From strategy to delivery: Key outcomes of the Drupal AI Initiative off-site

The Drupal AI Initiative is responsible for leading the definition and delivery of major AI capabilities for Drupal. Whilst operating in the fast-paced AI industry, we recognise the importance of taking time to ensure plans to deliver our bold vision are robust.
With this in mind, last week, members of the Drupal AI Initiative gathered in-person and online for two days of structured activities dedicated to refining the initiative’s direction, funding model, operational framework, and marketing. 
The off-site fostered improved collaboration and strategic clarity. It also served as a valuable forum to present and critically review a newly developed marketing and communications strategy, ensuring plans are in place to extend awareness of Drupal AI far beyond markets where Drupal is well-established.
$300k funding secured to catalyse progress
Securing sustainable funding and growing the team is fundamental to the initiative’s success, and Dominique De Cooman is leading this area. Dominique has had numerous conversations with Drupal agency leaders regarding the Drupal AI Initiative and how they can get involved. He reported rising interest in support and confirmed a host of additional sponsors, known as “Makers”, joining the initiative.
Being a maker goes beyond financial support. Each agrees to allocate full-time staff dedicated to advancing key areas of the initiative. Combined, these commitments represent new funding worth $300,000, which will be used to accelerate progress towards our goals.
The first round of Drupal AI Makers (in alphabetical order) was announced in early June:

1xINTERNET
Acquia
amazee.io
Dropsolid
FreelyGive
Salsa Digital

The latest Drupal AI Makers (in alphabetical order):

Axelerant
Elevated Third
ImageX
Joshi Consultancy Services
Morpht
QED42
SeeD EM
Zivtech
Zoocha

Their support brings the total number of Drupal AI Makers to 15, representing a significant milestone for the initiative. There is also an anonymous sponsor contributing funding. A more detailed blog post about these new makers is coming soon.

A workshop was held to explicitly define concrete deliverables across various functional areas, including product, external relations, operational processes, scaling the team, and financial sustainability.
Strategies to attract further funding were also discussed, together with discussions on how supporters may derive value. This covered details of the “early access” programme, which provides benefits to makers while remaining true to open source and Drupal community values.
Building delivery capacity with dedicated project management
Thanks to the new makers, we have greatly increased our capacity to deliver. The leadership team acknowledged the need to recruit a dedicated project manager (PM). This will bring clarity, structure, and accountability to product management, development, and delivery. A focused PM will ensure our development team works effectively, bolstering our ability to ship solutions frequently and maintain Drupal’s leading advantage in open-source AI.

The team developed a hiring plan for this critical position, including profiling the role, outlining timelines and budget, and identifying the individuals responsible for the hiring process.
Decisions were made regarding candidate assessment and communicating hiring plans, while interim candidates from makers were identified to fill the role and deliver immediate benefits.
Shaping the next phase of Drupal AI development
A deep dive into the product roadmap was conducted, where participants worked to define concrete milestones, delivery timelines, and assign ownership of features.

Discussions also focused on making the technology installable and packaging its various capabilities, with decisions made regarding demo versions to support evaluation.
An article detailing the roadmap planning is forthcoming.
Informed by the Drupal AI Survey
The off-site was intentionally held as the Drupal AI Survey drew to a close. Early analysis of 232 submissions ensured that our decision-making processes directly took into account feedback from end users.
The survey’s ranking method was designed to determine feature value and sentiment, helping to prioritise features based on market demand and perceived business value.
The top three features by overall weighted score were the Search Optimizer, Audit Trail Agent, and Content Librarian. Conversely, respondents ranked features such as Demand Driver and Lead Enhancer among those with the lowest business value, indicating they may benefit from reframing, clearer use cases, or potential deprioritization.
Fact Finder and Role Master generated the most commentary, which will undoubtedly enhance our approach once we enter the planning phase.
A full report from the Drupal AI Survey will be released via a special webinar on 28th August.
Marketing strategy
A substantial segment was dedicated to evaluating the draft external communication and engagement strategy.

