Simon Willison's '2026 in LLMs (So Far)': A Field Guide to the Year in AI
On September 27, 2026, Simon Willison published 2026 in LLMs (so far) — an annotated slide deck and essay originating from his closing keynote at the WeAreDevelopers World Congress (WWC26) North America in San Jose. Known across the developer ecosystem for his hands-on, pragmatic evaluations of generative AI, Willison compiles nine months of breakneck progress into a cohesive timeline of model breakthroughs, security inflection points, and shifts in day-to-day software development. ...