Patreon lays off 20% of staff, cites AI's industry impact
Patreon is cutting 93 jobs, or 20% of its workforce. The company says AI is changing the tech industry, but denies it's replacing human workers.
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Patreon Stops Asking AI Bots Not to Scrape — and Starts Blocking Them
Patreon is now actively blocking AI bots that scrape creator content without permission, moving beyond the robots.txt approach. The platform is working with Cloudflare to enforce these blocks, marking a significant shift in protecting creators' work from unauthorized AI training.