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   Blender (blender@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Apr-2026 02:55:33 JST Blender

   Today Anthropic joins the Blender Development Fund as corporate sponsor. 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/

   #b3d #DevFund

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     Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Apr-2026 03:27:17 JST Rich Felker

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     @Blender Shameful and compromising of your reputation for short term cash. 🤦

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     Admiral Potato (admiralpotato@dc801.space)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Apr-2026 03:46:27 JST Admiral Potato

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     @Blender you guys... I have been financially supporting you for like 15 years, and I help run the SLC Blender User Group to promote free and open tools for everyone. Reading this breaks my heart. As an artist who's art has been stolen by this plagiarism machine, and as a coder who's code has been stolen by this plagiarism machine, this feels like a pretty hard slap in the face. Your community doesn't want you taking dirty money like this from unethical tech bros. Please reconsider.

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     Puniko ? (puniko@mk.absturztau.be)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Apr-2026 03:51:43 JST Puniko ?

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     @Blender@mastodon.social really dissappointing. i know money is needed, but even then, AI corpos should never be allowed to come anywhere close to projects used to create art.
     
     you are basically alienating most artists using your software, your core user base. i'm pretty sure you don't really want that, so you should reconsider this decision

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     Annika Backstrom (annika@xoxo.zone)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Apr-2026 04:11:57 JST Annika Backstrom

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     @Blender who's next? Palantir? Maybe Northrop Grumman?

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     Blender (blender@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Apr-2026 04:31:48 JST Blender

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     Note: partially reworded the social media announcement so it sounds less tone-deaf about the controversial nature of the membership.

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     Alexander 'Gruni' Grunert (gruni@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Apr-2026 04:31:48 JST Alexander 'Gruni' Grunert

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     @Blender It's not the announcement, that's tone-deaf. It's the actual acceptance of dirty money by a bad actor that's tone-deaf.

     Just in case you forgot: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y4jpg922qo

     They paid $1.5bn because they were IRREFUTABLY CAUGHT PIRATING.

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     mhoye (mhoye@cosocial.ca)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Apr-2026 04:41:19 JST mhoye

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     @Blender Yes, the problem is definitely the tone.

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     siwek (siwek@social.tooinconsistent.com)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Apr-2026 05:38:41 JST siwek

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     @Blender

     > In these uncertain and divisive times, we appreciate Anthropic offering support to the Blender project [...]

     I wanted to write some thoughtful reply to that, but you know what..

     Simply, fuck off.

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     Craig P (craigp@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Apr-2026 06:28:26 JST Craig P

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     @Blender Didn't reword the whitewashing paean to the corporation on your website, though. You'd whitewash anyone.

     Pathetic.

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     Morten Juhl-Johansen (mjj@mstdn.dk)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Apr-2026 06:30:40 JST Morten Juhl-Johansen

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     • Alexander 'Gruni' Grunert

     @gruni @Blender It does have a vibe of "Feed me, Seymour" when they start out fistfucking creative people, then begin running out of material to feed the content extruder and then go on to make sure the best tools are supported to keep the pipeline flowing.

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     Mudlark :verified_trans: (mudlark@bark.lgbt)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Apr-2026 07:14:45 JST Mudlark :verified_trans:

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     @Blender blender has been the biggest success story in FOSS since Linux. Why do this? Are there no actual artists or creators involved in these decisions?

     Anthropic is also significantly involved with war and violence. Does the project accept those kind of sponsors now?

     I feel like accepting this sponsorship is going to have knock on effects for the project that go much further than the size of the cheque you’ll get - you’re damaging trust, not just with the users ( not that the project leadership cares about what users/artists think, clearly ) but with devs and the people who contribute to the project. They’re not dumb, and they don’t have to donate their time if they don’t feel the project deserves it

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     Blender (blender@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Apr-2026 12:13:34 JST Blender

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     Make sure to check out the full message on https://www.blender.org/press/anthropic-joins-the-blender-development-fund-as-corporate-patron/ and the funding policy at https://fund.blender.org/funding-policy/ to get the complete picture.

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     Peter (peter_sc@chaos.social)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Apr-2026 12:13:34 JST Peter

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     @Blender We did. It still sucks. This is a TERRIBLE look for the project. Anthropic and the whole "AI" project in general has been nothing but destructive to anything it touches. They're taking OUR creations, whether it be 3D models, drawings, music, writing, code, you name it WITHOUT PERMISSION and then try to sell us back a slopified, soulless version of it. Everyone has receipts! How is this not getting through?!

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     Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Apr-2026 15:33:28 JST Aral Balkan

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     @Blender https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/pentagon-ai-claude-bombing-elementary-school

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     Asterix (asterix@mstdn.social)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Apr-2026 17:44:53 JST Asterix

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     • DFYX

     @dfyx They're also sponsored by Google and Meta. 🤷♂️ Not that ethical either.

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     DFYX (dfyx@social.helios42.de)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Apr-2026 17:44:56 JST DFYX

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     @Blender The need for multiple clarifications and rewordings should tell you that THIS IS A BAD IDEA.

     The only way to save this is to take a clear stance and refuse to ever work with any AI company.

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     Blender (blender@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 03-May-2026 06:08:08 JST Blender

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     We hear your concerns around how Blender relates to AI topics.

     Here is an update regarding upcoming Blender Development Fund and AI Policies: https://www.blender.org/news/upcoming-blender-development-fund-and-ai-policies/

     #b3d #DevFund