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

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 companies are “imminent.” It follows nebulous rumors [...]read moreTumblr’s owner is striking deals with OpenAI and Midjourney for training data, says report