--- title: Tumblr’s owner is striking deals with OpenAI and... description: The owner of Tumblr and WordPress.com is reportedly in talks with AI companies Midjourney and OpenAI to provide training data scraped from users' posts. This... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/tumblr-s-owner-is-striking-deals-with-openai-and-midjourney-for-training-data-says-report-1b2rxbpye twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Tumblr’s owner is striking deals with OpenAI and Midjourney for training data, says report | daily.dev og:description: The owner of Tumblr and WordPress.com is reportedly in talks with AI companies Midjourney and OpenAI to provide training data scraped from users' posts. 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