AI Wrote 1M LOC and Refined It: The End of Programming or a New Paradigm?
Paul Dix highlights that AI can write and continuously refine million-line complex software, with the key being building verification systems and providing proper direction, signaling a fundamental shift in software development paradigms.
Simon Willison · Aug 26, 2026
The Tokenpocalypse Is Here: Companies Are Scrambling To Stop Spending So Much on AI
Accenture's internal data reveals that seemingly harmless operations like converting PDFs to Markdown are a major driver of soaring AI token costs.
Simon Willison · Aug 8, 2026
Ten advances in mathematics and theoretical computer science
OpenAI's internal model Astra solved ten long-standing math problems at minimal cost, triggering a collective rethinking of AI's role in mathematics.
Simon Willison · Aug 2, 2026
Claude make Fable 5 permanent
Facing competition from GPT-5.6 Sol and Kimi 3, Anthropic reversed its plan to make Fable 5 API-only, instead including it in subscription plans, highlighting the intensifying battle over AI subscription pricing and user retention.
Simon Willison · Jul 18, 2026
Introducing GPT‑Live
OpenAI upgraded ChatGPT's voice mode to GPT‑Live, which can fluidly converse while delegating complex tasks to GPT‑5.5 in the background. Simon Willison's hands-on test shows it's once again a useful thinking companion.
Simon Willison · Jul 9, 2026
One Click from Hugging Face to SageMaker Studio: The Last Mile Between Cloud and Open Models
Hugging Face and Amazon SageMaker AI now offer deep-link integration, allowing developers to jump directly to a pre-configured SageMaker Studio environment for model fine-tuning or deployment with a single click.
Hugging Face Blog · Jul 8, 2026
AI and Liability
A German court ruling holds Google liable for errors in its AI overviews, reinforcing that AI agents are extensions of their deployers, and companies cannot hide behind faulty AI to avoid responsibility.
Simon Willison · Jun 26, 2026
Quoting Tom MacWright
Tom MacWright observes that AI-generated job applications erase personal identity, leading to accidental anonymity where candidates become more forgettable.
Simon Willison · Jun 25, 2026
Quoting Andrej Karpathy
As AI makes software creation nearly effortless, Andrej Karpathy observes that his personal demand for software is growing exponentially, illustrating the Jevons paradox in tech.
Simon Willison · Jun 10, 2026
Uber Caps Usage of AI Tools Like Claude Code to Manage Costs
Uber capped monthly AI coding tool spending at $1,500 per tool, revealing that AI costs now account for ~11% of an engineer's compensation—a real-world pricing signal for agentic coding.
Simon Willison · Jun 3, 2026
Join us at PyCon US 2026 in Long Beach - we have new AI and security tracks this year
PyCon US 2026 features a dedicated AI track for the first time, covering topics from local model deployment to async agent patterns, signaling the Python community's systematic integration of AI into its core ecosystem and developer workflows.
Simon Willison · Apr 18, 2026
From Atari to EVE Online: Building on 15 Years of AI Research in Games
DeepMind reviews its 15-year journey in game AI, highlighting a critical shift: AI is evolving from a 'player' chasing high scores to a 'partner' that understands and interacts naturally, signaling a paradigm shift in game development and experience.
Google DeepMind Blog ·
Inviting hard questions
Anthropic launches an initiative to invite the public’s hardest questions about AI and commits to addressing them, signaling a shift from one-way technology delivery to two-way accountability dialogue amid a deepening social trust crisis.
Anthropic News ·
Anthropic confidentially submits draft S-1 to the SEC
Anthropic's confidential S-1 filing signals a pivotal shift as top AI labs enter public markets, reshaping capital allocation and competitive dynamics in the industry.
Anthropic News ·
OCR for KYC: Why Standard Text Extraction Falls Short of Compliance Requirements
The article reveals the fundamental shortcomings of traditional OCR in financial KYC compliance, highlighting its failure with real-world documents and proposing '智能体ic OCR' as the solution.
LlamaIndex Blog ·