Christine Lemmer-Webber on Nostr: I'm empathetic to how damn hard it is to raise funding for FOSS nonprofits. That's a ...
I'm empathetic to how damn hard it is to raise funding for FOSS nonprofits. That's a large portion of my job, and well, money has gotten a lot tighter lately. Finding anything at all, paying your people, is damn hard.
I do wonder if that's an influence on:
https://mastodon.social/@Blender/116482997785333001I wasn't going to comment on it, but I guess it feels particularly timed with this announcement from the other side:
https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-for-creative-workBummer. Blender is still my favorite software, but I'm worried about how this will affect artists. Blender is 100% controllable in every way via its very good Python API. It's not surprising that there's interest to control it from AI agents.
I won't take myself out of the loop of producing my own artwork, and I don't think any software will replace Blender as my favorite graphics software, but I am bummed out by this.
I hope Blender doesn't start incorporating genAI contributions into its codebase also.
Welcome Anthropic as a Corporate Patron sponsor of the Blender Foundation’s Development Fund! This support will be dedicated towards general Blender core development. More details at https://www.blender.org/press/anthropic-joins-the-blender-development-fund-as-corporate-patron/
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