Patreon Blocks Crawlers from Stealing Creators' Work for AI Training
What happened
Patreon, a platform for creators to earn money from their work, has partnered with Cloudflare to block AI crawlers from stealing their content for training AI models. This move aims to protect creators' intellectual property and prevent the unauthorized use of their work. The partnership will help prevent AI training data from being scraped from Patreon's platform.
Why it matters
This development sets a precedent for other platforms to take action against AI data scraping, potentially limiting the availability of training data for AI models and forcing developers to find alternative sources.
Is this a big deal?
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