Simon Willison • 1/6/2026

A field guide to sandboxes for AI

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This detailed article serves as a field guide to the current landscape of sandboxes for AI. It explains and compares various isolation techniques like containers, microVMs, gVisor, and WebAssembly/isolates, diving into their terminology, approaches, and existing tools. It argues that safely running untrusted code is a critical problem and positions the guide as an invaluable resource for understanding these security mechanisms.

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