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Patreon is working with Cloudflare to squash AI crawlers.
In a post on Instagram, Patreon CEO Jack Conte says the move will prevent AI crawlers from training on creators’ work. Last year, Cloudflare began blocking AI crawlers by default and recently announced plans to give publishers more granular control of the kinds of scrapers they allow in.
TL;DR
- Patreon is partnering with Cloudflare to block AI crawlers.
- The move is intended to stop AI models from training on creators' content.
- Cloudflare has been blocking AI crawlers by default since last year.
- Cloudflare is providing publishers with more control over allowed scrapers.