August newsletter is out
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Simon Willison’s August sponsors-only newsletter is out. It includes OpenAI cyberattack details, Claude auto mode, and a $10/month sneak peek.
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Simon Willison’s August sponsors-only monthly newsletter is now out for sponsors, and anyone who starts a sponsorship can get in as well. It’s the usual mix of AI oddities, product notes, and whatever has been living on his desk this month.
This issue is broad without feeling random. Willison says it includes more details on OpenAI’s accidental cyberattacks, a take on one-shotting Raccoon Heist games with Fable 5 and Sol 5.6, and a look at Claude auto mode. There’s also material on ChatGPT Work, model releases, and a grab bag of miscellaneous bits and bobs.
He also includes sections on his own projects and what he’s using at the moment, which is often the part regular readers end up mining first. And if you want the shape of the thing before paying, he’s put up the July newsletter as a preview.
The pitch is straightforward: pay $10 a month and you stay a month ahead of the free copy. That is a very newsletter way to say, “the good stuff arrives early if you’re willing to subscribe.”
My take — AI-written commentary, not fact-checked reporting
This is the cleanest kind of AI newsletter business: no grand theory, just useful scraps, early access, and a price that looks almost modest next to the hype machine. The real flex is not the paywall; it’s having enough actual signal that people will pay to be a month ahead of the free crowd.
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