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Set up the official WordPress MCP Adapter, see what your AI can do once it connects, and learn when a plugin with an OAuth sign-in is the faster route.

AI is becoming crucial for monitoring domain abuse, enabling automated analysis and real-time detection. However, careful oversight is essential to avoid errors, especially as domain registrations surge.

Open Channels News host Robert shares AI’s evolving role, highlighting Meta’s Home Link for hardware integration, GPT-6 Astra’s gameplay without visuals, and BootLoops enhancing scientific research tools.

WordPress 7.0.1 is now available! This minor release includes fixes for 31 bugs throughout Core and the Block Editor, addressing issues affecting multiple areas of WordPress including the block editor, admin ui, and media. For a full list of bug fixes, please refer to the release candidate announcement. WordPress 7.0.1 is a short-cycle maintenance release. The next major version…

Automattic is always 5–15 years ahead of other companies, but things happen faster now. I predict other companies will start scrambling to add great writers to their boards, because, well, look at the headlines in AI. United’s board already has Walter Isaacson. Authors are awesome, akin to founders in the startup/tech ecosystem. Public offer to…

In this episode of Open Web Conversations, Adam Weeks chats with Nate Stewart on AI’s transformative impact on open source. They explore challenges, opportunities, and the evolving role of agencies as digital experiences shift in the AI era.