The core objectives of this strategy are twofold: Grow the Drupal AI audience by focusing on the specific AI challenges faced by particular industries, and retain existing customers by positioning Drupal AI as a strong motivator for continued Drupal use.
The Drupal AI Marketing Strategy acknowledges a shift in buyer persona from marketing to AI procurements with more oversight from IT leaders. Over half of AI solution purchases are now funded by central IT budgets and have a strong focus on return on investment (ROI).
The core messaging frames Drupal AI as "a framework to accelerate AI adoption" that allows users to "Integrate today’s best-in-class AI and experiment with tomorrow’s breakthroughs” within the freedom of an open-source ecosystem. The strategy will ensure Drupal AI strengthens Drupal’s longstanding commitment to transparency and robust governance.
With increasing support from Makers, marketing efforts can be expanded by incorporating team members from these organisations who bring the skills and expertise necessary to achieve our aspirational goals.
Rounding off 2 days of intensive meetings

Nothing compares to the sense of togetherness and energy that face-to-face gatherings provide. Being together sparked numerous aha moments and new ideas. Of course, in true Drupal fashion, the conversations went on well into the evening. So much progress was made.

We concluded with a shared sense of purpose, a clear direction, and renewed enthusiasm to advance Drupal AI ahead of DrupalCon Vienna, by which time we will have much to showcase. See you there?
Get involved with Drupal AI
We have a variety of webinars, events, training and ways to contribute. There are opportunities for individuals across a range of skill sets plus we encourage organisations to become Makers of Drupal AI via sponsorship.
Visit the Drupal AI Initiative homepage to find out more.
Photos: Paul Johnson

Drupal AI 1.2.0-alpha2 is out and comes with stability fixes and new features

Drupal AI 1.2.0-alpha2 was released on the 13th of August and it comes with a lot of stability fixes and some new features. 
Note that since this is an alpha, we will not provide upgrade paths from this alpha and more features will still be added before the beta releases.
To discover more about Drupal AI and to access full documentation visit the project page.
Stability Fixes
The release takes us closer to a production release, by fixing a lot of bugs on the added features since the 1.2.0-alpha1 release and it fixes minor bugs on the features that already exist.
Views Automators Type
This new AI Automators type gives a whole set of new powers to AI Automators by making it possible to invoke Views from anywhere in your Automators Workflows.
This means that any content you can express in a view, the Automator can use to automate or make part of an editorial workflow.
The following scenarios are some of thousands of different workflows that you could create within minutes using the AI Automators due to this new type:

You want to figure out not just what was the most commented articles last week, but you also want a short summary and semantic rating of if the comments were positive or negative for each article. You can now set that up in minutes.
You want to have a related content block on your article, but you want it actually written in free text as a couple of sentences, how the linked content connects to the article you are reading now. You can now set that up in minutes.
You want a weekly mail with quotes that touches a specific topic, filtered out from all the editorial content that was added last week. You can now set that up in minutes.

Field Widget Actions - now with more Automator Types and with improved accessibility 
The new Field Widget Actions module makes it possible to add interactive buttons on any entity form, to make it easy for editors to interact and fill out fields with AI from anywhere. With a push of a button you can have suggestions or picks - if you are not happy, you can push and ask again. This ensures that we can use AI to help the editor, but the editor has the final decision. 
We have now added so you can use select lists, numeric fields, e-mail fields and more using the Automators and Field Widget Actions.
Outside of that, the initial version lacked needed accessibility features, making it hard to be used by everyone. We have added fixes for this.
Fully flexible streamed response
Streaming has been a second class citizen up until now in the AI module. The problem with the architecture of PHP and how a streamed response works, made it hard to do things like logging, token counting, callbacks and other post streaming events.
This has now been alleviated and it's now possible to do all things that you can do in a normal response as a streamed response.
Better CKEditor experience
The AI CKEditor experience had a limited experience when using it with the text selection. We have now added improvements to how the plugin works when selecting text and using the AI CKEditor.
Normalized Token Usage
The token usage for chat clients has historically been represented as a raw value on the response, however now we have added normalization of token usage, meaning that any third party library that for instance wants to count usage costs or add usage limits now has the possibility to do this.
Work on such an module is already underway here. 
Thank you 
Thank you to the following contributors for your contributions:
marcus_johansson, leo pitt, bbruno, a.dmitriiev, mrdalesmith, anjaliprasannan, prashant.c, danielveza, sijumpk, johnpicozzi, bisonbleu, jayzalani34, sanket.tale, ishani patel, libbna, abhishek@kumar, kanchan bhogade, jofitz, sarvjeetsingh, techmantejas, project update bot, kristen pol, mgifford, ravimane23, prabha1997, annmarysruthy, valthebald, andrewbelcher, riyas_nr, murz, gxleano, aporie, sirclickalot, seogow, svendecabooter, breidert, dan2k3k4, akhil babu, michaellander, ralkeon, scott_euser, jurgenhaas, andypost, binoli lalani, nicholass, petar_basic, matthews, dunx
Thank you to the following organizations for supporting contribution:

