Podcast: Why the WordPress Chaos Matters

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How the WordPress chaos may impact the web; using AI to apply for jobs; and how the National Archives wants to push its employees to use Google's AI.

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.

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• ‘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