Why the WordPress Chaos Matters

The 404 Media Podcast

We start this week's episode with the ongoing (and pretty confusing!) conflict between Wordpress.com and WP Engine. It might sound like drama, but it actually could have ramifications for the wider web. Sam talks us through it. After the break, Jason explains how he used AI to apply to more than a dozen jobs over breakfast, and how tons of other people are using these tools themselves. In the subscribers-only section, Jason talks about a presentation inside the National Archives which shows the agency's big push towards AI.

YouTube version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-H_E4yjTJZQ

• ‘The Community Is In Chaos:’ WordPress.org Now Requires You Denounce Affiliation With WP Engine To Log In
• ‘I Applied to 2,843 Roles’: The Rise of AI-Powered Job Application Bots
• ‘AI-Mazing Tech-Venture’: National Archives Pushes Google Gemini AI on Employees

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