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Claude Fable 5.1 assists in building a video compression tool

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Simon Willison utilized Claude Fable 5.1 within Claude Code to construct a video compression tool. This tool, built using the WebAssembly version of FFmpeg, was employed to optimize a demo video for his blog. The process involved recording a video on his phone and then using the AI-generated tool to compress it for web publication. AI

IMPACT Demonstrates AI's capability in assisting developers with specialized tool creation for content optimization.

RANK_REASON The item describes the use of an AI model to build a specific tool for a personal project, rather than a general release or significant industry event.

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Claude Fable 5.1 assists in building a video compression tool

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  1. Simon Willison TIER_1 Português(PT) ·

    Video compressor

    <p><strong>Tool:</strong> <a href="https://tools.simonwillison.net/video-compressor">Video compressor</a></p> <p>I recorded a short demo video of <a href="https://simonwillison.net/2026/Sep/7/equal-earth/">my Equal Earth</a> animation on my phone and wanted to publish an optimize…

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