1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:01,540 The lead story today 2 00:00:02,319 --> 00:00:03,620 for Geek News Central. 3 00:00:04,160 --> 00:00:04,660 OpenAI 4 00:00:05,519 --> 00:00:06,819 unveils Operator, 5 00:00:07,359 --> 00:00:08,820 an AI agent 6 00:00:09,519 --> 00:00:10,820 in Research Preview 7 00:00:11,359 --> 00:00:14,019 for preview Chat GPT Pro users 8 00:00:14,400 --> 00:00:15,619 in the United States. 9 00:00:16,295 --> 00:00:19,195 This browser based tool automates tasks like 10 00:00:19,495 --> 00:00:22,635 filling out forms, ordering groceries, and planning trips. 11 00:00:23,015 --> 00:00:26,475 By interacting with web interfaces, it combines GPT 12 00:00:26,535 --> 00:00:28,154 4 vision and reasoning, 13 00:00:28,739 --> 00:00:31,619 can solve correct and seeks users approval for 14 00:00:31,619 --> 00:00:32,759 sensitive actions. 15 00:00:33,380 --> 00:00:33,880 Welcome 16 00:00:34,259 --> 00:00:35,399 to episode 1,793 17 00:00:36,420 --> 00:00:39,239 coming to you this Thursday, January 23rd. 18 00:00:39,780 --> 00:00:41,479 I'm your host, Todd Cochran. 19 00:00:41,844 --> 00:00:44,024 Ready to deliver your tech news and information 20 00:00:44,164 --> 00:00:46,085 fix. 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Share my deals with 92 00:03:33,504 --> 00:03:36,305 your friends and family because every time a 93 00:03:36,305 --> 00:03:38,944 code is used, it supports Geek News Central. 94 00:03:38,944 --> 00:03:40,564 Thank you for keeping us online 95 00:03:40,909 --> 00:03:42,530 and your ongoing support 96 00:03:42,990 --> 00:03:45,790 of GoDaddy. We definitely appreciate it. Thank you 97 00:03:45,790 --> 00:03:48,270 so much. Hope everyone's doing well. Glad you're 98 00:03:48,270 --> 00:03:50,050 back with me. I tell you, 99 00:03:51,389 --> 00:03:53,650 I got done with the show on Monday, 100 00:03:54,110 --> 00:03:55,409 which was rough 101 00:03:56,224 --> 00:03:58,064 and I'm looking at the camera. I'm looking 102 00:03:58,064 --> 00:04:00,405 at the screens. I'm like, oh my god. 103 00:04:01,745 --> 00:04:03,984 I was so out of focus. It wasn't 104 00:04:03,984 --> 00:04:06,305 even pretty. So if any of you joined 105 00:04:06,305 --> 00:04:06,805 us 106 00:04:08,144 --> 00:04:10,884 and watched the show on Monday and saw 107 00:04:11,599 --> 00:04:12,259 the blob, 108 00:04:13,199 --> 00:04:15,459 I I do I do apologize. 109 00:04:15,759 --> 00:04:17,699 I re I really do. 110 00:04:18,480 --> 00:04:20,560 But tell you, I've been fighting this bug 111 00:04:20,560 --> 00:04:22,660 all week. The head cold is, 112 00:04:23,040 --> 00:04:24,660 yeah, we're gonna say 113 00:04:25,035 --> 00:04:25,535 90% 114 00:04:28,235 --> 00:04:30,714 and, you know, but I was coughing and 115 00:04:30,714 --> 00:04:31,774 hacking so much 116 00:04:32,795 --> 00:04:34,955 that now my my back is just is 117 00:04:34,955 --> 00:04:37,375 just killing me. So just one thing leads 118 00:04:37,834 --> 00:04:39,435 to the other and, of course, I was 119 00:04:39,435 --> 00:04:40,574 very very close 120 00:04:41,370 --> 00:04:43,710 and on the sore throat range and luckily, 121 00:04:43,930 --> 00:04:45,069 I, you know, I survived, 122 00:04:46,490 --> 00:04:47,550 and did not, 123 00:04:48,090 --> 00:04:51,389 it hasn't gone full blown, you know, inflamed 124 00:04:51,449 --> 00:04:53,310 throat. So I'm here, 125 00:04:54,134 --> 00:04:56,074 ready to knock a show out for you 126 00:04:56,375 --> 00:04:56,774 and, 127 00:04:57,254 --> 00:04:59,574 thank you all for for being online. We 128 00:04:59,574 --> 00:05:00,214 do want to, 129 00:05:01,095 --> 00:05:02,855 talk about our insiders. We'll do that a 130 00:05:02,855 --> 00:05:05,014 little bit later in the show and those 131 00:05:05,014 --> 00:05:06,375 that have you that have been using a 132 00:05:06,375 --> 00:05:07,915 modern podcast apps 133 00:05:08,779 --> 00:05:09,279 as 134 00:05:10,379 --> 00:05:12,300 well. But I tell you, once in a 135 00:05:12,300 --> 00:05:14,860 while, we, we get lucky here and the 136 00:05:14,860 --> 00:05:16,080 lead story tonight 137 00:05:16,620 --> 00:05:19,259 is is directly from Geek News Central