Web LLM runs the vicuna-7B LLM in the browser and it’s impressive(simonwillison.net)

30 points by simonw 3 years ago | 1 comments

Nanochat(simonwillison.net)

26 points by bilsbie 1 year ago | 4 comments

ChatGPT as a Calculator for Words(simonwillison.net)

166 points by stevefink 3 years ago | 65 comments

Llamafile is the new best way to run a LLM on your own computer(simonwillison.net)

108 points by djha-skin 2 years ago | 22 comments

WebLLM: Llama2 in the Browser(webllm.mlc.ai)

151 points by meiraleal 3 years ago | 25 comments

SmolLM2(simonwillison.net)

86 points by edward 2 years ago | 20 comments

What's the strongest AI model you can train on a laptop in five minutes?(seangoedecke.com)

476 points by ingve 1 year ago | 173 comments

Sean Goedecke's blog post on training the best small GPT-style model possible on a MacBook Pro in five minutes, landing on a ~1.8M-parameter transformer trained on TinyStories.

GPT-5 Thinking in ChatGPT (a.k.a. Research Goblin) is good at search(simonwillison.net)

334 points by simonw 1 year ago | 248 comments

Simon Willison blog post arguing GPT-5 Thinking in ChatGPT, which he calls his Research Goblin, is very good at web search, with examples of queries he ran.

The surprise deprecation of GPT-4o for ChatGPT consumers(simonwillison.net)

377 points by tosh 1 year ago | 365 comments

Simon Willison blog post on OpenAI retiring GPT-4o and other older models in ChatGPT consumer apps without notice when GPT-5 launched.

The browser's main thread is expensive(kciter.so)

408 points by kciter 1 month ago | 141 comments

A devlog post on kciter.so explaining why work on the browser's main thread is costly and how it affects web app responsiveness.

ChatGPT Containers can now run bash, pip/npm install packages and download files(simonwillison.net)

432 points by simonw 9 months ago | 305 comments

Simon Willison's blog post describing undocumented upgrades to ChatGPT's code container: running Bash, Node.js and other languages, pip/npm installs via proxy, and file downloads.

Challenge Is Gone(blog.alxgsv.com)

46 points by alxgsv 1 day ago | 84 comments

Personal blog essay by Uploadcare CTO Alex Gusev reflecting that AI coding agents have removed the engineering challenge that once motivated him.