Ever wonder about creativity in the world of generative AI? Our very own Dr. Tessa Needham joined host Nathan Wrigley on the @wpbuilds.com podcast to share her POV and why human creativity matters as much as ever.

What happens when a Barcelona design studio decides women creatives deserve more credit? You get Women at Work, a podcast amplifying female voices across design and innovation, and they just found their home on @wordpress.com.🎙️

Our next dev/ai/nyc, ft. @khyatitrehan.bsky.social and Kelly Hoffman, is two days away! 🗽 Trehan (designer at Google Creative Lab) and Hoffman (our head of design) discuss where art meets AI at our NoHo Space in NYC. Plus drinks, light bites, and great conversation—all free.

The next dev/ai/nyc is almost here! 🗽 Join us at our NoHo Space next Wednesday to dig into the intersection of art and technology with @khyatitrehan.bsky.social, designer and visual artist at Google Creative Lab, and Kelly Hoffman, Head of Design at Automattic.

Contributor Day. Real-world WordPress projects. Four conference tracks covering AI, technical skills, business, and the basics. Explore what’s waiting for you at WordCamp US 2026 in Phoenix, August 16–19: wordpress.org/news/2026/07/wc... #WCUS #WordPress

The open web has a story. This is it. Code for the People is available to stream today. For free. For freedom. For the future.

Tech for good, one build day at a time. 🌈💻 We've teamed up with @outintech.bsky.social, the largest LGBTQ+ tech community in the world, for our latest hackathon collab. Since 2017 we've backed their Digital Corps program, helping build 270+ multilingual websites for LGBTQ+ orgs across the globe. 🧵

The internet you rely on was built on open source. This film is about the people who made that possible. @codeforthepeople.com is out today, free to stream for everyone.

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The internet belongs to all of us. Today, we prove it. Code for the People, a documentary short about the open web from the people who built it, is now available. Stream it for free. For freedom. For the future. #OpenSource #OpenWeb #DocumentaryShort

The internet belongs to all of us. Today, we prove it. Code for the People, a documentary short about the open web from the people who built it, is now available. Stream it for free. For freedom. For the future. #OpenSource #OpenWeb #DocumentaryShort

Code for the People Lights! Camera! Action! Todd Spangler at Variety writes: Automattic’s ‘Code for the People’ Documentary Is a Rallying Cry for Users to Fight for the Open Internet…... https://ma.tt/2026/07/people-code/

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Lights! Camera! Action! Todd Spangler at Variety writes: Automattic’s ‘Code for the People’ Documentary Is a Rallying Cry for Users to Fight for the Open Internet, from the NYC premiere last week. I'm looking forward to the San Francisco premiere of the documentary, and then tomorrow everyone can stream it for free on codeforthepeople.com! Appearances by Anne McCarthy…

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One night only! @codeforthepeople.com comes to the Bay Area for a special preview screening and panel with @ma.tt and Pedraum Pardehpoosh. We’d love it if you’d join!

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Code for the People goes West! On July 8, join us for a preview screening with our partners @kqedarts.bsky.social at their headquarters, followed by a panel with @ma.tt, Padraum Pardehpoosh, KQED Editor-in-Chief Ethan Lindsey, and Producer Michael Dinh. We’d love to see you there.

@codeforthepeople.com screened in NYC on July 1. The questions the audience asked about open source, AI, and who controls the internet matter to everyone who builds, creates, or publishes online.

Code for the People is coming to NYC. On July 1, join us for a one-night-only preview screening at Crosby Street Hotel in SoHo, in partnership with @variety.com. Immediately following is a panel from director Bao Nguyen and @ma.tt, moderated by @xpangler.bsky.social.

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One night only. On July 1, Code for the People comes to NYC for a special preview event with @variety.com. Following the screening is a panel with director Bao Nguyen and @ma.tt, moderated by Variety’s Todd Spangler. We'd love for you to be the first to see it.