and 138 00:05:19,259 --> 00:05:20,879 it's a story about OpenAI 139 00:05:22,175 --> 00:05:22,675 and, 140 00:05:23,294 --> 00:05:24,194 what they're 141 00:05:24,574 --> 00:05:25,875 what they're doing here. 142 00:05:26,574 --> 00:05:29,214 OpenAI has released this research preview, an AI 143 00:05:29,214 --> 00:05:31,615 agent called operator. Now it's gonna cost if 144 00:05:31,615 --> 00:05:32,894 you have to be on their pro plan 145 00:05:32,894 --> 00:05:33,634 at 200, 146 00:05:34,014 --> 00:05:35,235 yes, $200 147 00:05:36,495 --> 00:05:37,154 a month, 148 00:05:37,800 --> 00:05:40,120 but, it's a it's one of the first 149 00:05:40,120 --> 00:05:40,620 agents 150 00:05:41,560 --> 00:05:41,959 and, 151 00:05:42,720 --> 00:05:43,220 it, 152 00:05:44,040 --> 00:05:44,540 combines, 153 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:48,139 GPT 4 vision capabilities with advanced reasoning 154 00:05:49,720 --> 00:05:51,660 to be able to interact with websites. 155 00:05:53,024 --> 00:05:53,524 So, 156 00:05:53,904 --> 00:05:56,004 you know, this very, very soon, 157 00:05:56,944 --> 00:05:58,725 is gonna get to the point where 158 00:06:00,705 --> 00:06:02,464 I can probably give it a bunch of 159 00:06:02,464 --> 00:06:04,545 sources and it'll go out and help build 160 00:06:04,545 --> 00:06:06,064 a show. I don't wanna you know, I'm 161 00:06:06,064 --> 00:06:08,529 not gonna Kirk is still safe, but at 162 00:06:08,529 --> 00:06:10,149 some point, I I could see 163 00:06:10,769 --> 00:06:12,709 where if I trained it well enough, 164 00:06:13,170 --> 00:06:15,110 it it could do some of those functions. 165 00:06:15,889 --> 00:06:18,050 Time will tell on where all this is 166 00:06:18,050 --> 00:06:18,550 leading. 167 00:06:18,930 --> 00:06:21,430 I know that, this week, I've 168 00:06:22,285 --> 00:06:23,105 been reviewing, 169 00:06:23,964 --> 00:06:26,285 some scripts that we've been writing for some 170 00:06:26,285 --> 00:06:27,985 YouTube videos we're gonna create 171 00:06:28,285 --> 00:06:30,125 and I've been very very careful to make 172 00:06:30,125 --> 00:06:31,105 sure the team 173 00:06:31,485 --> 00:06:32,305 hand wrote 174 00:06:33,004 --> 00:06:34,860 the scripts because I I want to make 175 00:06:34,939 --> 00:06:37,579 sure it's natural. It's not using those kicker 176 00:06:37,579 --> 00:06:38,079 phrases, 177 00:06:39,099 --> 00:06:39,599 and 178 00:06:41,019 --> 00:06:42,939 it's a big job. It's a big job 179 00:06:42,939 --> 00:06:43,839 writing scripts 180 00:06:44,539 --> 00:06:47,419 and, I can see where someone would want 181 00:06:47,419 --> 00:06:47,919 to 182 00:06:48,634 --> 00:06:49,935 cheat a little bit. 183 00:06:50,235 --> 00:06:53,055 But I I mean, it's so so straightforward 184 00:06:53,194 --> 00:06:54,555 with the team. I said, hey. We we 185 00:06:54,555 --> 00:06:55,055 can't 186 00:06:55,595 --> 00:06:57,855 do that because people will smell 187 00:06:58,795 --> 00:07:00,574 the AI in the air, 188 00:07:01,360 --> 00:07:03,839 if and, obviously, we're gonna have a team 189 00:07:03,839 --> 00:07:04,339 member 190 00:07:04,639 --> 00:07:06,959 that is going to be recording it. So 191 00:07:06,959 --> 00:07:08,480 it's, you know, we're gonna have a human 192 00:07:08,480 --> 00:07:09,939 in the loop, but 193 00:07:11,040 --> 00:07:12,500 I still didn't want, 194 00:07:14,574 --> 00:07:17,314 the script to be done by by AI. 195 00:07:18,014 --> 00:07:18,495 And, 196 00:07:18,894 --> 00:07:19,394 so, 197 00:07:21,214 --> 00:07:23,134 but I tell you, I've used I use 198 00:07:23,134 --> 00:07:24,754 AI in a lot of other things, 199 00:07:25,694 --> 00:07:26,995 that is for sure. 200 00:07:27,610 --> 00:07:28,089 And, 201 00:07:28,490 --> 00:07:30,669 now that I've kind of built my 202 00:07:31,129 --> 00:07:32,029 my doppelganger 203 00:07:32,569 --> 00:07:34,810 and fed it, you know, ears of my 204 00:07:34,810 --> 00:07:37,449 writings and different stuff like that, it's it's 205 00:07:37,449 --> 00:07:39,310 pretty good. It gets pretty close 206 00:07:40,704 --> 00:07:42,704 to to hitting the mark. It it really, 207 00:07:42,704 --> 00:07:45,125 really does. So I think that 