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Patreon is drawing a line in the sand against AI data harvesting, updating its platform policies to block web crawlers from scraping creator content without permission. The move signals a growing pushback from platforms that host independent creators, who have long argued their work is being absorbed into AI training pipelines without credit or compensation.
On the legal front, Texas has secured a court order to suspend the domain name of a pornographic website for failing to comply with the state's age verification law. It marks one of the first times a domain itself has been targeted rather than just the site's operators, raising significant questions about internet governance and who ultimately controls access to the web.
And in the world of enterprise AI, Databricks has reached a staggering one hundred eighty eight billion dollar valuation, cementing its position as one of the most consequential companies in the current AI wave. The data analytics firm has leaned hard into open weight models and published research suggesting meaningful cost savings for AI-assisted coding workflows.
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