Automattic Reportedly Selling User Data to AI Companies, Raising Privacy Concerns
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Tumblr and WordPress.com parent company Automattic is reportedly close to deals to sell user data to OpenAI and Midjourney to train AI models
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Reddit has already sold access to users' posts to Google for $60 million
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The NY Times is suing OpenAI for allegedly scraping its content without permission to train ChatGPT
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Other companies like Getty and the AP have made licensing deals with AI companies for access to content
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Most big platforms likely use public user posts as training data for their own AI models without getting individual consent