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Please be aware that the "opt-out" choice is just a way to try to appease people. But Tumblr has not been transparent about when has data been sold and shared with AI companies, and there are sources that confirm that data has already been shared before the toggle was even provided to users.

Also, it seems to include data they should not have been able to give under any circumstance, including that of deactivated blogs, private messages and conversations, stuff from private blogs, and so on.

Do not believe that "AI companies will honor the "opt-out request retroactively". Once they've got their hands on your data (and they have), they won't be "honoring" an opt-out option retroactively. There is no way to confirm or deny what data do they have: The fact they are completely opaque on what do they currently "own" and have, means that they can do whatever they want with it. How can you prove they have your data if they don't give everyone free access to see what they've stolen already?

So, yeah, opt out of data sharing, but be aware that this isn't stopping anyone from taking your data. They already have been taking it, before you were given that option. Go and go to Tumblr's Suppport and leave your Feedback on this (politely, but firmly- not everyone in the company is responsible for this.)

Finally: Opt out is not good under any circumstance. Deactivated people can't opt out. People who have lost their passwords can't opt out. People who can't access internet or computers can't opt out. People who had their content reposted can't opt out. Dead people can't opt out. When DeviantArt released their AI image generator, saying that it wasn't trained on people who didn't consent to it, it was proven it could easily replicate the styles of people who had passed away, as seen here. So, yeah. AI companies cannot be trusted to have any sort of respect for people's data and content, because this entire thing is just a data laundering scheme.

Please do reblog for awareness.

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And the final(s)! Prints also available 😊

Head cannon:

Asami stays the night, forgets her overnight bag and ends up stealing herself a new sweater. Korra understands that the only way she’ll get it back is a date or two. But she doesn’t really mind those terms (or getting her sweater back).

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Ivy was next on the chopping block for a redesign.... idk who's next tho.

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Winter's Hunger new portfolio piece

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And about the AI opt-out setting Tumblr will deploy tomorrow, I’ll just let you with the words of the person in charge of the heist:

Andrew Spittle, Automattic’s head of AI replied: “We will notify existing partners on a regular basis about anyone who’s opted out since the last time we provided a list. […] I believe partners will honor this based on our conversations with them to this point.”

So Tumblr will notify openAi and Midjourney that you wish your posts to not be used and it’s entirely up to them to comply or not. And as we know, we are talking about some of the less ethical companies on the internet (which honestly is kind of a feat), so that cute little setting will most than probably do nothing and less.

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Hi, Tumblr. It’s Tumblr. We’re working on some things that we want to share with you. 

AI companies are acquiring content across the internet for a variety of purposes in all sorts of ways. There are currently very few regulations giving individuals control over how their content is used by AI platforms. Proposed regulations around the world, like the European Union’s AI Act, would give individuals more control over whether and how their content is utilized by this emerging technology. We support this right regardless of geographic location, so we’re releasing a toggle to opt out of sharing content from your public blogs with third parties, including AI platforms that use this content for model training. We’re also working with partners to ensure you have as much control as possible regarding what content is used.

Here are the important details:

We already discourage AI crawlers from gathering content from Tumblr and will continue to do so, save for those with which we partner. 

We want to represent all of you on Tumblr and ensure that protections are in place for how your content is used. We are committed to making sure our partners respect those decisions.

To opt out of sharing your public blogs’ content with third parties, visit each of your public blogs’ blog settings via the web interface and toggle on the “Prevent third-party sharing” option. 

For instructions on how to opt out using the latest version of the app, please visit this Help Center doc. 

Please note: If you’ve already chosen to discourage search crawling of your blog in your settings, we’ve automatically enabled the “Prevent third-party sharing” option.

If you have concerns, please read through the Help Center doc linked above and contact us via Support if you still have questions.

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Doesn't seem too off base to say these (utterly ineffective) opt-out features are only there to placate users, make us think we are protected and we did all there is to do and to stop us from actually looking into our rights, laws and potential lawsuits, does it?

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ATTENTION ARTISTS OF TUMBLR

since tumblr is going to start scraping blogs to train ai be sure to glaze and nightshade your art!! Not only will both of these programs protect your art from being copied but nightshade also poisons any ai that tries to steal it

here is some more info on these tools and where you can download them:

Nightshade: Protecting Copyright (uchicago.edu)

Nightshade: Downloads (uchicago.edu)

Glaze - What is Glaze (uchicago.edu)

Glaze - Downloads (uchicago.edu)

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In light of recent events, here are all the places you can find me in the fediverse, as well as Ao3, and YT

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PSA: Tumblr/Wordpress is preparing to start selling our user data to Midjourney and OpenAI.

you have to MANUALLY opt out of it as well.

to opt out on desktop, click your blog ➡️ blog settings ➡️ scroll til you see visibility options and it’ll be the last option to toggle.

to opt out on mobile, click your blog ➡️ scroll then click visibility ➡️ toggle opt out option.

if you’ve already opted out of showing up in google searches, it’s preselected for you. but you also have to opt out for each blog you own separately, so if you’d like to prevent AI scraping your blog i’d really recommend taking the time to opt out. (source)

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Sonnett on for *checks notes* known forward Lynn Williams….

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Midge Purce played one of the best USWNT games of her career a week ago. Walked off the pitch with TWO assists in a five goal game. And we’re playing her on the defense?! THIS IS THE MOST VLATKO CODED GAME I HAVE SEEN SINCE WE GOT RID OF THAT MAN. WHAT THE FUCK ARE WE DOING?!

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Instead of making no subs we're just making the most baffling substitution choices

Progress?

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At least Alyssa's having some good saves

I wish she needed to make less good saves but y'know

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Hayes you have your work cut out for ya.

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can’t even be that upset bc mexico played very well and deserved it. def the better team tonight by miles

Nothing but upmost respect to Mexico. They played brilliantly. Absolutely atrocious performance from the United States. I don’t even have words.

I, personally, am now interested to see how they bounce back from this. Because they have another game in less than 72 hours…

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Happy for Mexico, they def deserved this win!! We saw under the Vlatko era and now Twila, the current USWNT coaches didn’t seem to take Mexico seriously (who remembers that painful 1-0 win during WC qualifying 😭) and we deserve to lose for that mindset. Just putting out random players and hoping they figure it out isn’t gonna fly anymore

If anyone is still on the coaching staff after they experienced *gestures wildly at the USWNT’s World Cup performance* all of that and is just “putting out random players and hoping they figure it out” or not taking competition seriously, they should be fired the minute Emma touches down on American soil.

If a player isn’t giving everything they mentally, emotionally and physically have to bettering this team they’re cut. Coaching staff should be treated exactly the same.