It’s time to turn the tassels! On June 23, nearly 40 students completed the nation's first workforce-focused AI literacy course, earning a credential backed by University of Illinois Chicago and the @wordpress.org Foundation, and getting paid to do it. 🎓

The trailer for @codeforthepeople.bsky.social is here. Featuring @ma.tt, Anne McCarthy, Paolo Belcastro, Ian Stewart, Beau Lebens, Eric Binnion, Matías Ventura, and much more. July 9 2026. Free to stream. Watch it below.

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Take back the internet. Code for the People. July 9. #OpenSource #OpenWeb #DocumentaryShort

It's time to take back the internet. The official poster for @codeforthepeople.bsky.social is here. Free to stream July 9.

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This isn't the internet we were promised, and some promises are worth keeping. Code for the People, a documentary short about the open web and the humans behind it, drops July 9. Free to stream, unlike some things. #OpenSource #OpenWeb #DocumentaryShort

This isn't the internet we were promised, and some promises are worth keeping. Code for the People, a documentary short about the open web and the humans behind it, drops July 9. Free to stream, unlike some things. #OpenSource #OpenWeb #DocumentaryShort

The best affiliate recommendations don't need a hard sell. Pressable is managed @wordpress.org hosting built for professionals managing client sites at scale. Here's why affiliates choose it.

WordCamp Europe 2026 was one for the books. 🇵🇱 Three days, 2,000-plus attendees from 81 countries, and countless incredible panels and sessions–all celebrating @wordpress.com and the people behind it.

Day two of @wceurope.bsky.social in Kraków, Poland, is in the books. You really showed up and showed out. Our very own Ryan Welcher led the brand-new @wordpress.com Interactivity API workshop, while Dennis Snell led an HTML API session. Oh, and our booth was bustling throughout! 🇵🇱

The first day of @wordpress.org is all about showing up for each other. 💙 Contributor Day is bringing together over a thousand @wordpress.org community members to build, design, translate, document, and improve the software powering the open web. This is what it’s all about. 💻

We’re in! 🔒The internet should be safe for everyone, especially kids. That's why Automattic is officially joining the Tech Coalition–60-plus companies united against online child exploitation.

🚨We're heading to Kraków, Poland, for @wceurope.bsky.social 2026! One of Europe's most beautiful cities will be the @wordpress.org community's home base, and we can’t wait to celebrate how far we’ve come and where we’re going. 💙

Don’t miss this one! @MaryHubbard, Executive Director of @wordpress.org, heads to @sxsw.com London next week, and she’ll answer a crucial question: Who should control the world's most powerful technology? Details on her panel alongside Joe Spisak, below. 🌎

“The ideas will always matter.” A standout moment from digital art pioneer @roberthodgin.bsky.social, in conversation with Pablo Honey at last night’s dev/ai/nyc. Here are a few favorite snaps from their conversation on art in the age of AI. 🗽

Our latest dev/ai/nyc did not disappoint. Digital art pioneer @roberthodgin.bsky.social and design co-lead Pablo Honey sat down for an unfiltered conversation on creativity in the age of AI. Couldn't make it to our NoHo Space? Watch the full conversation below. 🎬👇

"The Ideas Will Always Matter" — Robert Hodgin on Art, AI & 20 Years of Creative Coding | dev/ai/nyc

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Next stop: Kraków, Poland! @wceurope.bsky.social is in just a few weeks, and we’d like to share a new travel companion. 🇵🇱🇪🇺 Meet WordCamp Agent: a Telegram bot built by our own @artpi.net to help you plan your trip, navigate the event, and get the most out of each day.

Two days until the next dev/ai/nyc! 🍎 Join us at our NoHo space on Thursday, May 21 for a fireside chat from digital artist and Rare Volume co-founder @roberthodgin.bsky.social and our Creative Director Pablo Honey. They’ll explore design and expression in the age of AI. Don’t miss it!

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It’s about that time for the next dev/ai/nyc! 🗽 Join us at our NoHo Space next Thursday to explore the intersection of machine intelligence and human expression with @roberthodgin.bsky.social, generative art pioneer, and Pablo Honey, Creative Director at Automattic.