Automattic is planning to sign a deal to sell #Tumblr and #WordPress data to train AI tools. https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/27/24084884/tumblr-midjourney-openai-training-data-deal-report
After Matt's transphobic tirade fresh in everyone's minds, this is a cue to get off Tumblr and hosted WordPress ASAP, but I'll wait and see if it also applies to WordPress.org self-hosting service as well before getting off there as well.
Yikes! #enshittification at it's finest here.
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