20 August 2026

Researcher tests small AI models as code sandboxes

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  • Simon Willison used Claude Fable 5, a smaller version of Anthropic's Claude chatbot, to test running untrusted Python and JavaScript code safely.
  • The experiment explored whether small AI models could serve as sandboxes, isolated environments where potentially dangerous code runs without harming the main system.

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