208 00:07:47,664 --> 00:07:49,365 it's gonna be much harder 209 00:07:49,824 --> 00:07:51,584 going forward to see what's real and what 210 00:07:51,584 --> 00:07:53,365 isn't. So you can always guarantee 211 00:07:54,290 --> 00:07:57,350 that, this show will be hosted by a 212 00:07:57,650 --> 00:07:58,150 human 213 00:07:59,089 --> 00:07:59,569 and, 214 00:08:00,449 --> 00:08:01,430 with all my 215 00:08:01,889 --> 00:08:02,629 all my 216 00:08:02,930 --> 00:08:03,430 inconsistencies 217 00:08:03,810 --> 00:08:05,970 and everything else that goes along. Wouldn't it 218 00:08:05,970 --> 00:08:07,490 be boring to listen to a show where 219 00:08:07,490 --> 00:08:08,949 the the person's perfect 220 00:08:09,595 --> 00:08:12,395 every time? Don't don't wouldn't that get old 221 00:08:12,395 --> 00:08:13,214 pretty fast? 222 00:08:14,795 --> 00:08:17,055 I I just think it would and 223 00:08:18,314 --> 00:08:20,475 there goes my nose. And where did I 224 00:08:20,475 --> 00:08:22,095 put my Kleenex? Of course. 225 00:08:22,580 --> 00:08:24,740 I have a couple left here. I took 226 00:08:24,740 --> 00:08:26,420 it to the other room. That's what I 227 00:08:26,420 --> 00:08:27,720 did. So 228 00:08:28,100 --> 00:08:29,620 you guys saw me if you guys were 229 00:08:29,620 --> 00:08:31,139 watching the show the other night, my nose 230 00:08:31,139 --> 00:08:33,379 was just running like crazy. I've been pretty 231 00:08:33,379 --> 00:08:34,820 good all day. I don't know why I 232 00:08:34,820 --> 00:08:37,355 just decided to start now. I guess because 233 00:08:37,355 --> 00:08:38,495 I'm talking a lot. 234 00:08:38,875 --> 00:08:40,975 Let's move on to the next story. Comcast 235 00:08:41,115 --> 00:08:43,355 has a new $70 streaming bundle, has live 236 00:08:43,355 --> 00:08:44,894 sports news and Peacock, 237 00:08:45,434 --> 00:08:47,774 but it's only available for certain customers. 238 00:08:48,554 --> 00:08:49,054 Now 239 00:08:51,129 --> 00:08:52,350 why are they doing this? 240 00:08:52,889 --> 00:08:54,990 Launching Thursday, company's offering Xfinity 241 00:08:55,529 --> 00:08:56,590 Sports and News. 242 00:08:57,370 --> 00:08:59,210 Again, a package that include more than 50 243 00:08:59,210 --> 00:09:02,090 channels and ad supported Peacock premium subscription. Viewers 244 00:09:02,090 --> 00:09:05,290 can watch NFL, MLB, NHL, MLB, and college 245 00:09:05,290 --> 00:09:05,790 games 246 00:09:06,125 --> 00:09:07,424 along with TV shows. 247 00:09:09,644 --> 00:09:11,264 So, you know, I am not 248 00:09:12,445 --> 00:09:14,924 again, take the sports out. I I don't 249 00:09:14,924 --> 00:09:17,565 care. I don't need any sports channels. I 250 00:09:17,565 --> 00:09:19,904 know some of you do, but for me, 251 00:09:20,259 --> 00:09:22,600 you know, it's almost like you can't escape 252 00:09:23,139 --> 00:09:24,980 any of these bundles with, 253 00:09:26,179 --> 00:09:26,679 without, 254 00:09:27,379 --> 00:09:30,120 without getting, you know, hit up for sports. 255 00:09:30,259 --> 00:09:31,079 By the way, 256 00:09:31,620 --> 00:09:34,039 are any of you watching the Dune series 257 00:09:35,675 --> 00:09:37,675 on I think it's on Max. Have you 258 00:09:37,675 --> 00:09:39,134 guys any of you watched that? 259 00:09:41,195 --> 00:09:41,934 Not bad. 260 00:09:42,315 --> 00:09:44,335 Not bad at all, ladies and gentlemen. 261 00:09:45,995 --> 00:09:48,575 Google and Samsung are collaborating to bring spatial 262 00:09:48,634 --> 00:09:49,134 audio 263 00:09:49,580 --> 00:09:51,740 experience for more users. They're working in an 264 00:09:51,740 --> 00:09:54,460 open source spatial audio format, and I keep 265 00:09:54,460 --> 00:09:56,240 hearing about spatial audio 266 00:09:56,940 --> 00:09:58,639 where it surrounds you. 267 00:09:59,660 --> 00:10:00,879 Do you really want 268 00:10:01,804 --> 00:10:05,644 my voice to surround you? I'm already in 269 00:10:05,644 --> 00:10:06,304 your head 270 00:10:07,084 --> 00:10:08,684 as if you listen to this show on 271 00:10:08,684 --> 00:10:09,184 earbuds, 272 00:10:09,964 --> 00:10:11,345 so I just can't imagine 273 00:10:11,725 --> 00:10:13,504 being around you. 274 00:10:13,884 --> 00:10:16,284 But consumers' audio listening experience has come a 275 00:10:16,284 --> 00:10:17,024 long way, 276 00:10:17,579 --> 00:10:20,240 and, of course, they are seeing a gradual 277 00:10:20,299 --> 00:10:22,399 shift from stereo sound 278 00:10:22,860 --> 00:10:24,559 experience to spatial audio. 