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The last six months in LLMs in five minutes

Simon Willison / May 19, 2026

I put together these annotated slides from my five minute lightning talk at PyCon US 2026, using the latest iteration of my annotated presentation tool.

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I presented this lightning talk at PyCon US 2026, attempting to summarize the last …

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Join us at PyCon US 2026 in Long Beach – we have new AI and security tracks this year

Simon Willison / April 17, 2026

This year’s PyCon US is coming up next month from May 13th to May 19th, with the core conference talks from Friday 15th to Sunday 17th and tutorial and sprint days either side. It’s in Long Beach, California this year, the first time PyCon US has …