Location: #core-ai Slack Channel
Agenda: No agenda this week
The bi-weekly Core AI meeting was held on 4 September , 2025:
WCUS & Contributor Day
@jeffpaul highlighted the recent face‑to‑face sessions on the Core AI table at WordCamp US and thanked @justlevine for coordinating remote participation.
Handbook & Badge Development
@karmatosed facilitated work on refining the AI handbook and creating the WordPress AI badge. There are a number of new pages for the handbook including the Contributing badge page.
PHP AI Client – 0.1.0 MVP & Roadmap
@jason_the_adams announced the 0.1.0 MVP release for the PHP AI Client, with a demo shown on stage. The demo code is on GitHub: https://github.com/felixarntz/wp-ai-sdk-chatbot-demo
Roadmap items for versions 0.2.0–0.4.0 are on the issue board: https://github.com/WordPress/php-ai-client/issues/8
Project Updates
WP‑Specific Layer – WordPress AI Client
@flixos90 explained progress on wp‑ai‑client: the layer adapts the generic PHP SDK to WordPress, adds a settings screen for API credentials, and provides REST endpoints for client‑side usage. The project is in early work‑in‑progress; interested contributors can follow issue #1: https://github.com/WordPress/wp-ai-client/issues/1
Abilities API & WP 6.9 Timeline
@jeffpaul noted that the Abilities API effort is the most urgent for the WP 6.9 Beta 1 release on October 21. @karmatosed applied a milestone to the issue, giving the team a sense of time. @isotropic is working on the roadmap with @karmatosed for this week’s priority.
AI Experiments Canonical Plugin
@jeffpaul shared work is going on to create a GitHub issue that consolidates the roadmap and a high‑level list of planned features. Feedback from Contributor Day is welcome, and a formal roadmap issue will be added next week.
Sharing
- @justlevine shared a link to the recorded panel discussion from WCUS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_0O6dQ4Q4E
- Mo Khaled shared they are looking for input on their upcoming tutorial series: https://github.com/Ref34t/WP-AI-Tutorials/issues/1