WordPress Forms Dedicated AI Team to Drive Open Innovation

WordPress has launched a new AI Team to lead and unify artificial intelligence development across its ecosystem. The team aims to accelerate innovation through plugin-first experimentation, ensure responsible integration, and uphold WordPress values. Backed by contributors from Automattic, Google, and 10up, this move positions WordPress to shape AI in an open, community-driven way.

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Matt Mullenweg deactivates WordPress accounts of key contributors.

In a recent blog post, Mullenweg shared that he had disabled the WordPress.org accounts of a few contributors, such as Joost de Valk and Karim Marucchi. This action was taken due to their supposed intentions to create a fork of WordPress, according to TechCrunch. This decision comes after these contributors expressed interest in spearheading the next WordPress update, particularly after Automattic announced it would be scaling back its support for the open-source project.

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