If you’re seeing a lot of photos of stacks of Mac mini machines filling the internet, that’s been sparked by the development of Clawdbot by Peter Steinberger. It’s an open-source project that allows you to run your own personal AI assistant, and multiple M4 Mac minis seem to be the hardware of choice.
It’s the very definition of a nerdy project, and the memes doing the rounds very much reflect this – though it seems not everybody is amused …
Clawdbot aka Moltbot
Steinberger describes Clawdbot as a single-user AI assistant.
It can be run on any platform under any OS.
Implementing the assistant is no trivial task, and if you’re considering it, I would highly recommend reading Federico Vittici’s piece to get a sense of the work involved.
Unleash the memes
It wasn’t long before the internet decided to have some fun.
Check out Macworld‘s round-up for more.
Anthropic forces name change
While the internet was amused, it seems Anthropic wasn’t.
You can learn more about the project here.
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