CMS with AI, Not AI CMS: Wagtail 8.0's New API

Wagtail 8.0 ships a new AI integration API that lets CMS editors call language models from within the editorial interface without requiring custom plugin development. The design principle is to keep content management workflows central while adding AI as an optional service layer rather than replacing editorial judgment. The API is headless and model-agnostic, with support for OpenAI, Anthropic, and local model endpoints.