Patreon partners with Cloudflare to actively block AI training bots

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Patreon has moved beyond passive measures to actively block AI bots from scraping creators' content without permission. The platform is now working with Cloudflare to enforce these protections. Previously, Patreon relied on robots.txt directives, which only request that bots refrain from scraping rather than technically preventing it. The new approach marks a significant shift toward proactive defense against unauthorized AI model training on creator content.

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