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Owner of WordPress and Tumblr reportedly in talks to sell user content to train AI (www.notebookcheck.net)
submitted 8 months ago by boem@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 11 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Uses an AI image on the thumbnail lmao

[–] lurch@sh.itjust.works 4 points 8 months ago

lol, what was the prompt of that image? "self portrait interacting with a human" ?

[–] Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

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 points 8 months ago

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?

[–] scytale@lemm.ee 7 points 8 months ago

Can't wait for AI to say they can't even.

[–] Buelldozer@lemmy.today 6 points 8 months ago

Meanwhile they're harvesting Lemmy for free! Yay!

[–] captainjaneway@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago

[–] three20three@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

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.

[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 3 points 8 months ago

Can we get An AI mod for this sub to filter out reposts?

[–] Lojcs@lemm.ee 2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Isn't WordPress open source

[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 11 points 8 months ago

wordpress.com (the blogging portal) not wordpress.org (the technology that hosts websites for you)

[–] smoof@kbin.social 3 points 8 months ago

You can either host yourself or create a blog on their site. I'm guessing they're selling the data they host.

[–] OldWoodFrame@lemm.ee -1 points 8 months ago

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.