The US Government put restrictions on Claude Mythos and Fable, so Anthropic has pulled it temporarily.

WordPress is in the middle of a perfect storm. Some people blame Matt, others blame AI, but there are a lot of forces at work. In the latest issue of the WP Perspectives newsletter I outline what is going on and also discuss some areas that are stable.

An interview by Jimmy Trav at WordCamp with a member of the Builderius team.

Beaver Builder is adding AI features. Not the first to the party, but the features look well thought-out.

WP Org plugin updates being delayed up to 24 hours for AI security scanning.

AI didn’t kill your job, it just made it clear what your job was … is this the re-emergence of the need for real design?

In the AI is stealing your content department, there are some positive developments resulting from a UK watchdog’s intervention.

fter a few years with no tests, Kevin Ohashi again held his WP hosting tests. Note that these are a pay to participate, opt-in sets of tests.

React was updated from version 18 to 19 in the Gutenberg plugin as a step in shipping the update with WordPress 7.1. However, issues surfaced due to Gutenberg addons that include their own version.