Tumblr’s owner is striking deals with OpenAI and Midjourney for training data, says report

The Verge
By Adi RobertsonFeb 27, 2024, 3:00 pm140 pts
Illustration: The Verge The owner of Tumblr and WordPress.com is in talks with AI companies Midjourney and OpenAI to provide training data scraped from users’ posts, a report from 404 Media alleges. The report, based on an anonymous source inside the company, says that deals between Automattic and the two AI…

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