1xINTERNET
Acquia
Amazee Labs
amazee.io
CivicActions
Dropsolid
drunomics
Drupal India Association
EPAM Systems
European Commission and European Union Institutions, Agencies and Bodies
FAB Web Studio
Factorial GmbH
FreelyGive
Itty Bitty Byte
jofitz
LakeDrops
Noble Services Scotland
PreviousNext
QED42
Salsa Digital
Sixeleven
Skilld
Soapbox
Sven Decabooter
SystemSeed
Zoocha

Learn more about the Drupal AI Initiative and get involved
We have a variety of webinars, events and ways to get involved. There are opportunities for individuals across a range of skillsets plus we are keen to encourage organisations to become Makers of Drupal AI via sponsorship.
Visit the Drupal AI Initiative homepage to find out more.

Accelerating Innovation: Introducing the Drupal AI Initiative

The digital landscape continues to evolve, and artificial intelligence is now a present reality. The Drupal Association is excited to announce a focused approach to AI development within the Drupal ecosystem: the Drupal AI Initiative.
To ensure Drupal AI delivers a significant and strategic impact, we must move beyond traditional volunteer-based contribution models. We need a coordinated, highly dedicated effort to make sure we don’t miss the connection with the market. To build a powerful and competitive AI ecosystem for Drupal aligned with the community’s values, we need a professional team focused exclusively on this task.
Why is this needed?
We are accelerating Drupal AI innovation: Strategic initiatives like the Drupal AI initiative require consistent, dedicated effort that often exceeds the capacity of volunteer contributors.
If we are too slow, if we’re not coordinated, if we cannot ensure quality, Drupal will be left behind. An analogy we’re not used to in the U.S., “we need to take the bullet train, otherwise we will not arrive in time.”
In some ways, Drupal is ahead of many other CMS’s and other platforms. A scattershot approach in this environment will not put and keep Drupal in the lead. Nor will it do it in a manner consistent with our values of openness, innovation, and community benefit.
What are we doing?
The proposed path to success centers on creating a sustainable funding structure that compensates dedicated contributors for their work. This model is designed to attract sponsors by delivering immediate, tangible value through quick feature development and marketing, ultimately creating a self-sustaining cycle of innovation and investment.
The core of the strategy is to fund a team of full-time contributors to accelerate AI innovation within Drupal. Our goal is to secure approximately $400,000 - $500,000 USD each six months to fund a team of four to ten full-time contributors. To do this, we are working to attract 10-25 "Drupal AI Sponsors" with a proposed minimum sponsorship of $10,000 to $20,000, indexed to the size and country of the sponsoring company.
In addition to the financial contribution, Drupal AI Sponsors are expected to:

Be a Drupal Certified Partner of the Drupal Association,
Have been actively involved in the DrupalAI ecosystem prior to joining the program,
Commit 1/2 or one FTE and provide proof of expertise of suggested FTEs, either by showing current contribution to the Drupal AI ecosystem or similar experience,
Support the Drupal AI strategic roadmap to which your contributor will be directed.

