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Like a small, yappy dog, the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen are demanding the world’s attention once again.

Within the last couple days, the Houthis have captured the entire Red Sea coastline in Yemen, making commercial shipping through the Red Sea vulnerable to low-tech weapons like drones, speedboats, and cheap missiles. Saudi Arabia is reportedly planning a massive military strike after it’s new allies in the Mecca Agreement, Turkey and Pakistan, refused to help the Saudis after several of the cities were attacked by Houthi drones and missiles.

Interestingly, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has offered to help. The Israelis have vested interest in keeping Red Sea shipping open. Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman may be rethinking his decision not to join the Abraham Accords.

We also discussed this week’s public resignation by an employee of Anthropic, the company that produces Claude AI. He claimed that the companies developing artificial intelligence are doing so even though they believe AI could extinguish humanity by the end of the decade.

There are questions about this particular employee, however. It’s been revealed that he has links to left-wing activist groups that oppose the development of data centers and artificial intelligence. Besides, God, who sees the end from the beginning, is unlikely to allow artificial intelligence to eliminate the human race before He returns.

Then we shared a website that a friend of us told us about just yesterday, TheSinging.bible (https://TheSinging.bible). The developers literally set the Bible to music in about a dozen different styles. This is a positive use of artificial intelligence. We encourage you to give it a listen because music can be a powerful tool for good (and evil). We found it to be very uplifting and encouraging, and a good way to memorize scripture.

At the end of the day, artificial intelligence, like any powerful tool, can be used for good or evil. We’re just encouraged to see it put to this particular use.

Derek’s new book War of the Watchers Book One: From Baal to Balfour is now available at Amazon in paperback (https://www.amazon.com/War-Watchers-Book-Baal-Balfour/dp/1948014998?&linkCode=ll2&tag=peeringintoda-20&linkId=a330264a003c55880365ee0b24b7e14c&language=en_US&gaOptInStatus=true&ref_=as_li_ss_tl) and as a Kindle e-book (https://www.amazon.com/War-Watchers-Book-Baal-Balfour-ebook/dp/B0HBN3VG71?&linkCode=ll2&tag=peeringintoda-20&linkId=e105942b522e45b8ac3082d