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Simon Willison posted monthly LLM digest and briefing updates, including an option to subscribe via sponsorship

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Simon Willison published monthly LLM digest/briefing posts covering Gemini and Anthropic developments. The posts mainly share curated updates and include a paid sponsorship or subscription option to support the newsletter, without describing substantive new LLM research or releases.

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The biggest throughline today is power—specifically, how AI systems are learning to live within the electric grid rather than treating it like an afterthought. Emerald AI, alongside Google, Nvidia, and Anthropic, formed the AI Energy Management Alliance to push utilities to treat demand-response load reductions as part of data-center planning. The pitch is bluntly practical: use grid software to unlock up to 100 gigawatts of additional data-center capacity by shifting demand temporarily, reducing reliance on backup generators even as new power generation still remains necessary.

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Simon Willison posted monthly LLM digest and briefing updates, including an option to subscribe via sponsorship

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