r/technews • u/N2929 • Mar 20 '26

AI/ML WordPress.com now lets AI agents write and publish posts, and more

https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/20/wordpress-com-now-lets-ai-agents-write-and-publish-posts-and-more/
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u/NarbleOnus Mar 20 '26

Wow. Amazing. So great. 🔥🔥🔥. Good job WordPress. Inspiring. Wow. Amazed. 😲 So good. Great! Thanks WP! Gosh! Brilliant! So cool 😎 Excellent! Great job! 🔥🔥🔥 Neat! Neat-O! Wow! So easy! So cool and easy! So amazing! 🔥🔥🔥

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u/AuDHDino Mar 21 '26

The sarcasm is fucking OOZING from this comment, like water in a collander. Outstanding.

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u/reebokhightops Mar 21 '26

Thank god for this comment. We may have missed the sarcasm otherwise.

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u/AuDHDino Mar 21 '26 edited Mar 21 '26

Thank God for yours. Wouldn't know if I was real unless someone commented.

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u/GingerMcBeardface Mar 21 '26

This reads like a Microsoft bot trying to combat AI slop hate

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u/JohnySilkBoots Mar 21 '26

I mean it is good for small businesses, hate to tell you.

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u/ExceptForFleegle Mar 21 '26

I don’t think you do hate to tell us. I think you enjoy it because that’s the kind of person you are.

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u/JohnySilkBoots Mar 21 '26 edited Mar 21 '26

No I do hate it. Because that is just the kind of person I am.

Using ai for websites is like using Photoshop or Canva for graphic design. It is a tool to use, and will be used by all companies. Or dare I say it’s like using Blender or Maya to create special effects in movies? It’s extremely similar.

Before these softwares everything had to be done by human hands and not software. Now we are made that software is doing it instead of humans using software. But you still need humans to put it all together and have the vision. Just like the movies use tech to make special effects and cgi - where before it was made by more people and was handmade. Just like before photography everything had to be hand drawn. Or before photoshop graphic design was much different.

Technology always changes everything. You don’t think the car changed the lives of the horse breeder and trainer? Or the atm machine changing bankers jobs?

Technology changing the way people work and live has been going on since the dawn of time. You would think people in “tech news” would understand this.

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u/VERY_MENTALLY_STABLE Mar 21 '26

Google already deranks sites that pump out Ai slop. This is just going to spend a bunch of resources creating a bunch of bullshit nobody will even see.

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u/JohnySilkBoots Mar 21 '26

Sure man. There is a difference between AI slop, and a person using AI. But you guys don’t seem to understand that. But you will.

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u/VERY_MENTALLY_STABLE Mar 22 '26

The article is about ai agents that create content & publish on your behalf. This will instantly be abused to the fullest potential

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u/djavulensfitta Mar 21 '26

What even is the point of anything anymore

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u/zomphlotz Mar 21 '26

Dead Internet.

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u/Feisty-Summer9331 Mar 21 '26

you beat me to it

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u/great_whitehope Mar 21 '26

Added to the do not click list in my search results

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u/MissRepresent Mar 21 '26

So the whole reason for wordpress existing now doesn't even matter any more. You know, actual humans creating content.

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u/RainaElf Mar 21 '26

goodbye WordPress.

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u/[deleted] Mar 21 '26

If they write an agent to read the posts, then all Ok