WordPress Explores AI Integration

Discussions begin on role of artificial intelligence and the WordPress core

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WordPress contributors are having a still ongoing discussion about how AI might fit into the WordPress ecosystem, whether in the core or as a plugin.

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There are no plans at this point to add AI to the WordPress core, these discussions are just the starting point, turning on the light so to see what there’s, so to speak.

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A few contributors stepped up to share their opinions and although the discussion is just starting, important points were made.

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One thing that was agreed on, at this point, is that integration of AI might be best accomplished through external plugins as opposed to hard coded into the WordPress core itself.

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Matt Cromwell shared his concern that the current plans for WordPress are packed with projects that needed to be finished and that adding AI to that load might be distracting and pull efforts away from existing projects.

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But he also agreed that talking about AI is a smart thing to do at this point.

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