Why are Leading Companies joining?
We’ve more than doubled the sponsoring companies: the five Founders and one Maker announced in June, FreelyGive, Acquia, 1xINTERNET, Dropsolid, Salsa Digital, and amazee.io, are being joined by: ImageX, Axelerant, QED42, Morpht, Joshi Consulting, Elevated Third, Zoocha, and SeeD EM.
These companies know that being part of the Drupal AI Initiative positions them strategically to:

Win new business by offering cutting-edge AI-powered Drupal solutions.
Increase visibility and recognition by being recognized as leaders in Drupal AI.
Drive commercial opportunities, selling AI-driven projects and growing their business.
Gain early market advantage with priority access to the latest Drupal AI features.
Move Drupal forward at a faster pace and be part of this epic initiative.

How does it work?
We’re assembling a dedicated team of full-time Drupal AI contributors, funded through sponsorships tailored to your organization's size and region. Our inclusive sponsorship model ensures every company, large or small, can play a role:

Drupal AI Sponsor (Silver & Gold): Commit funding and dedicated FTE contributors. In return, you receive extensive promotional opportunities, training access, roadmap influence, and market-ready AI tools ahead of your competition.(LINK to tiers and options + contract)
Drupal AI Supporter: Commit funding with direct promotional benefits and early insight into Drupal AI developments.

This funding program creates a win-win scenario: you invest in Drupal’s AI future, and Drupal invests back in your business growth. Sponsors will also receive:

Recognition as a Drupal AI Sponsor on the website and in marketing materials,
Contribution credits,
Access to all marketing materials for co-branded use,
Early information about roadmaps and releases,
Inclusion in the Early Access Program (This is new! More details below),
Ability to suggest roadmap items, access to leads, and listing Sponsor services on product page available to Gold level sponsors.

What is the Early Access Program?
The Early Access Program is designed to accelerate the development of AI features for Drupal. It provides committed partner companies with early access to new AI capabilities before they are released to the broader Drupal community. This approach helps us innovate faster, deliver immediate value to our partners, and support the health of our community.
Participants of the Drupal AI Initiative will have early access to these specialized features. After a defined period, these features may be released as open-source contributions to the broader community.
Our Commitment to Transparency:
We are committed to transparency throughout this program. The Early Access program is designed to accelerate innovation while ensuring that all final developments eventually become fully available to the broader Drupal community. We will provide regular updates on our progress, keeping the community informed.
Looking Forward: AI That Reflects Our Values
The Early Access program represents a practical evolution of open-source collaboration, one that acknowledges market realities while preserving our core values of openness, innovation, and community benefit. By guiding AI development within the Drupal ecosystem, we ensure these powerful tools enhance human creativity, maintain user agency, and remain safely accessible to all.
The future of Drupal is AI-powered, community-driven, and built on the values that have made us strong.
If your company is interested in participating, please submit the Become an AI Maker form on the Drupal AI page.

Choosing the Right AI Tools for Marketing: Key Takeaways from the Latest Drupal AI Webinar


Last week’s Drupal AI webinar, Choosing the Right AI Tools for Content and Marketing, brought together a global audience and a powerhouse panel. Jamie Abrahams, Alan Botwright, and Matthew Saunders spoke while being moderated by Paul Johnson. Together, we tackled pressing topics facing digital leaders: how to harness AI to deliver real marketing value without getting lost in hype or hamstrung by complexity.
The webinar attracted attendees from more than 20 countries and nearly 80 participants at its peak. This session wasn’t a technical demo. It was an honest conversation about challenges of implementing AI in today’s constrained marketing landscape.
Paul started the conversation by framing the discussion with some statistics. Budgets are under pressure.
Gartner released a report indicating that marketing budgets have dropped to around 7.7% of company revenue, down from 11% in pre-COVID days and this is looking to be the new normal. Combined with that, expectations are rising. Boards want more measurable results, greater efficiency and faster delivery. So everyone needs to do more with less. 59% of CMOs have insufficient budget to execute their strategies and most of them are looking towards AI to have as a possible lever to address this gap or at least try and bridge it. But there are real risks here. Teams are often starting with the technology and then going looking for problems to solve with that technology and that rarely delivers value and often leads to stalled initiatives. How do you help your clients avoid this solution-first mindset and what does a more structured problem-led approach look like in real marketing environments?
– Paul Johnson

