Tumblr and Wordpress to Sell Users’ Data to OpenAI to Train AI Tools::Internal documents obtained by 404 Media show that Tumblr staff compiled users’ data as part of a deal with Midjourney and OpenAI.

    • @[email protected]
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      293 months ago

      Usually the 10 page agreement that nobody reads will include terms that allow them to do whatever they want.

    • DarkThoughts
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      63 months ago

      You do consent by mindlessly ticking off that box at the registration process.

      • @[email protected]
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        3 months ago

        This is materially different I would argue

        Though yes I understand that TOS that nobody reads has every content saying they can do whatever they want.

        • TherouxSonfeir
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          33 months ago

          You agree to allow them to use your data for open ended purposes.

          It shady, but legal

    • @[email protected]
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      63 months ago

      These are the questions we need to keep putting out there so the law can finally catch up to the monotony of license agreements and terms.

      It shouldn’t be acceptable to present a layman with a 10 page legal jargon document for them to agree to and call it binding.

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      3 months ago

      I think it does. I was able to check the opt out setting from the app and it was already on. I don’t remember turning it on, so it might be default? I did update the app prior, so you might need to do that first.

      • Amphobet
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        13 months ago

        It defaults to opt-out ONLY if you have already told it to prevent other forms of scraping, such as search engines. Otherwise you are opted in by default.

  • @Exeous
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    93 months ago

    Such surprise, they get money now

    • @EisFrei
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      33 months ago

      Simply ask an AI to generate that text.

      This will create a feedback loop that might result in a model collapse.

  • @d0ct0r0nline
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    63 months ago

    We were never the customer, we were always the product.