"Privacy Concerns: How Tumblr and WordPress Are Selling User Data for AI Training"
WordPress is a content management system that can be hosted anywhere, while WordPress.com is a site that sells hosted WordPress sites. The recent news about Automattic selling user data to AI modeling companies has raised concerns, but the primary difference between the two is that WordPress.com offers a more controlled experience with limited options and customer support, while self-hosted WordPress has no constraints but requires more technical knowledge. Data privacy concerns primarily apply to WordPress.com sites, but self-hosted sites using services like Jetpack may also be at risk.
