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So Caught Up With Portfolio Day That I've Forgotten To Post Plein Air April Day 1/30! I'll Catch Up Posting

So Caught Up With Portfolio Day That I've Forgotten To Post Plein Air April Day 1/30! I'll Catch Up Posting

so caught up with portfolio day that I've forgotten to post plein air april day 1/30! I'll catch up posting over the next few days

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11 months ago

media coverage

here's the best writeups we have so far.

matt's meltdown:

26Feb24 Roundup: Matt Mullenweg Teaches a Masterclass on Why We Have Trust & Safety Teams
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Last week, Matt Mullenweg made a series of unfortunate and baffling decisions, including some of the most egregious lapses in judgment from

tumblr's AI deals:

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

that second article requires an account, but the full article is on tumblr here.

importantly, the initial data dump for OpenAI included a bunch of content that — on top of all public content between 2014 and 2023 — automattic didn't mean to share, like private posts, posts on suspended or deleted blogs, unanswered or private asks, and posts that are marked NSFW.

automattic got the IDs for these posts after providing them, and requested they be removed. we don't know for sure that they have been.

notably, the article names andrew spittle, the current head of AI. he was my boss's boss's boss's boss (you get the point) before that, and openly says that he doesn't believe in work-life balance, just in doing what the job requires him to do, if that tells you anything.

11 months ago
They Are Already Selling Data To Midjourney, And It's Very Likely Your Work Is Already Being Used To

They are already selling data to midjourney, and it's very likely your work is already being used to train their models because you have to OPT OUT of this, not opt in. Very scummy of them to roll this out unannounced.

11 months ago

for my fellow silly geese –

go to 'settings' ->

For My Fellow Silly Geese

pick the blog ->

For My Fellow Silly Geese

toggle, near the very bottom:

For My Fellow Silly Geese

if you're tech-illiterate like me I hope you find this helpful