Tag: Automattic

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WordPress in negotiations with OpenAI and Midjourney over AI deal

WordPress in negotiations with OpenAI and Midjourney over AI deal

Automattic announced that it is negotiating with OpenAI and Midjourney for an AI deal. With this deal user data from WordPress users, among others, will enter training data for LLMs from these AI companies. WordPress has stated that it will not share data coming from its paying WordPress VIP users.... Read more

date28 days ago
WordPress owner acquires all-in-one messaging app Texts.com

WordPress owner acquires all-in-one messaging app Texts.com

Automattic, the owner of WordPress and Tumblr, has acquired the all-in-one messaging app Texts.com for $50 million (€47 million). The purpose of the acquisition is to accelerate the messaging app's development. The acquisition gives Automattic an all-in-one messaging app that merges several ot... Read more

date5 months ago
WordPress’s parent company acquires ActivityPub plugin

WordPress’s parent company acquires ActivityPub plugin

WordPress users can now easily integrate with the Fediverse, thanks to the new ActivityPub for WordPress plugin. Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com and other web publishing tools, recently acquired the plugin and hired its developer, Matthias Pfefferle, to work for the company. The plu... Read more

date1 year ago
Ten companies form the PHP Foundation to fund developers

Ten companies form the PHP Foundation to fund developers

The future of PHP source code language is in the hands of Dmitry Stogov and Nikita Popov. To ensure its preservation, ten companies have come together to form the PHP Foundation to fund these core developers. Details about the PHP Foundation Ten companies have grouped up to form the PHP Found... Read more

date2 years ago