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ChatGPT search now uses the site:operator at scale
ChatGPT Search usage of the site: operator jumped from roughly 0.5% to between 16% and 17% on August 8. This spike coincided…
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Claude Code and Fable 5 ported the 2003 PC game Command & Conquer to native iOS in “a few hours”
Ammaar Reshi, a Google Deepmind developer, ported the 2003 real-time strategy game Command &…
5 Jul 2026
sqlite-utils 4.0rc2, mostly written by Claude Fable (for about $149.25)
Simon Willison released sqlite-utils 4.0rc2 to fix a critical bug in the previous release…
5 Jul 2026
Open-source tool pxpipe hides text in PNGs to cut Claude Code and Fable 5 token costs up to 70%
A new open-source utility called pxpipe converts lengthy text inputs into compact PNG files…
4 Jul 2026
Alibaba reportedly bans employees from using Claude Code
China’s Alibaba Group will stop employees from using Anthropic’s Claude Code starting on July…
4 Jul 2026
Microsoft follows Anthropic and OpenAI into the AI super app race with overhauled Copilot and AutoPilot agents
Microsoft plans to release an updated version of Copilot in August that merges consumer…
3 Jul 2026Fable’s judgement
One of the most interesting tips I got from the Fireside Chat I hosted…
3 Jul 2026
Claude Code’s complicated China problem involves bans on both sides of the Pacific
Anthropic is enforcing strict terms of service to prevent Chinese companies from accessing Claude…
3 Jul 2026Using DSPy to evaluate and improve Datasette Agent’s SQL system prompts
Simon Willison applied DSPy to evaluate and improve the system prompts for Datasette Agent,…
2 Jul 2026
Anthropic says it cut 80 percent of Claude Code’s system prompt because Fable 5 models “want a smaller system prompt”
Anthropic has reduced the system prompt for Claude Code by 80 percent following the…
2 Jul 2026