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Vintage Italian lighting by designer Gino Vistosi
~ Hello after a long long break ~
12/1/2022 / Finally Feeling Well after Covid
Automattic will sign a contract with OpenAI for Midjourney to learn off of Tumblr and Wordpress
Hello! Automattic, Tumblr's parent company, will sign a contract with OpenAI and Midjourney so Midjourney can learn off of Tumblr's and WordPress' art and other user data. :) (The full text of this article is copy/pasted in the cut below). You can opt out! but I truly cannot imagine a more idiotic or out of touch decision on the part of Tumblr's CEO.
First thing's first: When/if this goes live, opt out of this immediately. Do this even if you're not an artist. The more people opt out, the less valuable this contract is to Midjourney. in an ideal world, literally all of the active users would opt out, but if we can even get to 50% that's pretty delicious.
Second: Contact Tumblr Support. It's vital that you do this politely. Tumblr staff is not responsible for this decision and the point of doing this is to show the userbase's unwillingness to be involved in this, not harangue Tumblr staff. (Seriously, stop haranguing Tumblr staff). Here's a script:
Hi, I'm writing in to express my disappointment in Automattic's pending contract with OpenAI to sell user data. Midjourney is already embroiled in copyright lawsuits, and it is not possible to train it without compromising copyright, including violating the IP of artists on this site. I strongly protest this contract and will opt out if it goes live. Depending on the privacy terms around what user data is sold to OpenAI and why, it is possible I will leave the platform entirely. Thank you for your time.
Third: Download Glaze and start poisoning them prompts, my friends
Fourth: Stare into the middle distance for a second with me because holy fucking shit? How stupid can one decision be?
chartreuse kitchen / milk shelf
"Ghost Cat Anzu" (Anzu, chat-fantΓ΄me) french/japanese animated feature film directed by Yoko Kuno & Nobuhiro Yamashita. Produced by Shin-Ei Animation & Miyu Productions. Based on the manga by Takashi Imashiro. Coming soon in Japan (Toho), France (Diaphana), North America (GKIDS). First teaser here.
This looks so damn cute
WITHAPENCILINHAND presents "The Thingsons" - Part 1
The Simpsons x The Thing mashed up to make a weird ass comic. I had this idea about a few years after creating Bartkira (yeah I am that guy) and wanted to do something where I can mash up two more of my favourite things. The whole comic is on here and I will make a zine based on this in due time.
βThe More I Seeβ (2021) β linktr.ee/sonyafu