Automattic, the owner of WordPress.com and Tumblr, is reportedly striking deals with OpenAI and Midjourney to sell training data.

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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 could potentially create a new revenue stream for the site and has raised concerns among the creative community.

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