The Blender/Anthropic situation is crazy... https://subscribeto.me/videos/watch/17997ffc-b743-4b31-b6a0-beff4ed329c3 Anthropic is now a Corporate Patron of the Blender Development Fund. What does the being a Corporate Patron mean? What are the implications for the Blender software suite? And what should the Blender Foundation take from this? 00:00 The major players 00:30 Why this shouldn't be a problem 03:00 AI is just toxic 04:32 The erosion of social trust 05:08 A diagnosis 07:37 The cure Fri, 15 May 2026 00:35:33 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://ribbit.pitools.org The Blender/Anthropic situation is crazy... https://ribbit.pitools.org/lazy-static/avatars/4d943c72-0e1d-48d8-b7af-ca86b7f63b69.png https://subscribeto.me/videos/watch/17997ffc-b743-4b31-b6a0-beff4ed329c3 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://ribbit.pitools.org/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder. <![CDATA[The Blender/Anthropic situation is crazy... - Takto]]> https://ribbit.pitools.org/w/3V2iyicBwKeB9qpqVT9gTa;threadId=22310 https://ribbit.pitools.org/w/3V2iyicBwKeB9qpqVT9gTa;threadId=22310 Thu, 14 May 2026 11:02:51 GMT it seems Peertube either doesn't output or doesn't render line breaks. I hope the later...

]]> Takto <![CDATA[The Blender/Anthropic situation is crazy... - Takto]]> https://ribbit.pitools.org/w/3V2iyicBwKeB9qpqVT9gTa;threadId=22310 https://ribbit.pitools.org/w/3V2iyicBwKeB9qpqVT9gTa;threadId=22310 Thu, 14 May 2026 11:01:24 GMT as much with the anti-AI arguments, it's based on blind morals rather than practical actions. Blender is well funded, so unlike Mozilla, it isn't at the mercy of a single company/anthropic. Blender doesn't give any power of command to the project's decisions. all that is happening is a bit of money* leeching from Anthropic to Blender, and that's good.

read: power
the only power leeching from Blender are moralists freaking out about that, but people who use Blender are more pragmatic. most people who use Blender use it because it's the best and nonpaid, it's one of the most popular FOSS projects out there, and it has way more users than FOSS-only people, it's not the same demographics.

]]> Takto <![CDATA[The Blender/Anthropic situation is crazy... - mgfp]]> https://ribbit.pitools.org/w/3V2iyicBwKeB9qpqVT9gTa;threadId=22310 https://ribbit.pitools.org/w/3V2iyicBwKeB9qpqVT9gTa;threadId=22310 Wed, 06 May 2026 13:39:52 GMT @alex@eloquer.de Yeah, as said in the vid "That's just how FOSS gets funding guys". Is not like Anthropic's money will dictate the direction of the project going forward.

]]> mgfp <![CDATA[The Blender/Anthropic situation is crazy... - haui]]> https://ribbit.pitools.org/w/3V2iyicBwKeB9qpqVT9gTa;threadId=22439 https://ribbit.pitools.org/w/3V2iyicBwKeB9qpqVT9gTa;threadId=22439 Tue, 05 May 2026 07:49:14 GMT the casual anticommunism is a neat addition. πŸ˜…

]]> haui <![CDATA[The Blender/Anthropic situation is crazy... - Judah Hansen]]> https://ribbit.pitools.org/w/3V2iyicBwKeB9qpqVT9gTa;threadId=22258 https://ribbit.pitools.org/w/3V2iyicBwKeB9qpqVT9gTa;threadId=22258 Sun, 03 May 2026 13:04:26 GMT @ticho@mas.to @fedivideo@fedi.video @gbryant@subscribeto.me Well glad you chose fedi 🀝

