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A note before you listen: this episode's deep dive was produced in NotebookLM. NotebookLM is our executive producer. It also mispronounces Ollama as "Alama" about forty times. We use AI to talk about AI. When the AI hits its limit, we point at it instead of hiding it.---Three recipes for a voice assistant that doesn't have to phone home.Recipe 1 takes ten minutes — a browser-based Jarvis you can run today.Recipe 2 takes thirty minutes — a one-command local install with Ollama.Recipe 3 takes a weekend — Home Assistant Voice PE, replacing Alexa entirely.I built one. I read the receipts on two more. Here's what each actually costs in time, money, and trade-offs.Read the full article: https://aifrankly.substack.com/p/the-local-jarvisCHAPTERS:00:00 - The Smart Home Illusion03:30 - Recipe 1: The Browser Jarvis07:45 - The Browser API Privacy Trap12:00 - Recipe 2: The One-Command Jarvis15:30 - Why It Knows When You Stop Talking18:15 - The Hardware Reality Check22:00 - Recipe 3: The Whole-Home Jarvis26:45 - The Frustrating Five-Second Delay30:00 - The Honest Bill32:15 - The Partner Test34:30 - Local Is Not a Security Policy36:45 - Auditing Microphone Vulnerabilities40:30 - High-End and Cloud Alternatives44:15 - Am I Tony Stark?RECEIPTS:- Ollama: https://ollama.com- Home Assistant Voice PE: https://www.home-assistant.io/voice_control/- Kokoro TTS: https://github.com/hexgrad/kokoro- NetworkChuck's local AI tutorials: youtube.com/@NetworkChuck- Eddie Chen's voice assistant builds: youtube.com/@EddieChen- Smart Home Solver's HA Voice PE testing: youtube.com/@SmartHomeSolverAI Frankly. Built from parts. Owned outright. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit aifrankly.substack.com

MCP 202: The Missing Control Layer Between Your Agents and Your Tools.Security researchers have a name for what's happening inside most enterprise AI deployments right now: NeighborJack.This episode breaks down what NeighborJack is, why vendors are racing to sell you MCP Security Gateways, and the four questions every operator should ask about any MCP server they're running.Full article: https://aifrankly.substack.com/p/someone-needs-to-sit-between-your-b31Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/TKiDj4vH4VcSubscribe free at aifrankly.substack.com.AI Frankly: Build the layer or buy the breach. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit aifrankly.substack.com

Half a million lines of source code leaked. A federal court fight the same week. And the thing the internet actually remembered was an ASCII owl named Zornix.This episode covers what EP.15 and EP.16 didn't -- the cultural artifact that came out of the worst press week in Anthropic's history.Download the Python script (see all 18 buddies, free): https://tinyurl.com/zornixRead the full article: https://aifrankly.substack.com/p/the-week-anthropic-leaked-the-internetEP.15 -- Anthropic Did It Again: https://aifrankly.substack.com/p/anthropic-did-it-againEP.16 -- The Blueprints Are Public Now: https://aifrankly.substack.com/p/the-blueprints-are-public-now00:00 - Introduction: The Dissonance 03:00 - Timeline of the Leak 07:00 - The Mechanics of Minification 12:00 - The Discovery (30 Seconds) 16:00 - Unpacking KAIROS: The Autonomous Daemon 21:00 - Undercover Mode 26:00 - The Compaction Attack Vector 30:00 - The Bash Security Parser Differential 34:00 - The Axios NPM Supply Chain Collision 38:00 - Mitigation Protocols 42:00 - The Pentagon Lawsuit and Responsible Scaling 45:00 - The Verification Agent 48:00 - The Phenomenon of Zornix 50:00 - ConclusionSubscribe free on Substack: https://aifrankly.substack.com Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ai-frankly/id1873177211 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6iEuQyxwLeUDsR67QleSTnAI Frankly: aifrankly.com This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit aifrankly.substack.com

Anthropic refused defense contract terms that would have allowed military use of Claude. A federal judge called the Pentagon's response classic First Amendment retaliation. Seven days later, the complete source architecture of Claude Code was permanently mirrored across GitHub.This is the full deep dive. 41 minutes covering the Pentagon lawsuit, Judge Rita Lin's ruling, KAIROS, Undercover Mode, the compaction attack vector, and what it means for enterprise IT practitioners right now.What we cover:- The Pentagon dispute and Judge Rita Lin's ruling- KAIROS -- the fully built autonomous daemon nobody announced- Undercover Mode and the irony at the center of the story- The compaction attack vector and context poisoning- The bash security parser differential- The Clean Room Clone and the IP legal paradox- The IPO stakes and what this means for enterprise trustWatch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/0L2isrk88y0Read the full article: https://open.substack.com/pub/aifrankly/p/the-blueprints-are-public-nowFind everything at aifrankly.com This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit aifrankly.substack.com

On March 31, 2026, an intern at a blockchain security firm checked the npm registry for the newest release of Claude Code. Within 30 seconds he found a 59.8MB source map file that should never have shipped to production. Inside: 512,000 lines of TypeScript, 1,900 files, and the complete architecture of one of the most important AI developer tools ever built.This is the full deep dive. 45 minutes covering the mechanics of how it happened, what the leaked source code actually revealed, and the concurrent Axios supply chain attack that hit the same morning.What we cover:How a single missing line in a config file exposed the entire codebaseKAIROS: the fully built autonomous daemon mode Anthropic never announcedThe Buddy virtual pet system and the hex-encoded duckUndercover Mode and the grand irony at the center of this storyThe Axios npm supply chain attack and who is actually at operational riskThe operator verdict: Watch, Act Now, AdoptWatch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/XGv8sW2NS0kRead the full article: https://open.substack.com/pub/aifrankly/p/anthropic-did-it-againFind everything at aifrankly.com This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit aifrankly.substack.com