Simon Willison
Simon Willison is a developer and AI researcher who maintains several open-source projects including llm and Datasette. Recently, he released llm-mcp-client, an early-stage implementation adding Model Context Protocol support to his llm command-line tool, and has documented how to integrate custom MCP servers with Claude and ChatGPT. He is active in the AI community, appearing on podcasts to discuss open-weight models and regularly documenting AI system behaviors and developments.
Updated 3 August 2026
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llm-mcp-client 0.1a0
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Oxide and Friends: The Open Weight Revolution with Simon Willison
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Adding a custom MCP server to Claude and ChatGPT
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Are AI labs pelicanmaxxing?
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Quoting Kimi K3
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datasette 1.0a37
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datasette code-frequency chart on GitHub
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Q3 2026
Multiple AI companies release competitive open-weight models as industry trend shifts toward openness Open source release
Model Context Protocol releases stateless 2.0 specification removing session requirements Feature update
Study finds no evidence of AI labs optimizing models for pelican-on-bicycle image generation Research publication
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- Develops Datasette · 1 source