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03 Nov 2026 edition

220 articles · 28 sources · 165 papers ·

Top topics: AI · AI Research · General

I built an agent to run my YouTube channel

Most AI agents fail in production because a single prompt can’t guarantee order, safety checks, or human approval. Today, we’re building a fully autonomous, multimodal AI video studio from scratch using Google’s Agent…

Source: Google Cloud Tech Google Cloud Tech
Python AI Django

datasette-agent 0.5a0

Release: datasette-agent 0.5a0 This is a significant release of Datasette Agent. The most notable new feature is called the panel - it lets the agent chat open and then sit next to pages from Datasette, for example a…

Source: Simon Willison's Weblog
Python AI Django

llm 0.37.1

Release: llm 0.37.1 A bugfix release for LLM, with contributions from Steven Huang, Tao An, Arjan Mossel, and XQ. Tags: llm

Source: Simon Willison's Weblog

Design your app's front end spec (No code)

Great apps need more than a working back end, they need a thoughtful user experience. Instead of jumping straight into vibe coding and chasing individual features, this episode of Build It walks through creating a…

Source: Google Cloud Tech Google Cloud Tech
Python AI Django

Qwen 3.8 27B on my laptop can interpret model weights, too

Yesterday's hot paper was Sparks of Weight-Space Programming: LLMs can natively read & write neural network weights by Rikiya Takehi, Jayden Teoh, Alex Zhang, and Omar Khattab. The paper (OK, the authors classify is as…

Source: Simon Willison's Weblog
Python AI

Announcing new Security Developer at the PSF

We’re excited to announce that Brett Smith is joining the Python Software Foundation as a Security Developer. Brett will be working closely with Seth Larson, Security Developer in Residence, and Mike Fiedler, PyPI…

Source: Python Software Foundation Blog Seth Michael Larson (noreply@blogger.com)
Python AI Django

October sponsors-only newsletter

I sent out the October edition of my sponsors-only monthly newsletter. If you are a sponsor (or start a sponsorship now) you can access it here. This month: The October inflection point for vibe game development The…

Source: Simon Willison's Weblog

More AI agents = better results?

Do more AI agents always mean better results? Not always, it depends on what you're building and how your agents work together. When building an app with AI, adding more agents comes with real trade-offs: • Majority…

Source: Google Cloud Tech Google Cloud Tech

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