According to a report by 404 Media, the owner of Tumblr and WordPress.com is in talks with AI companies Midjourney and OpenAI. Automattic plans to share data with third parties, including training data obtained from user posts. The company has scraped all public post content from Tumblr from 2014 to 2023, including content that will not be publicly displayed.

WordPress has launched a 100-year domain registration plan, aimed at companies and families wishing to preserve content for over a generation. Customers can not only secure a century-long domain registration but also receive unlimited traffic hosting and personalized 24/7 support from WordPress. Priced at $38,000 (or $380 per year), it may be beyond the budgets of many.