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Google DeepMind and partners announce a $10M funding call for multi-agent safety research.

<p><strong><a href="https://jonready.com/blog/posts/claude-fable5-is-allowed-to-sabotage-your-app-if-youre-a-competitor.html">If Claude Fable stops helping you, you'll never know</a></strong></p> Jonathon Ready highlights one of the more eyebrow-raising details from the <a href="https://www-cdn.anthropic.com/d00db56fa754a1b115b6dd7cb2e3c342ee809620.pdf">319 page system card</a> for Fable 5 and Mythos 5. Here's a longer excerpt, highlights

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<p>I didn't have early access to today's <a href="https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-fable-5-mythos-5">Claude Fable 5</a> release, but I've spent the past ~5.5 hours putting it through its paces. My initial impressions are that this is something of a <em>beast</em>. It's slow, expensive and has been quite happily churning through everything I've thrown at it so far. As is frequently the case with current frontier models the challenge is finding tasks that it can'

<p><strong>Release:</strong> <a href="https://github.com/simonw/llm/releases/tag/0.32a3">llm 0.32a3</a></p> <p>Almost entirely written by the new Claude Fable 5, see <a href="https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jun/9/claude-fable-5/#adding-features-to-datasette-agent-and-llm-using-claude-code">my write-up for more details</a>.</p> <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/projects">projects</a&

<p><strong>TIL:</strong> <a href="https://til.simonwillison.net/llms/agentsview-custom-model-price">Setting a custom price for a model in AgentsView</a></p> <p>I've been really enjoying <a href="https://agentsview.io/">AgentsView</a> by Wes McKinney as a tool for exploring my token usage across different coding agents running on my laptop.</p> <p>Claude Fable 5 came out today and wasn't yet included in the pricing database

<blockquote cite="https://twitter.com/karpathy/status/2064409694761054332"><p>I feel a lot of things changing as working software increasingly comes out on a tap. The Jevon's paradox kicks in and I feel my own demand for software growing substantially. You can ask for anything - explainers, visualizers, dashboards, bespoke single-use apps (e.g. a full wandb that is hyper-specific just for your project), you can 10X your test suite, auto-optimize code, run giant research projects with

Gemini 3.5 Live Translate brings near real-time, natural speech translation to Google AI Studio, Google Translate and Google Meet.

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<p>Given how badly burned anyone who took Apple's <a href="https://simonwillison.net/2024/Jun/10/apple-intelligence/">2024 WWDC Apple Intelligence announcements</a> at face value was, I'm holding to a strict "I'll believe it when I see it" policy for everything <a href="https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/06/apple-unveils-next-generation-of-apple-intelligence-siri-ai-and-more/">they announced today</a>. </p> <p>The new Siri AI features do at least look f

OpenAI confirms a confidential S-1 submission to the SEC and has not yet determined timing for further action.

Results from a randomized controlled trial show the potential of Gemini’s Guided Learning feature to boost engagement and accelerate learning.

A vision for the future of AI, focusing on access, safety, and shared prosperity as OpenAI works to ensure AGI benefits everyone.

OpenAI launches the Economic Research Exchange to study AI’s impact on jobs, productivity, and the economy. Applications are now open for selected research projects.

<p><strong>Release:</strong> <a href="https://github.com/datasette/datasette-agent-edit/releases/tag/0.1a0">datasette-agent-edit 0.1a0</a></p> <p>I'm planning several plugins for <a href="https://agent.datasette.io/">Datasette Agent</a> which can make edits to existing pieces of text - things like collaborative Markdown editing, updating large SQL queries, and editing SVG files.</p> <p>Agentic editing of text is a little t

<p><strong>Release:</strong> <a href="https://github.com/simonw/micropython-wasm/releases/tag/0.1a2">micropython-wasm 0.1a2</a></p> <p>I added a CLI to <code>micropython-wasm</code> (<a href="https://github.com/simonw/micropython-wasm/issues/7">issue #7</a>), inspired by the first draft of <a href="https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jun/6/micropython-in-a-sandbox/">the blog entry</a> when I realized it would be a g

<p>I've been experimenting with different approaches to running code in a sandbox for several years now, but my latest attempt feels like it might finally have all of the characteristics I've been looking for. I've released it as an alpha package called <a href="https://github.com/simonw/micropython-wasm">micropython-wasm</a>, and I'm using it for a code execution sandbox plugin for <a href="https://github.com/datasette/datasette-agent">Datasette Agent</a> called &l

<p><strong><a href="https://help.openai.com/en/articles/20001061-lockdown-mode">OpenAI Help: Lockdown Mode</a></strong></p> OpenAI first teased this <a href="https://openai.com/index/introducing-lockdown-mode-and-elevated-risk-labels-in-chatgpt/">in February</a>, but now it's live and "rolling out to eligible personal accounts, including Free, Go, Plus, and Pro, and self-serve ChatGPT Business accounts":</p> <blockquote> <p>Lockdo

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ChatGPT introduces a new memory system to better remember preferences, keeping context fresh and relevant across conversations.

An action plan for AI-powered biological resilience

GPT-Rosalind advances life sciences research with enhanced biological reasoning, medicinal chemistry expertise, genomics analysis, and experimental workflow capabilities.

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See how Wasmer used Codex with GPT-5.5 to build a Node.js runtime for the edge, accelerating development 10x to 20x and shipping in weeks instead of months.

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<img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/gweb-uniblog-publish-prod/images/FutureLabs_social.max-600x600.format-webp.webp">University of Waterloo students develop AI prototypes like sign language tutors to reshape the future of education and work.

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