Highlights & Key Insights
1. Start with the Why, not the Tool
Too many teams jump into AI with a solution-first mindset. The panel pushed hard against that.
You need to understand the whats and whys before you start tackling the hows.
– Matthew Saunders

We stressed the importance of identifying repetitive, data-heavy, and feedback-loop-dependent processes. Things like content review gates or asset tagging as the most valuable opportunities for automation.
2. AI is not Magic, It’s Smart Math
Jamie framed Large Language Models (LLMs) not as creative geniuses, but as very good pattern recognizers. They’re more “clever librarians” than original thinkers.
LLMs are not doing reasoning in the human sense, they’re more like an extremely good search engine of human knowledge.
– Jamie Abrahams

Expecting them to invent breakthrough creative or strategy will leave you disappointed. But as support for summarising, filtering, and speeding up content workflows? They become an efficiency booster.
3. Human-in-the-Loop is Non-Negotiable
AI isn’t a replacement for people, it’s a partner. Matthew walked through a mini case study where AI was used to aid in brand guideline compliance audit, reduce SLA reporting times by 80%, and streamline asset pipelines. But in every case, humans remained in control.
We never removed people from the loop. The AI was an assistant, not an overlord.
– Matthew Saunders

This framing, AI as a force multiplier, resonated across the panel. Alan added:
You can never spend too much time framing the problem. Once that’s clear, everything else starts to fall into place.
– Alan Botwright

Jamie suggested that human soft-skills are going to be increasingly important and that those with educational backgrounds not grounded in computer science might adapt more quickly.
People with psychology or literature backgrounds often adapt to AI tools faster than engineers. Soft skills are a real superpower here.
– Jamie Abrahams

4. Data Sovereignty Matters
The team then tackled one of the biggest blockers to enterprise adoption: where does your data go?
If you’re using a public LLM, your data is not private. Full stop.
– Matthew Saunders

The options? Either host your own (complex, but sovereign) or work with a trusted provider who can guarantee control over data storage and model access.
5. Cost Isn’t Just About Tokens
Licensing, training, integrations, governance, and internal change management all add up. Matthew suggested teams run a “pre-mortem”:
Ask: a year from now, this AI rollout failed. Why? Map every reason—and you’ll surface the hidden costs before they become real.
– Matthew Saunders

Jamie added that the best outcomes come from constrained agents and narrowly scoped tasks. Not sprawling generalist bots.
If you make your agent or LLM do as little as possible, it’s much more likely to get it right.
– Jamie Abrahams

6. Open Source + Drupal = Strategic Advantage
When asked why Drupal AI matters and what it means to organizations, the panelists had quite a bit to say:
You can build and demo an end-to-end AI prototype in 5 minutes on Drupal. No other open platform gives you that kind of agility.
– Matthew Saunders

This isn’t just a tech shift—it’s a change program. Trust, communication, and alignment across teams are critical to success.
– Alan Botwright

Drupal’s built-in abstraction layers mean you can swap models, switch providers, and adapt as the AI landscape evolves—without rearchitecting everything.
Final Thoughts
This was a real-world conversation grounded in experience: how to launch, govern, scale, and sustain AI in environments with limited budget, complex regulation, and high user expectations.
If you missed the session or want to share it with your team, the full recording is available here:
https://youtu.be/thCrVYlw1Bk
Got questions or want to connect around Drupal AI or implementation strategies? Drop by the Drupal AI Slack channel or check out the Drupal AI LinkedIn page.File attachments:  Choosing_the_right_AI_tooling_for_your_business_image.png

