Month: February 2024

byelacey:

staff:

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.

bark bark bark

Hey so @staff has this data been sent off already?

And if so, to what address do I send the invoice so you can compensate me for all the data I’ve contributed?

byelacey:

staff:

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.

bark bark bark

simonbitdiddle:

glaucophane:

simonbitdiddle:

glaucophane:

Which of the following US Government agencies would be the most ominous to get an emergency alert from?

US Postal Service

Bureau of Land Management

US Geological Survey

US Department of Agriculture

Fish and Wildlife Service

National Transportation Safety Board

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

US Department of the Treasury

US Department of Education

National Science Foundation

US Patent and Trademark Office

Library of Congress

Bold of you to play dodgeball with Apollo…

Don’t you fucking dare.

*whistles completely innocently*

zheida:

recently revived one of my fav ocs, i havent drawn him for real in a long time– a different version of him still exists but not the original so i decided to just bring him back as he was LOL

wolfnanaki:

So one of my tweets kinda blew up. :v

*tamp tamp*

abnels:

groans:

ah i see youve noticed me tamping down the soft earth

i respectfully request that we bring this meme back because i think it came before its time. we werent ready in 2013. i think were ready now

nothere-3:

“The famous Women Air Service Dragonesses (WASD) dragoness corps was reactivated during World War II. They specialized in firebombing and dogfighting, but as with any military propaganda, they leave out the side effects.”

-IMF Field Agent Ellis

This art is was made by frankensteining together stock art and public domain assets; see my Twitter for a detailed process description if you’re curious.