279 00:10:25,179 --> 00:10:25,679 So 280 00:10:27,659 --> 00:10:28,559 I I guess 281 00:10:29,100 --> 00:10:31,419 it's it's almost like the days of 282 00:10:32,235 --> 00:10:33,914 I've told you guys about this before and 283 00:10:33,914 --> 00:10:36,394 I barely can remember it now. It's about 284 00:10:36,394 --> 00:10:39,274 a box I had that would turn AM 285 00:10:39,274 --> 00:10:42,654 into FM and it would super hetrodine and 286 00:10:42,794 --> 00:10:44,794 it was all it's just it was it 287 00:10:44,794 --> 00:10:45,695 was wild. 288 00:10:47,480 --> 00:10:49,019 It was just some scam. 289 00:10:50,360 --> 00:10:52,059 Someone had put a box together, 290 00:10:52,759 --> 00:10:54,600 you know, and, I don't know how much 291 00:10:54,600 --> 00:10:56,620 money I I spent on it, but 292 00:10:57,000 --> 00:10:58,679 it it really didn't. It I think it 293 00:10:58,679 --> 00:10:59,820 just split 2 294 00:11:01,184 --> 00:11:03,345 it split 2 mono channels, and I don't 295 00:11:03,345 --> 00:11:04,625 think it did any I don't think there 296 00:11:04,625 --> 00:11:06,964 was any offset or anything like that, but, 297 00:11:07,184 --> 00:11:10,084 yeah, that was back in the, whoo, 298 00:11:10,384 --> 00:11:13,204 probably the seventies. Yes. I'm dating myself. 299 00:11:14,779 --> 00:11:16,779 SpaceX scrapped a flight as a plane entered 300 00:11:16,779 --> 00:11:19,279 the launch space seconds before liftoff. 301 00:11:19,659 --> 00:11:21,279 It was skirting the edge. 302 00:11:21,899 --> 00:11:24,299 Apparently, it was a Delta Airlines flight on 303 00:11:24,299 --> 00:11:25,279 the way to Honolulu, 304 00:11:26,495 --> 00:11:28,575 and, they didn't make quick enough of a 305 00:11:28,575 --> 00:11:29,794 left hand turn 306 00:11:30,495 --> 00:11:31,715 coming out of LAX. 307 00:11:32,894 --> 00:11:33,375 So, 308 00:11:33,855 --> 00:11:35,934 the FAA said, hey. You guys are gonna 309 00:11:35,934 --> 00:11:36,434 be 310 00:11:36,975 --> 00:11:39,294 prime zone to see the see the launch, 311 00:11:39,294 --> 00:11:41,800 and, yeah, apparently, it was too close. And 312 00:11:41,800 --> 00:11:44,700 with 11 seconds to go, they they scrapped 313 00:11:45,240 --> 00:11:46,059 the the the launch. 314 00:11:46,679 --> 00:11:47,080 So, 315 00:11:47,720 --> 00:11:49,820 maybe SpaceX ought to be doing a little 316 00:11:50,040 --> 00:11:50,779 more coordination, 317 00:11:52,440 --> 00:11:54,534 as well. There's an article over in Digital 318 00:11:54,534 --> 00:11:56,475 Trends talking about T Mobile. 319 00:11:56,934 --> 00:11:58,695 Matter of fact, T Mobile had me do 320 00:11:58,695 --> 00:11:59,414 a weird 321 00:12:00,214 --> 00:12:02,714 a very weird survey the other day, 322 00:12:04,054 --> 00:12:05,995 and it it was basically 323 00:12:07,299 --> 00:12:09,139 it was kinda and I took it just 324 00:12:09,139 --> 00:12:10,580 because I want to see what they're gonna 325 00:12:10,580 --> 00:12:12,420 ask, but it was, who do you know 326 00:12:12,420 --> 00:12:13,960 has you know, what service? 327 00:12:14,420 --> 00:12:16,120 And America has satellite, 328 00:12:16,420 --> 00:12:17,720 you know, has a satellite 329 00:12:18,179 --> 00:12:20,259 carrier. Of course, I know T Mobile's got 330 00:12:20,259 --> 00:12:21,940 this thing going on with SpaceX. I know 331 00:12:21,940 --> 00:12:23,824 that's coming, but it looked to me like 332 00:12:23,824 --> 00:12:25,605 it was a survey meant to 333 00:12:26,144 --> 00:12:27,284 inform people 334 00:12:27,824 --> 00:12:30,544 that soon T Mobile will be able to 335 00:12:30,544 --> 00:12:31,764 be satellite connected. 336 00:12:33,345 --> 00:12:33,824 But, 337 00:12:34,384 --> 00:12:35,204 one carrier, 338 00:12:35,620 --> 00:12:38,019 T Mobile, has outperformed others over the past 339 00:12:38,019 --> 00:12:40,679 6 months according to data collected by 340 00:12:41,059 --> 00:12:41,559 Speedtest. 