WordPress formed the AI ​​team

WordPress announcement On Tuesday, we established an AI team to manage the development of AI products within the developer community.

The team includes James Lepage from Google (Automattic’s AI leader and WordPress parent company), Felix Arntz and Pascal Birchler from Google, and Jeff Paul (Open Source Director for Web Design Firm 10UP).

One of the most dominant platforms for building websites, WordPress has already seen developers within open source community experiments using AI tools. Creating a formal team shows that WordPress wants to play a more active role in organizing and mitigating AI efforts among developers.

“Unified Team Steward AI Development will help you avoid fragmentation thoughtfully and ensure that you work with WordPress’ long-term goals,” wrote Mary Hubbard, executive director of WordPress. Blog post.

Currently, WordPress developers publish 660 different things Plugins. The most popular plugins include AI-powered template builders, AI SEO optimization tools, and chatbots.