June 2026 newsletter
The June edition of the sponsors-only newsletter has been released. It highlights new AI model releases such as Claude Fable 5, GPT-5.6, and GLM-5.2, and mentions US export restrictions. The newsletter also promotes related tools like Datasette Apps, sqlite-utils, and shot-scraper, and offers a $10 per month subscription for sponsors.
- ▪The June sponsors-only newsletter is now available for sponsors and new subscribers.
- ▪It features new AI models including Claude Fable 5, GPT-5.6, and GLM-5.2, and notes US export restrictions affecting some models.
- ▪The issue also spotlights tools such as Datasette Apps, sqlite-utils, shot-scraper, and other WASM projects.
- ▪A $10 per month subscription is promoted to give sponsors early access to the content.
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The June edition of my sponsors-only monthly newsletter is out. If you are a sponsor (or if you start a sponsorship now) you can access it here. This month: Claude Fable 5, GPT-5.6, and US export restrictions GLM-5.2 is the new best open weights model Tokenmaxxing is so over Datasette Apps sqlite-utils and shot-scraper and Datasette Miscellaneous WASM projects Other model releases What I'm using Here's a copy of the May newsletter as a preview of what you'll get. Pay $10/month to stay a month ahead of the free copy!
Excerpt limited to ~120 words for fair-use compliance. The full article is at Simon Willison's Weblog.