341 00:12:42,420 --> 00:12:44,660 The report which covers data collected between July 342 00:12:44,660 --> 00:12:46,840 December found that T Mobile, the 3rd largest 343 00:12:46,899 --> 00:12:47,399 carrier, 344 00:12:47,860 --> 00:12:49,860 has emerged as a clear leader in overall 345 00:12:49,860 --> 00:12:50,360 performance. 346 00:12:51,065 --> 00:12:53,485 T Mobile provides media down speeds a 120% 347 00:12:53,704 --> 00:12:56,365 faster than its closest competitor, AT and T. 348 00:12:56,745 --> 00:12:59,884 Verizon largest carrier by subscribers count ranked 3rd. 349 00:13:00,345 --> 00:13:03,144 These speeds are enough for Ookla, o o 350 00:13:03,144 --> 00:13:05,304 k l a, to include T Mobile offers 351 00:13:05,304 --> 00:13:06,204 the best mobile 352 00:13:06,959 --> 00:13:09,379 gaming experience. I don't do any 353 00:13:09,759 --> 00:13:12,899 mobile gaming so this really doesn't help me 354 00:13:13,279 --> 00:13:13,779 at 355 00:13:15,039 --> 00:13:17,199 all. This should not be a surprise at 356 00:13:17,199 --> 00:13:18,100 all, but exclusive 357 00:13:18,799 --> 00:13:19,620 from Reuters, 358 00:13:20,375 --> 00:13:21,995 ByteDance plans a $20,000,000,000 359 00:13:23,894 --> 00:13:24,714 data center 360 00:13:25,414 --> 00:13:26,154 in 2025 361 00:13:26,855 --> 00:13:28,875 mostly being spent on AI. 362 00:13:30,695 --> 00:13:31,195 So 363 00:13:33,040 --> 00:13:35,379 they're gonna do this in capital capital 364 00:13:35,759 --> 00:13:36,259 expenditures. 365 00:13:37,680 --> 00:13:40,320 They're privately held tech giant, which is, you 366 00:13:40,320 --> 00:13:42,720 know, got about 70 days left here in 367 00:13:42,720 --> 00:13:44,399 the United States before our deal has to 368 00:13:44,399 --> 00:13:45,014 be done, 369 00:13:45,575 --> 00:13:48,215 but they're going to, they're going to jump 370 00:13:48,215 --> 00:13:50,774 into AI even deeper although they're saying they 371 00:13:50,774 --> 00:13:53,174 have some stuff out now that will complete 372 00:13:53,174 --> 00:13:53,995 with OpenAI. 373 00:13:54,295 --> 00:13:55,754 That's what everyone says. 374 00:13:56,375 --> 00:13:59,434 Meanwhile, Perplexity launches an assistant for Android. 375 00:14:00,209 --> 00:14:02,370 So if you have an Android device and 376 00:14:02,370 --> 00:14:04,149 you are a Perplexity 377 00:14:04,610 --> 00:14:05,110 fan, 378 00:14:05,570 --> 00:14:07,029 you can get this assistant. 379 00:14:08,049 --> 00:14:11,269 It's an agent of sorts called Perplexity Assistant, 380 00:14:11,985 --> 00:14:13,985 It uses reasoning search and apps to help 381 00:14:13,985 --> 00:14:15,044 with daily task. 382 00:14:15,664 --> 00:14:17,365 It's available Android devices, 383 00:14:17,985 --> 00:14:20,544 and the company says is that it like 384 00:14:20,544 --> 00:14:23,044 hailing a ride or searching for a song 385 00:14:23,825 --> 00:14:26,804 because the search engine is very, very 386 00:14:27,910 --> 00:14:28,950 powerful. So, 387 00:14:29,509 --> 00:14:31,430 I do have an Android device so I 388 00:14:31,430 --> 00:14:33,590 will definitely and I have a subscription to 389 00:14:33,590 --> 00:14:34,090 Perplexity 390 00:14:34,629 --> 00:14:37,190 so I will definitely be, be checking this 391 00:14:37,190 --> 00:14:39,590 out. If you're a WordPress user, beware there's 392 00:14:39,590 --> 00:14:41,529 a popular theme plugin. They have some 393 00:14:42,014 --> 00:14:43,555 security risks out there. 394 00:14:44,894 --> 00:14:45,394 Patchstack 395 00:14:45,774 --> 00:14:48,115 found 2 bugs in a WordPress theme. 396 00:14:48,654 --> 00:14:51,455 The bugs were addressed in the latest version, 397 00:14:51,455 --> 00:14:53,934 but users are advised to disable the product 398 00:14:53,934 --> 00:14:54,514 to limit 399 00:14:54,975 --> 00:14:55,475 new 400 00:14:56,299 --> 00:14:57,279 account creation 401 00:14:57,580 --> 00:15:00,480 from Inspiree themes. So if you have an 402 00:15:00,539 --> 00:15:01,039 Inspiree, 403 00:15:01,740 --> 00:15:04,559 I n s p I r y theme, 404 00:15:06,539 --> 00:15:07,279 be careful. 405 00:15:10,554 --> 00:15:11,695 So signing data 406 00:15:12,235 --> 00:15:13,934 patch that says Real Home is purchased. 