]]> Judah Hansen <![CDATA[The Blender/Anthropic situation is crazy... - Gardiner Bryant]]> https://ribbit.pitools.org/w/3V2iyicBwKeB9qpqVT9gTa;threadId=22258 https://ribbit.pitools.org/w/3V2iyicBwKeB9qpqVT9gTa;threadId=22258 Sun, 03 May 2026 11:26:31 GMT @ticho@mas.to @judah_account@ribbit.pitools.org @fedivideo@fedi.video I had an idea for a website kinda like Patreon and I bought the subscribeto.me domain for way too much money. Then I realized that my implementation sucked and I wasn't interested in building it anymore... so I had this (expensive) domain sitting around and I thought it would make sense for a Peertube instance. https://podcast.subscribeto.me is also a Fedi-enabled podcasting feed through Castopod.

]]> Gardiner Bryant <![CDATA[The Blender/Anthropic situation is crazy... - Gardiner Bryant]]> https://ribbit.pitools.org/w/3V2iyicBwKeB9qpqVT9gTa;threadId=22385 https://ribbit.pitools.org/w/3V2iyicBwKeB9qpqVT9gTa;threadId=22385 Sun, 03 May 2026 11:22:10 GMT @artyom@piefed.social I thought I did explain:
It's not a big deal at all except for the fact that Anthropic and OpenAI are the faces of undermining the creative economy on the web. That makes the decision by Blender to accept Anthropics donation a slap in the face to every single one of their users.

]]> Gardiner Bryant <![CDATA[The Blender/Anthropic situation is crazy... - Vashlex]]> https://ribbit.pitools.org/w/3V2iyicBwKeB9qpqVT9gTa;threadId=22310 https://ribbit.pitools.org/w/3V2iyicBwKeB9qpqVT9gTa;threadId=22310 Fri, 01 May 2026 10:49:17 GMT I ask myself where is the difference between a partner like Google or Microsoft? These companies massively fund AI and use it for their sloppification of everything, but the new kid on the block now is the problem? This is a double standard or at least symptom of a major inconsequence.

]]> Vashlex <![CDATA[The Blender/Anthropic situation is crazy... - David]]> https://ribbit.pitools.org/w/3V2iyicBwKeB9qpqVT9gTa;threadId=22261 https://ribbit.pitools.org/w/3V2iyicBwKeB9qpqVT9gTa;threadId=22261 Fri, 01 May 2026 06:10:47 GMT @travisfw @RachelThornSub @gbryant

Then you are naive thinking Anthropic is not as bad company as OpenAI.

That donation is a poisoned sweet.

]]> David <![CDATA[The Blender/Anthropic situation is crazy... - lps]]> https://ribbit.pitools.org/w/3V2iyicBwKeB9qpqVT9gTa;threadId=22305 https://ribbit.pitools.org/w/3V2iyicBwKeB9qpqVT9gTa;threadId=22305 Fri, 01 May 2026 01:15:42 GMT @gbryant great take! I couldn't agree more.

]]> lps <![CDATA[The Blender/Anthropic situation is crazy... - Travis F W]]> https://ribbit.pitools.org/w/3V2iyicBwKeB9qpqVT9gTa;threadId=22261 https://ribbit.pitools.org/w/3V2iyicBwKeB9qpqVT9gTa;threadId=22261 Fri, 01 May 2026 00:42:56 GMT @RachelThornSub you've got a point, but the ethics of #FOSS and the people who make up the FOSS community are two different things, kind of like the sermon on the mount and Catholicism. The ethics are still worth fighting for, if you haven't entirely given up on people. And my point cuts both ways, @gbryant. Yes OpenAI made AI what you describe, but that ethos of evil is not inherent in everything "AI". I don't think Anthropic is trying to poison #Blender with its mere imposing presence.

]]> Travis F W <![CDATA[The Blender/Anthropic situation is crazy... - Fedi.Video on PeerTube]]> https://ribbit.pitools.org/w/3V2iyicBwKeB9qpqVT9gTa;threadId=22258 https://ribbit.pitools.org/w/3V2iyicBwKeB9qpqVT9gTa;threadId=22258 Thu, 30 Apr 2026 12:38:50 GMT @ticho@mas.to @judah_account@ribbit.pitools.org Yup, don't worry Ticho, it's just a normal PeerTube link. PeerTube video links use random numbers and letters to give them unique URLs. I don't know why Bryant picked a domain called "subscribeto.me" but it's just his personal PeerTube address and isn't any kind of subscription system.

