WordPress.com has unveiled an AI-powered website builder in early access mode, allowing customers to create functional websites in a short time frame.
To access the AI site builder, users need a WordPress.com account, and they must then select a hosting plan, which starts at $18 per month; no credit card is required during the free trial.
The builder uses a chatbot to elicit information from the user, such as the purpose of the website and preferred colour schemes, before creating a site with AI-generated images and text.
The user can then make further tweaks before the website is transferred to WordPress.com’s hosting service, where it can continue to be edited.
The AI builder can currently only be used to create new WordPress sites, not existing ones.