407 00:15:14,394 --> 00:15:16,634 Oh, so it's it's a plug in also 408 00:15:16,634 --> 00:15:17,134 called 409 00:15:17,834 --> 00:15:19,375 Real Homes. So 410 00:15:19,914 --> 00:15:21,534 expiry themes has not 411 00:15:22,394 --> 00:15:22,894 responded. 412 00:15:26,200 --> 00:15:27,820 What else is going on here? 413 00:15:30,279 --> 00:15:33,159 Okay. The theme and plug in in question 414 00:15:33,159 --> 00:15:36,059 are called Real Homes and Easy Real Estate 415 00:15:36,679 --> 00:15:38,459 by Inspiree Themes. 416 00:15:39,824 --> 00:15:42,324 Real estate and easy real estate. 417 00:15:44,704 --> 00:15:47,264 Both flaws allows malicious actors to elevate their 418 00:15:47,264 --> 00:15:48,565 privileges to admin. 419 00:15:49,504 --> 00:15:50,964 It's been installed 32,000 420 00:15:51,664 --> 00:15:52,164 times 421 00:15:53,345 --> 00:15:53,584 and 422 00:15:55,720 --> 00:15:56,220 but 423 00:15:56,759 --> 00:15:59,399 the the developer has not responded at all. 424 00:15:59,399 --> 00:16:01,559 So it's it's in the wild and not 425 00:16:01,559 --> 00:16:03,480 been fixed. So make sure you shut those 426 00:16:03,480 --> 00:16:04,700 2 off if you have 427 00:16:05,160 --> 00:16:07,240 something that sounds like that. Do the investigation 428 00:16:07,240 --> 00:16:08,840 here. Come over to the website and grab 429 00:16:08,840 --> 00:16:09,500 the link. 430 00:16:10,605 --> 00:16:13,264 Faster braige excuse me. Faster 431 00:16:13,725 --> 00:16:14,865 brain aging 432 00:16:15,485 --> 00:16:17,745 has been tied to an x chromosome 433 00:16:18,205 --> 00:16:19,985 inherited from your mother. 434 00:16:21,884 --> 00:16:23,424 Are they referring to humans? 435 00:16:24,350 --> 00:16:28,190 Says female mammals typically carry 2 chromosomes, 1 436 00:16:28,190 --> 00:16:30,669 from each parent, and new study suggests that 437 00:16:30,669 --> 00:16:34,049 the maternal X is linked to faster brain 438 00:16:34,110 --> 00:16:34,610 aging. 439 00:16:36,829 --> 00:16:38,449 Okay. They said mammals. 440 00:16:41,654 --> 00:16:44,295 The chromosome passed from mom to offspring may 441 00:16:44,295 --> 00:16:47,415 celebrate brain aging. The researcher highlights a potential 442 00:16:47,415 --> 00:16:50,475 fundamental difference in how males and females brains 443 00:16:50,855 --> 00:16:51,355 age. 444 00:16:51,839 --> 00:16:54,159 The research was conducted in mice, but if 445 00:16:54,159 --> 00:16:56,480 findings translate to humans, they could point to 446 00:16:56,480 --> 00:16:58,419 sex specific drivers of cognitive 447 00:16:59,120 --> 00:17:02,319 decline and, eventually, ways to prevent or treat 448 00:17:02,319 --> 00:17:04,019 them. So so far, 449 00:17:05,519 --> 00:17:06,259 the men 450 00:17:06,994 --> 00:17:09,095 or the male mice, 451 00:17:10,434 --> 00:17:12,295 basically go brain dead sooner. 452 00:17:14,515 --> 00:17:16,355 I think a lot of women would agree 453 00:17:16,355 --> 00:17:17,654 most of us are pretty 454 00:17:17,955 --> 00:17:20,855 brain dead already. Anyway, what what say you? 455 00:17:21,650 --> 00:17:23,349 Hey. I really wanna thank our insiders, 456 00:17:24,690 --> 00:17:25,429 for sure. 457 00:17:27,169 --> 00:17:28,069 Curtis Parish 458 00:17:28,769 --> 00:17:29,990 for his $5, 459 00:17:31,329 --> 00:17:33,429 Ohana donation. Daniel Lemux 460 00:17:34,210 --> 00:17:36,390 for his $10 warrior donation. 461 00:17:37,544 --> 00:17:39,804 Christian Petrie for his $3 462 00:17:40,424 --> 00:17:43,944 sustaining donation, Mike Dell World Studio, $2 for 463 00:17:43,944 --> 00:17:44,444 his 464 00:17:44,744 --> 00:17:45,804 sustaining donation, 465 00:17:46,105 --> 00:17:46,605 Gary 466 00:17:47,144 --> 00:17:50,684 Evels for his $10 per month warrior donation, 467 00:17:51,210 --> 00:17:53,869 SJC Media LLC for his $10.80 468 00:17:55,210 --> 00:17:55,710 monthly 469 00:17:56,409 --> 00:17:59,789 warrior donation, and James Fletcher for his $2 470 00:18:00,089 --> 00:18:02,269 sustaining donation. Thank you very much, 471 00:18:02,890 --> 00:18:05,230 for your ongoing support of the show 472 00:18:05,855 --> 00:18:07,795 and by being an insider. 