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![A WordPress ‘Firehose’ Allows AI Companies to Buy Access to a Million Posts a Day](/content/images/size/w1000/2024/03/Screen-Shot-2024-03-01-at-7.42.44-AM.png)
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A WordPress ‘Firehose’ Allows AI Companies to Buy Access to a Million Posts a Day
There is a complex chain of companies buying access to WordPress and Tumblr posts through a company called SocialGist.
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Tumblr and WordPress to Sell Users’ Data 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.