The last six months in LLMs in five minutes
Summary
Simon Willison's PyCon US 2026 lightning talk surveys six months of LLM progress, with emphasis on coding agents' improving reliability and the shift to open-weight models. It covers model leader changes (Claude, GPT-5.1, Gemini, Claude Opus), the OpenClaw concept, and fun experiments like pelican-on-a-bicycle demonstrations. The piece offers a concise snapshot useful for readers tracking AI and open-source AI developments.