Matt Mullenweg wanted to go nuclear against WP Engine, whose owner is the private equity firm Silver Lake, but perhaps he was not prepared to face the tough legal battle that lay ahead and which, according to him, has prevented the launch of WordPress’s new collaborative features in the recent WordPress 7.0 update.
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The best CMS with integrated artificial intelligence (AI)
On November 30, 2022, OpenAI’s ChatGPT was launched, the first major generative artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot. It literally blew our minds from the very first moment despite its hallucinations and AI generated images of people with 6 fingers. A lot has happened since then, AI has improved greatly and it has also begun to be perfectly integrated into most CMS.
(more…)Drupal founder gives Pantheon a slap on the wrist
In the style of the WordPress drama, but in a somewhat calmer, slower and more measured way, Drupal founder Dries Buytaert has given Pantheon CEO Josh Koenig a small slap on the wrist, after Koenig has repeatedly been critical of the direction the Drupal project is taking.
(more…)Wix plans to lay off 20% of its workforce, around 1,000 employees
Wix plans to lay off 20% of its workforce, around 1,000 employees, to reduce costs and fund its commitment to artificial intelligence. The company is seeking to boost Base44 and respond to investor pressure, although it maintains a prominent position among the most widely used CMS on the Internet.
(more…)Claude Mythos is no hype: it finds disturbing numbers of vulnerabilities
Anthropic’s Glasswing project is proving to be a huge success. This project has made its cybersecurity technology Claude Mythos available on a preliminary basis to some companies and the result is that 10,000 high or critical severity vulnerabilities have already been detected. This makes it clear that the power of Claude Mythos was not hot air, as it is indeed finding a large number of security holes, faster and better than humans.
(more…)The Google May 2026 core update is now rolling out
Once again, out of nowhere, the open web is getting back on the roller coaster of Google core updates with the May 2026 core update. As usual, we do not know what it consists of or anything else. We only know that we must pray that our beloved monopoly does its job well and truly prioritizes quality and not itself (YouTube, for example) even more.
(more…)WordPress 7.0 arrives with several improvements, but an important one was left out
WordPress 7.0 is now available and can be downloaded for free. Perhaps the most important part of this update is that it lays the groundwork for artificial intelligence (AI) plugins to connect with whichever AI each person sees fit to contract.
(more…)GfK DAM data on AI in Spain shows a bleak future for the open web
GfK DAM, the measurement provider recommended by the industry, invited a group of journalists to review the impact of generative AI and chatbots in Spain using data from its digital measurement. The data could not be clearer and shows that users still want to stay informed, but not so much through the media outlets themselves. And unfortunately, the bad news does not end here…
(more…)Acquia Fair Trade Initiative aims to solve Drupal’s funding problem
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Open source CMSs have been under a lot of pressure lately, mainly due to artificial intelligence (AI). For this reason, they are undertaking a series of major changes so they do not miss the AI wave and can continue to be leading software in the future.Condé Nast works as if Google traffic did not exist and this is the way
Google arrived with very good intentions, don’t be evil and all the rest and we swallowed it. It was a matter of going public and all those intentions dissolved like a sugar cube. Since then, we have lived at the mercy of Core Updates like someone watching a roller coaster, hoping that Google will finally do its job properly and genuinely prioritize quality. In the end, this never happens.
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