators Deserve Compenstion’. “Patreon has announced a new update that blocks AI crawlers from hoovering up content on the platform for training purposes.” https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/16/patreon-blocks-ai-crawlers-f…

  2. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    University of Hawaii: Rising heat, humidity threatens cheaper AI data center cooling methods. “Reliable operation of data centers has become essential to nearly

    University of Hawaii: Rising heat, humidity threatens cheaper AI data center cooling methods. “Reliable operation of data centers has become essential to nearly all sectors of modern society, including healthcare, education, government services, power grid operation, banking, def…

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