473 00:18:08,654 --> 00:18:11,394 I do notice that we have 474 00:18:11,855 --> 00:18:14,974 not handing new new boost recently but we 475 00:18:14,974 --> 00:18:17,075 do have people streaming the show 476 00:18:18,509 --> 00:18:21,330 with live sat. So, Pestmark, thank you for 477 00:18:21,470 --> 00:18:24,430 your ongoing support and and streaming the show 478 00:18:24,430 --> 00:18:26,130 live. I I definitely appreciate 479 00:18:26,509 --> 00:18:27,950 it. Go down here a little bit further 480 00:18:27,950 --> 00:18:28,769 to see here, 481 00:18:29,230 --> 00:18:31,970 Adam was watching the new media show, Pestmark 482 00:18:32,029 --> 00:18:33,490 again, Geek News Central. 483 00:18:33,845 --> 00:18:35,845 So again, for those of you and I 484 00:18:35,845 --> 00:18:36,325 know, 485 00:18:36,644 --> 00:18:38,904 cost of, Satoshis have went up, 486 00:18:39,285 --> 00:18:41,705 but, thank you so much for your ongoing, 487 00:18:42,644 --> 00:18:45,144 live support of the show and and 488 00:18:45,445 --> 00:18:47,144 for those of you that are not participating 489 00:18:47,365 --> 00:18:49,779 yet in the Valley for Value 490 00:18:51,599 --> 00:18:52,099 model, 491 00:18:52,799 --> 00:18:54,980 I'm hoping that I am providing enough value 492 00:18:55,519 --> 00:18:57,839 for you to provide value back through time, 493 00:18:57,839 --> 00:18:58,740 talent, or treasure. 494 00:18:59,440 --> 00:19:00,500 We love your treasure 495 00:19:01,005 --> 00:19:02,605 and that we also love your time and 496 00:19:02,605 --> 00:19:04,765 talent if you contribute it and help with 497 00:19:04,765 --> 00:19:05,424 the show. 498 00:19:06,445 --> 00:19:08,684 Very scary thing for someone that had a 499 00:19:08,684 --> 00:19:09,585 gaming mouse. 500 00:19:09,964 --> 00:19:12,204 Gaming mouse had went up in flames nearly 501 00:19:12,204 --> 00:19:14,065 caused an apartment fire. 502 00:19:14,950 --> 00:19:17,769 Anyone that sees this mouse that just basically 503 00:19:18,870 --> 00:19:21,670 melted would absolutely freak out. You would never 504 00:19:21,670 --> 00:19:22,170 think 505 00:19:22,630 --> 00:19:25,110 that that connected to a USB port would 506 00:19:25,110 --> 00:19:26,490 would go that crazy. 507 00:19:27,034 --> 00:19:27,934 It's a Gigabit 508 00:19:28,394 --> 00:19:28,894 M6880x 509 00:19:30,474 --> 00:19:31,375 gaming mouse 510 00:19:31,914 --> 00:19:33,914 and the user who went by the u 511 00:19:34,075 --> 00:19:37,034 username Loma Lynn shared images showing the melted 512 00:19:37,034 --> 00:19:39,194 mouse burn marks on the desk and destroyed 513 00:19:39,194 --> 00:19:40,015 mouse pad. 514 00:19:40,990 --> 00:19:43,630 They recounted discovering the device burning with large 515 00:19:43,630 --> 00:19:46,509 flames, which then quickly extinguished. So probably what 516 00:19:46,509 --> 00:19:48,849 happened was that this got hot enough, 517 00:19:49,630 --> 00:19:50,130 and 518 00:19:50,990 --> 00:19:53,230 this is a mouse that's over a decade 519 00:19:53,230 --> 00:19:54,849 old, so it's pretty 520 00:19:55,534 --> 00:19:57,875 so not a spring chicken in the 521 00:19:58,335 --> 00:20:00,034 in the mouse arena 522 00:20:00,815 --> 00:20:01,315 and, 523 00:20:02,575 --> 00:20:04,974 probably once the plastic got going, you know, 524 00:20:04,974 --> 00:20:06,674 it it went going but, 525 00:20:07,134 --> 00:20:09,855 no no mention on, what happened with the 526 00:20:09,855 --> 00:20:10,355 computer 527 00:20:11,000 --> 00:20:13,740 that it it was hit to hooked to. 528 00:20:15,400 --> 00:20:18,039 A government is demanding answers from Apple over 529 00:20:18,039 --> 00:20:20,940 iOS 18 performance problems. Now 530 00:20:21,720 --> 00:20:23,559 we know that there were some performance problems 531 00:20:23,559 --> 00:20:25,740 when iOS 18 initially came out, 532 00:20:26,724 --> 00:20:29,464 And today, Apple has received a stern notice 533 00:20:30,404 --> 00:20:33,784 from India's consumer watchdog over the performance issues, 534 00:20:34,724 --> 00:20:37,525 by iPhone users after installing update. It's not 535 00:20:37,525 --> 00:20:38,904 quite the same as Apple 536 00:20:39,329 --> 00:20:42,289 deliberately slowing down old phones because iOS 18 537 00:20:42,289 --> 00:20:44,710 will also affect the latest iPhone models. 