May 2026 newsletter

# May 2026 newsletter Source: [https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jun/1/may-newsletter/](https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jun/1/may-newsletter/) 1st June 2026 I just sent out the May edition of my[sponsors\-only monthly newsletter](https://github.com/sponsors/simonw/)\. If you are a sponsor \(or if you start a sponsorship now\) you can[access it here](https://github.com/simonw-private/monthly/blob/main/2026-05-may.md)\. This month: - Al got expensive, and Anthropic had a really good month - The model releases were a little disappointing - Conferences and podcasts - I launched Datasette Agent and made a lot of progress on Datasette - What I'm using, May 2026 edition - Miscellaneous extras Here's[a copy of the April newsletter](https://github.com/simonw/monthly-newsletter-archive/blob/main/2026-04-april.md)as a preview of what you'll get\. Pay $10/month to stay a month ahead of the free copy\!