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Tech Crunch – Patreon stops asking AI bots not to scrape — and starts blocking them

Posted on July 17, 2026

Patreon is strengthening its defenses against AI scraping by working with Cloudflare to block bots that train AI models on creators’ content without permission. The move marks a shift away from relying on websites using robots.txt alone to actively block unauthorized AI training. Read more: Read More 

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