Automattic launches WordPress AI writing assistant

On Tuesday, Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com and the main contributor to open-source WordPress, launched an AI assistant for the popular content management system.

The assistant integrates seamlessly with WordPress.com and Jetpack-powered sites, according to the company. Add an “AI Assistant” block to your post or page. After typing a natural language prompt, the AI assistant will generate text. The AI assistant can generate blog post ideas and create structured lists and tables.

It can also make a post more casual, skeptical, humorous, confident, or empathetic. The assistant can summarize and title the post.

Automattic said the new AI assistant supports 12 languages, including Spanish, French, Chinese, Korean, and Hindi. Writers can write in their native language and translate it into English. The assistant also corrects spelling and grammar better than WordPress.

Free trials of Jetpack AI Assistant block 20 requests. After that, the feature costs $10 per month.

Many writing tools have added AI-powered features in recent months. Microsoft Word and Google Docs both have AI features. Project Tailwind, an AI-powered note-taking experience, was unveiled at Google I/O last month. Notion and Grammarly also have AI-powered writing apps.

It can also make a post more casual, skeptical, humorous, confident, or empathetic. The assistant can summarize and title the post.

Automattic said the new AI assistant supports 12 languages, including Spanish, French, Chinese, Korean, and Hindi. Writers can write in their native language and translate to English. The assistant also corrects spelling and grammar better than WordPress.

Free trials of Jetpack AI Assistant block allow 20 requests. After that, the feature costs $10 per month.

Many writing tools have added AI-powered features in recent months. Microsoft Word and Google Docs both have AI features. Project Tailwind, an AI-powered note-taking experience, was unveiled at Google I/O last month. Notion and Grammarly also have AI-powered writing apps.