llm-mrchatterbox 0.1

Simon Willison's Blog / 3/30/2026

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Key Points

  • Simon Willison released llm-mrchatterbox 0.1, a model designed for users to chat with “Mr. Chatterbox.”
  • The model is trained on a Victorian-era British text corpus of more than 28,000 documents published from 1837 to 1899.
  • The release is positioned as a “weak” ethically trained model that can be run locally on a user’s own computer.
  • The update is published as a GitHub release (version 0.1) alongside an accompanying write-up about the model’s purpose and training background.
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30th March 2026

Release llm-mrchatterbox 0.1 — Chat with Mr Chatterbox, trained on a corpus of over 28,000 Victorian-era British texts published between 1837 and 1899
Posted 30th March 2026 at 2:20 am

This is a beat by Simon Willison, posted on 30th March 2026.

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