Simon Willison’s Weblog

I’m Sorry I Bit You During My Job Interview. The way this 2011 McSweeney’s piece by Tom O’Donnell escalates is delightful.

Posted 31st October 2023 at 4:21 pm

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LLM 0.27, the annotated release notes: GPT-5 and improved tool calling - 11th August 2025
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