Mar 4 — Anthropic v DOD, running local Claude, story of Beirut barracks bombing, local event

Anthropic/DOD Debacle Explained

This is the best video I’ve found explaining the recent situation that unfolded between Anthropic and the US War Department (and later included OpenAI).

How this affects you: The whole feud between Anthropic and the DOD was predicated on specific legal loopholes that Anthropic did not want the government to use its Ai (Claude) to exploit, loopholes specifically related to mass surveillance on Americans and autonomous weapon systems. This video by Sabrina Ramonov lays it all out, easy to understand, and without bias.

 

A nonfiction book I’m enjoying

This week I started reading Targeted: Beirut by Jack Carr, author of the Terminal List series, and James Scott, renowned author and storyteller of horrific, historic events. This tracks the 1983 bombing of the US Marine Barracks in Beirut, Lebanon.

I’m only a few pages in and already it’s intense and gripping. I’m enjoying this especially because I’ve already read many books by Carr, although all were fiction, based on the character James Reese. This is the first nonfiction I’ve read from Carr; and I believe this is Carr’s first major nonfiction debut.

 

I set up Claude Code on a home server

With nothing but a Raspberry Pi (hobby computer) I loaded Claude Code onto it and established a tunnel connection so I can access the home server when I’m away. This means from anywhere with an internet connection, I have an Ai agent getting work done on my home network, maintaining a website, managing the server itself.

We are at the point where your thoughts and words, instructing a well-equipped agent, can perform powerful work and produce far more results than you would have previously been capable of.

 

Vibin’ Out

I’m hosting a vibe coding session next week called Vibin’ Out for people in the Ai builder and developer space, on Thursday. If you’re near Stamford, CT, and would like to join us, reply to this email and let me know. You can bring your laptop and work on your own project, or look on with someone else and see what they’re working on. This event is free and minimally structured.

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