Owner of WordPress and Tumblr reportedly in talks to sell user content to train AI
https://www.notebookcheck.net/Owner-of-WordPress-and-Tumblr-reportedly-in-talks-to-sell-user-content-to-train-AI.808280.0.html
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Sanctus@lemmy.world · 28 pts · 2y
Uses an AI image on the thumbnail lmao
lurch@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 2y
scytale@lemm.ee · 14 pts · 2y
Can't wait for AI to say they can't even.
Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2y
Meh. If you're using any platform for free, assume what you say will be used for monetization.
If you're using Tumblr/WordPress.com... chances are your content is public anyways.
Milk_Sheikh@lemm.ee · 7 pts · 2y
But both these sites HEAVILY predate AI or LLMs. Which then raises the question, how robust is their ToU & ToS from 2009? Can a corpo lawyer convincingly argue the limits of ‘legitimate use’ as completely unlimited?
Buelldozer@lemmy.today · 7 pts · 2y
Meanwhile they're harvesting Lemmy for free! Yay!
captainjaneway@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
three20three@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
AI programmed using Reddit, Tumblr and WordPress data - along with Facebook and all the other social media sources.... Skippy's attitude makes a lot of sense.
Lojcs@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 2y
Isn't WordPress open source
funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works · 11 pts · 2y
wordpress.com (the blogging portal) not wordpress.org (the technology that hosts websites for you)
smoof@kbin.social · 3 pts · 2y
You can either host yourself or create a blog on their site. I'm guessing they're selling the data they host.
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 2y
Can we get An AI mod for this sub to filter out reposts?
OldWoodFrame@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 2y
As a former user this kinda makes me feel weirdly proud. Like I knew the whole time I was releasing the text for free to everyone, I'm not pissed about this getting monetized any more than I was pissed about the ads on Tumblr and (free) WordPress sites.
But to whatever extent my personality came out through my text, I pushed to whatever small degree the subsequent LLMs to respond like me. I'm one small part of the AI just like I am one small part of humanity, but it's not nothing.