Simon Willison
Mentioned in 12 analyzed podcast episodes across 10 shows
A prominent AI blogger and researcher known for identifying critical security vulnerabilities in AI systems, including the "lethal trifecta" flaw in AI agent architecture and prompt injection attack risks. He is frequently cited in tech podcasts for his expertise on AI safety and his perspectives on AI tool usage, including insights on Moltbook and the importance of prompting as a learnable skill.
Appears On
Episode Appearances
Latent Space: The AI Engineer Podcast · Apr 23, 2026
AIE Europe Debrief + Agent Labs Thesis: Unsupervised Learning x Latent Space Crossover Special (2026)
“Coined term 'dark factories' for zero-human-review code deployment frontier”
Banking with Interest · Apr 22, 2026
Banks Can't Wait on AI, Former OCC Chief Hsu Says
“Researcher credited with coining term 'prompt injection' and discussing agentic AI security implications”
Platformer · Apr 17, 2026
The scientific case for being nice to your chatbot
“Tested Opus 4.7 performance and found local Quinn model outperformed it on benchmarks”
Lenny's Podcast: Product | Career | Growth · Apr 2, 2026
An AI state of the union: We’ve passed the inflection point, dark factories are coming, and automation timelines | Simon Willison
“Co-created Django framework; pioneered prompt injection term; building AI tools for data journalism; primary episode guest”
Hard Fork · Feb 6, 2026
Elon Musk’s Mega-Merger + We Test Google’s Project Genie + What’s Next for Moltbook Creator
“Blogger who identified 'lethal trifecta' security vulnerability in AI agent architecture”
Hard Fork · Feb 4, 2026
Moltbook Mania Explained
“AI blogger who wrote that Moltbook is the most interesting place on the Internet right now”
Better Offline · Feb 4, 2026
Hater Season: Openclaw with David Gerard
“AI observer with early access to Claude models; promotes Moltbot as most interesting internet project”
This Week in Startups · Jan 31, 2026
AI Bots Take Over | E2242
“Researcher who identified AI's vulnerability to prompt injection attacks”
The Pragmatic Engineer · Jan 28, 2026
The creator of Clawd: "I ship code I don't read"
“Referenced as long-time AI user who emphasizes prompting as a learnable skill”
The AI Daily Brief: Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis · Jan 13, 2026
Claude Cowork Is Claude Code for Everyone Else
The AI Daily Brief: Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis · Jan 9, 2026
Why Everyone Is Obsessed With Claude Code
The Artificial Intelligence Show · Oct 28, 2025
#176: ChatGPT Atlas, ChatGPT Atlas Security Issues, Letter to Pause Superintelligence, Amazon’s Plan to Automate 600,000 Jobs & New Data on AI Relationships
“AI researcher; expressed skepticism about agentic browser use cases and Agent Mode functionality”