Simon Willison
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Simon Willison

Creator of Datasette & Co-Creator of Django | Independent AI Security Researcher

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Verified Proof of Work Artifacts

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Each artifact below represents an authenticated research publication, production code repository, or technical architectural framework directly authored or co-created by Simon Willison. Every entry undergoes editorial source verification.

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IMPLEMENTATION Checked Sep 20, 2026

Datasette: Open Source Multi-Tool for Exploring and Publishing Data with SQLite

A versatile, widely deployed open-source data exploration platform created by Simon Willison, featuring rich plugin ecosystems, spatial SQL support, and LLM-assisted SQL synthesis plugins for rapid public data analysis.

Model & Execution Context:Python web application with SQLite backend and optional OpenAI/Anthropic SQL generation plugins.
Scope & Limitations

Designed for analytical exploration of read-only SQLite databases; not intended as a high-concurrency transactional write database.

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EXPLANATION Checked Sep 20, 2026

Prompt Injection and Jailbreaking: Threat Modeling Autonomous LLM Tool-Call Security

Comprehensive research series documenting indirect prompt injection attack vectors, markdown image exfiltration vulnerabilities, and defense-in-depth isolation strategies for autonomous agents.

Model & Execution Context:LLM tool-call protocols, SQLite, Datasette, Python, and web security.
Scope & Limitations

Prompt filtering heuristics fail against novel encoded or multi-turn attacks; robust security requires architectural data/instruction boundary isolation.