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The large spike in code-change activity at the end of the chart coincides with the releases of Opus 4.8, GPT-5.5, Fable 5, and GPT-5.6 Sol.
Willison notes that the sharp uptick in his Datasette commit activity lines up with the release timing of several recent frontier AI models. ✦ AI generated
Simon Willison · Simon Willison's Weblog · 2026-07-13 · original ↗
The big spike in activity at the end aligns with Opus 4.8, GPT-5.5, Fable 5 and GPT-5.6 Sol.
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- ·Sharp uptick in Datasette commit activity seen at chart's end
- ·Timing aligns with release of several frontier AI models
- ·Models named: Opus 4.8, GPT-5.5, Fable 5, GPT-5.6 Sol
- ·Willison draws a direct correlation, not causation
- ·Four releases cluster around the same period
- ·Opus 4.8 and GPT-5.5
- ·Fable 5 and GPT-5.6 Sol
- ·No commit counts or dates given in source text
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