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WIRED profiles Willy Myco, a masked psychedelic educator who posts how-to videos on synthesizing drugs like LSD and psilocybin, leading to his YouTube and Patreon accounts being taken down.
Patreon is laying off 20% of its staff (93 people) as part of organizational restructuring, despite claiming strong core business performance.
Patreon is laying off 20 percent of its workforce (about 93 employees). CEO Jack Conte says the layoffs are not because AI replaces humans but because AI has fundamentally transformed the tech industry and how the company operates.
Patreon has partnered with Cloudflare to actively block AI bots from scraping creator content for training, moving beyond the voluntary robots.txt approach. The move aims to give creators more control over how their work is used by AI companies.
Patreon CEO Jack Conte discusses how the platform is evolving to support artists amidst the rise of AI-generated content, shifting from a membership tool to an audience platform that competes with social media giants like Instagram and TikTok.