Automattic confirms Matt Mullenweg has returned to his position as chairman and CEO "with full support of the board", after an attempted ouster this week (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

Automattic announced that Matt Mullenweg has been reinstated as chairman and CEO with the board’s full support after a brief attempted ouster. Simultaneously, leading AI figures including Dario Amodei and Elon Musk urged a coordinated slowdown of advanced AI development, proposing independent evaluators and global governance mechanisms.