{"slug": "datasette-agent-micropython-0-1a0", "title": "datasette-agent-micropython 0.1a0", "summary": "Datasette released version 0.1a0 of datasette-agent-micropython on June 2, 2026, enabling MicroPython execution within a WASM sandbox as a tool for Datasette Agent. The alpha release aims to allow the agent to generate and execute Python code safely, with GPT-5.5 reportedly failing to break out of the sandbox so far.", "body_md": "2nd June 2026\n\n[Release](/elsewhere/release/)\n\n[datasette-agent-micropython 0.1a0](https://github.com/datasette/datasette-agent-micropython/releases/tag/0.1a0)— MicroPython in a WASM sandbox as a tool for Datasette Agent\n\nI want [Datasette Agent](https://agent.datasette.io) to be able to generate and execute Python code safely. This alpha is looking promising so far. GPT-5.5 has so far failed to break out of the sandbox!\n\n## Recent articles\n\n[Claude Opus 4.8: \"a modest but tangible improvement\"](/2026/May/28/claude-opus-4-8/)- 28th May 2026[I think Anthropic and OpenAI have found product-market fit](/2026/May/27/product-market-fit/)- 27th May 2026[Notes on Pope Leo XIV's encyclical on AI](/2026/May/25/encyclical-on-ai/)- 25th May 2026", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/datasette-agent-micropython-0-1a0", "canonical_source": "https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jun/2/datasette-agent-micropython/#atom-everything", "published_at": "2026-06-02 19:28:36+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-06-03 11:41:02.623427+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-agents", "ai-safety", "ai-tools", "large-language-models", "generative-ai"], "entities": ["Datasette Agent", "MicroPython", "WASM", "GPT-5.5"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/datasette-agent-micropython-0-1a0", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/datasette-agent-micropython-0-1a0.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/datasette-agent-micropython-0-1a0.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/datasette-agent-micropython-0-1a0.jsonld"}}