]]> Fedi.Video on PeerTube <![CDATA[The Blender/Anthropic situation is crazy... - JORD]]> https://ribbit.pitools.org/w/3V2iyicBwKeB9qpqVT9gTa;threadId=22277 https://ribbit.pitools.org/w/3V2iyicBwKeB9qpqVT9gTa;threadId=22277 Thu, 30 Apr 2026 03:21:28 GMT @gbryant firefox 20 years ago...hold my beer

]]> JORD <![CDATA[The Blender/Anthropic situation is crazy... - Prof. Rachel Thorn πŸ‰πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦πŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈπŸ³οΈ]]> https://ribbit.pitools.org/w/3V2iyicBwKeB9qpqVT9gTa;threadId=22261 https://ribbit.pitools.org/w/3V2iyicBwKeB9qpqVT9gTa;threadId=22261 Wed, 29 Apr 2026 23:24:25 GMT @gbryant I disagree that "FOSS is an ethical statement. It's a moral declaration about the rights of computer users" I'm sure we can all name FOSS projects headed by incredibly shitty human beings, racists, eugenicists, misogynists, and all-around bigots. There's nothing inherent in FOSS that attracts good human beings. Even at the rank-and-file level, FOSS forums are notoriously mean-spirited.

]]> Prof. Rachel Thorn πŸ‰πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦πŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈπŸ³οΈ <![CDATA[The Blender/Anthropic situation is crazy... - ticho]]> https://ribbit.pitools.org/w/3V2iyicBwKeB9qpqVT9gTa;threadId=22258 https://ribbit.pitools.org/w/3V2iyicBwKeB9qpqVT9gTa;threadId=22258 Wed, 29 Apr 2026 22:33:06 GMT @judah_account I see. That's an unfortunate domain name choice for a peertube instance. Very scammy-looking. :shrug6:

]]> ticho <![CDATA[The Blender/Anthropic situation is crazy... - Judah Hansen]]> https://ribbit.pitools.org/w/3V2iyicBwKeB9qpqVT9gTa;threadId=22258 https://ribbit.pitools.org/w/3V2iyicBwKeB9qpqVT9gTa;threadId=22258 Wed, 29 Apr 2026 22:29:10 GMT @ticho@mas.to That's just the peertube instance on which this video was posted. It's a part of the fediverse, just like Mastodon. I'm responding to this on ribbit.pitools.org, for example.

]]> Judah Hansen <![CDATA[The Blender/Anthropic situation is crazy... - ticho]]> https://ribbit.pitools.org/w/3V2iyicBwKeB9qpqVT9gTa;threadId=22258 https://ribbit.pitools.org/w/3V2iyicBwKeB9qpqVT9gTa;threadId=22258 Wed, 29 Apr 2026 22:05:17 GMT @gbryant Sorry, not clicking a link that says "subscribe to me" and and has an apparent identifier string in it. Not unless I know what I'm subscribing to and decide it's worth it.

Extremely unfortunate optics if it's really just a blog post with no strings attached.

]]> ticho <![CDATA[The Blender/Anthropic situation is crazy... - artyom]]> https://ribbit.pitools.org/w/3V2iyicBwKeB9qpqVT9gTa;threadId=22385 https://ribbit.pitools.org/w/3V2iyicBwKeB9qpqVT9gTa;threadId=22385 Wed, 29 Apr 2026 20:48:33 GMT I don’t understand what the problem is. And I don’t think you explained it.

Yes, Anthropic bad. But this is not a business transaction. AFAIK they did not offer Anthropic anything in return. Why not let a tiny good thing come from the AI shitstorm?

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