Transform Your Business by Sponsoring a Drupal Leader

An extraordinary opportunity exists to support Drupal CMS, boost your organisation's credits, and bring one of the leading minds behind Drupal CMS directly into your organization. 
We're seeking sponsors for Cristina Chumillas, the UX and Product Design Lead for Drupal CMS, who has been defining and driving the product direction since the Starshot initiative started in May 2024.
We were lucky to have Cristina engaged in this role full-time for seven months, thanks to Lullabot. Now we're looking to extend this to ensure we can deliver on the strategy for Drupal CMS 2.0 and beyond.
Why Core Contributors Are Business Game-Changers
The real value of this sponsorship goes beyond supporting Drupal—it's about what core contributors can do for your business.
"Working with a core contributor is like having a superhero on your team,” explains Pam Baronne, CTO at Technocrat and Drupal CMS Product Owner. 
"There should be an absolute premium on hiring core contributors. They aren’t just an asset to Drupal -- their skill, knowledge, and connections make them incredibly valuable to your company”.

Sponsoring a member of the Drupal CMS leadership team ensures your organization is not just prepared for what's coming, but also has the insider insight to help position you in the shifting market. 
Cristina can bring a depth of experience to your organization that is hard to match. Your sponsorship earns you contribution credits directly, boosting your Drupal Certified Partner ranking. Additionally, she can mentor your team on Drupal contribution, building expertise that elevates your company's productivity as well as your standing in the community. 
Meet Cristina - The Designer-Developer Leading Drupal's Transformation
As a designer who later learned front-end development and specializes in Drupal, Cristina brings a diverse range of skills to the role. She has been a core contributor for many years. She joined the Core Leadership Team as a front-end framework manager in 2021, and was recently also appointed as a core UX Manager. Cristina has been coordinating key design and UX initiatives in Drupal since 2017, most recently with the new Navigation in Drupal 11.
Based in Barcelona, Cristina is also active in organising the local community as well as DrupalCon. She will be a featured speaker at DrupalCon Vienna and (pending sponsorship) DrupalCon Nara as well.
The vision for Drupal CMS as a tool for marketers, designers, and content creators requires deep expertise in user experience design—exactly what Cristina brings to the role.
Flexible Engagement Options
The structure of the sponsorship engagement is flexible, and we are open to offers: 

Full or partial sponsorship
Project-based arrangements for specific milestones
Part-time combinations of Drupal work with your business needs
Custom arrangements tailored to your goals
 

Ready to add a Drupal superhero to your team?
We're open to alternative arrangements as well, so if you are interested in learning more about this opportunity, please fill in this sponsorship interest form and we will be in touch.

The Drupal Association Announces 2025 Board Election Winner and Additional Board Members

The Drupal Association is excited to announce the winner of 2025 Community At-Large Board Elections and additional board members joining this year.
We extend a sincere thank you to Fei Lauren, Lynne Capozzi, Rosa Ordinana and Owen Lansbury for their service and dedication, not only to Drupal, but to the Drupal community. Your time spent on the board made such a difference to the future of the Drupal project, and we thank you all for participating with grace, thoughtfulness, and insightful contributions.
We would like to congratulate and welcome Dominique De Cooman and Glenn Hilton as our newest board members.
An additional congratulations to Maya Schaeffer for winning the community-elected seat during our 2025 At-Large Board Elections.
We cannot wait to see all the amazing things the new board members will accomplish while on the Drupal Association Board.
Detailed Voting Results
There were 7 candidates in this year’s At-Large board member election. 528 voters cast their ballots out of a pool of 1459 eligible voters.
Under Approval Voting, each voter can give a vote to one or more candidates. 
The final total of votes were as follows:




Candidate


Votes




Alexander Varwijk


114




Carlos Mario Ospina Anzola


140




Matthew Saunders


158




Matt Glaman


264




Maya Schaeffer


269




Vladimir Roudakov


106




Will Huggins


120




On behalf of all the staff and board of the Drupal Association, a heartfelt Drupal Thanks to all of you who stood for the elections this year. It truly is a big commitment to contribution, the Drupal Association, and the community, and we are so grateful for all of your voices. Thank you for your willingness to serve, and we hope you’ll consider participating again in 2026!

