Anthropic 加入 Blender 开发基金会成为企业赞助人。

Anthropic 加入 Blender 开发基金会成为企业赞助人。
Anthropic Joins the Blender Development Fund as Corporate Patron

原始链接: https://www.blender.org/press/anthropic-joins-the-blender-development-fund-as-corporate-patron/

## Anthropic 支持 Blender 开发 Blender 基金会宣布，Anthropic，一家以 Claude 语言模型而闻名的 AI 研究公司，已成为 Blender 开发基金会的企业赞助人。这笔支持将直接贡献于 Blender 的核心开发，特别是维护和改进 Blender Python API 等关键功能——这是定制和工作流程扩展的关键工具。 Blender 基金会 CEO Francesco Siddi 强调了独立资金对于继续赋能艺术家使用免费和开源工具的重要性。此次合作使 Blender 能够坚持其对软件自由的承诺，为艺术表达和企业创新提供 API。 Anthropic 的赞助凸显了 Blender 作为领先的 3D 创建软件的价值，并强调了开源工具与 AI 技术进步之间的日益交织。

## Anthropic 资助 Blender 开发 Anthropic，Claude背后的AI公司，已成为Blender开源3D创作套件的企业赞助者。这在Blender社区内引发了不一样的反应。这笔资金将专注于核心开发，特别是Blender Python API，暗示Anthropic旨在将Claude与Blender集成——可能用于AI驱动的3D建模和代理工作流程。有人推测，这是LLM通过CAD软件生成现实世界物体的一步。然而，许多评论员表达了对AI公司获得开源项目影响力的担忧，担心潜在的数据使用或Blender优先级的转变。有人担心这个决定并非社区驱动，可能会导致反弹，甚至项目分叉。尽管存在担忧，但也有人承认Blender需要资金，并认为利用当前的AI热潮可能带来好处。这场讨论凸显了接受资金与维护开源开发原则之间持续存在的紧张关系。

原文

Blender Foundation is happy to announce that Anthropic is joining the Blender Development Fund as Corporate Patron.

This support will be dedicated towards Blender core development, to maintain and continuously improve foundational features like the Blender Python API, which enables developers and artists alike to extend and improve the software for custom workflows.

In these uncertain and divisive times, we appreciate Anthropic offering support to the Blender project in the form of a Patron-level membership. This enables the Blender team to keep pursuing projects independently, and to focus on building tools for artists and creators.

Francesco Siddi, CEO at Blender

Blender Foundation’s mission remains to empower artists with free/open source technology and tools. Yet, we also maintain APIs for individuals and corporations to extend Blender, also beyond what’s aligned with Blender’s mission. We consider this part of the Software Freedom that’s embodied with Blender’s GNU GPL license. More information about our funding policy is available at https://fund.blender.org/funding-policy/.

About Anthropic

Anthropic is an AI research and development company that creates reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. Anthropic’s flagship product is Claude, a large language model trusted by millions of users worldwide. Learn more about Anthropic and Claude at anthropic.com.

About Blender

Blender, the world’s most popular free and open-source 3D creation software, offers a comprehensive solution for modelling, animation, VFX, and more. Maintained by the Blender Foundation, it’s the tool of choice for a vast global community of professional artists and enthusiasts, committed to open collaboration and 3D technology innovation.