The new Contribution Records system

In the coming weeks, we are going to see some big changes in how (and where) credits are given when working on issues. The new system can do everything that the current system can, but it will enable us to progress further in the GitLab issue migration.
User and organisation profiles won’t change, and they will still have the same credit listings, only reading them from the new system. Likewise, marketplace ranking won’t change either.
Opening the door for GitLab issues
The next significant milestone for us (Drupal Association and the Drupal community) is to migrate Drupal.org issues to GitLab issues, as this will provide everyone with the advantages of using a proven and dedicated system for managing project issues. This is part of the GitLab acceleration initiative that we started years ago.
However, an important part of working with Drupal is the credit recognition, for both individuals and organisations. Note that GitLab issues, while having numerous advantages when dealing with issues, queues, labels… lack the ability to attribute credit to individuals and organisations out of the box. You could attribute commits, but remember that many contributions do not require any code (and therefore commits), so we cannot rely on that.
Due to this, we will “decouple” the Contribution Records system from the issue management. We will connect them, but they will be two separate systems. This also opens the door to different ways of recording contributions for the future, such as providing credit for translations for Drupal from localize.drupal.org, for example.
 
The new Contribution Records system
The new system is built on the modern new.drupal.org site, and this will be the first part of the new site that the community will interact with. 
It will look like the screenshot below, with a full page dedicated to the Contribution Record. We can see how the source issue is linked to it. All the fields will be pre-populated, including the contributors and their participation in the issue, so you won’t need to re-enter them again. There will be a link on every drupal.org issue that will take you directly to the Contribution Record page.
Maintainers will then, with the information given, choose whether or not to grant credit to each contributor. This is the case already with the current system.

As maintainer, you wiill still have a section to copy/paste the commit message, using the new commit message format. 

And as a contributor, you will still be able to attribute your work as you do now.

Endpoints to query this information
Our initial integration makes the www.drupal.org read the credit information from new.drupal.org via API calls. These are:

https://new.drupal.org/contribution-records-by-user
https://new.drupal.org/contribution-records-by-organization
https://new.drupal.org/contribution-records-by-organization-by-user

You should add filters to those endpoints, to limit the data to be retrieved. The options are documented in the README file of the underlying module.
What’s next?
The first step is to adopt the usage of the new system, to check that all the data and marketplace calculations are unaffected, and to fix any possible issues that the new system could have.
We will have Drupal.org issues connected to the new Contribution Records, so we will all need to get used to going “to the new place” to record credit information. Remember that when we use GitLab issues, the workflow will be exactly the same.
This leads to what many of us have been waiting for a long time: the move to GitLab issues! We will open an opt-in period for projects to move their issues to GitLab and help us iron out the integration. After that opt-in period, we will progressively move issues for the rest of the projects. There will be a time when some projects will manage their issues via Drupal.org and some others via GitLab, but one thing will remain the same: the new Contribution Records system.
If you want to report bugs or give feedback you can do it via the issue queue for the Contribution Records module.

Co-designing the future: Share your views on our Drupal AI roadmap


The best technology is designed to meet real world needs of organisations. Doing so ensures the impact technology can generate is maximised. Drupal is used by a wide range of end users and we want to ensure our roadmap for AI is well informed by end users.
For this reason today we invite you to participate in a short survey to communicate what capabilities your organisation values the most, a unique opportunity to have a direct influence on where we focus our investment. 
Not only this, we want to hear through this survey what use cases you have for AI. If you have barriers in place slowing AI adoption what are these and therefore how can we deliver solutions which break down these barriers?
With just a few minutes of your time, participation in the survey will be instrumental in informing our approach but in the near future and long term.
Make sure your views are considered, help shape the future of AI, take part in the survey today.
Take the Survey
Analysis of survey results will be shared on Drupal.org in an anonymised format. Your contact information will not be shared or used for any other purpose other than directly related to the survey.
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Thank you!