538 00:20:45,089 --> 00:20:47,589 The notice was issued by the Central Consumer 539 00:20:47,650 --> 00:20:48,630 Protection Authority, 540 00:20:49,009 --> 00:20:49,589 a regulatory 541 00:20:49,890 --> 00:20:53,269 issue agency that oversees consumer grievances and violations 542 00:20:53,409 --> 00:20:55,085 of their rights rights while also conducting 543 00:20:55,704 --> 00:20:56,204 investigation 544 00:20:56,505 --> 00:20:59,724 in issuing orders related to to recalls. 545 00:21:00,505 --> 00:21:01,804 So, that, 546 00:21:02,984 --> 00:21:05,545 was the situation and and Apple will have 547 00:21:05,545 --> 00:21:08,365 to excuse me. Apple will have to 548 00:21:09,119 --> 00:21:10,980 to to respond to that. 549 00:21:15,039 --> 00:21:17,460 What's next in my stack here? 550 00:21:19,039 --> 00:21:21,380 A record number of ransomware attacks in December. 551 00:21:21,994 --> 00:21:24,315 NCC Group on Wednesday published its cyber threat 552 00:21:24,315 --> 00:21:26,955 intelligence report for December 2024 and pointed out 553 00:21:26,955 --> 00:21:28,654 the number of ransomware attacks seen 554 00:21:28,955 --> 00:21:30,494 at the end of the year, 555 00:21:31,595 --> 00:21:33,755 is the highest of any month since it 556 00:21:33,755 --> 00:21:34,654 started tracking 557 00:21:35,115 --> 00:21:36,414 the the activity. 558 00:21:37,619 --> 00:21:38,200 The cybersecurity 559 00:21:38,660 --> 00:21:41,880 ransomware attacks in December was 574 560 00:21:43,460 --> 00:21:46,500 with a threat group called funcsec accounting for 561 00:21:46,500 --> 00:21:48,519 more than 100 attacks or 18% 562 00:21:49,460 --> 00:21:49,960 of 563 00:21:50,259 --> 00:21:51,079 of the total. 564 00:21:51,700 --> 00:21:52,200 And 565 00:21:53,164 --> 00:21:53,825 the group, 566 00:21:55,724 --> 00:21:58,125 whose member are likely inexperienced hackers appear to 567 00:21:58,125 --> 00:22:00,464 be involved in both hacktivism and cybercrime. 568 00:22:01,565 --> 00:22:02,065 So, 569 00:22:03,164 --> 00:22:04,784 anyway, it's it's ongoing, 570 00:22:05,244 --> 00:22:05,984 not surprising 571 00:22:06,799 --> 00:22:10,339 whatsoever that these, these ongoing attacks happen. 572 00:22:10,720 --> 00:22:13,940 There's a very weird article on digital trends 573 00:22:14,400 --> 00:22:16,880 and it's talking about touch screens may hide 574 00:22:16,880 --> 00:22:19,059 secrets about how we make decisions. 575 00:22:20,195 --> 00:22:22,295 And when I saw this, I was like, 576 00:22:22,674 --> 00:22:25,394 are they looking at our fingerprints on a 577 00:22:25,394 --> 00:22:26,295 on a closed 578 00:22:27,075 --> 00:22:27,575 device? 579 00:22:28,515 --> 00:22:30,674 No. No. No. It has nothing to do 580 00:22:30,674 --> 00:22:31,335 with that. 581 00:22:34,630 --> 00:22:36,630 According to a research team at the University 582 00:22:36,630 --> 00:22:37,289 of Alberta, 583 00:22:38,390 --> 00:22:41,269 in the future, the moment the movements that 584 00:22:41,269 --> 00:22:42,009 we make 585 00:22:43,110 --> 00:22:45,350 on our phones could be tracked to inform 586 00:22:45,350 --> 00:22:47,130 doctors about injury recovery. 587 00:22:48,434 --> 00:22:50,835 The paper states that decisions require actions that 588 00:22:50,835 --> 00:22:52,615 have an effect on the world. Measures 589 00:22:53,154 --> 00:22:55,234 derived from movements, such as using a mouse 590 00:22:55,234 --> 00:22:57,014 and control a cursor on a screen, 591 00:22:57,394 --> 00:22:59,335 provide a powerful and dynamic 592 00:22:59,875 --> 00:23:00,855 in this indices 593 00:23:01,549 --> 00:23:02,210 or indicators 594 00:23:02,669 --> 00:23:04,669 of decision making. Goes on to say that 595 00:23:04,669 --> 00:23:07,970 touch screens provide more informative results for understanding 596 00:23:08,910 --> 00:23:10,609 indecision compared to computers. 597 00:23:10,990 --> 00:23:12,910 We can actually understand a a lot of 598 00:23:12,910 --> 00:23:15,069 what's going on in someone's head by carefully 599 00:23:15,069 --> 00:23:15,569 measuring 600 00:23:15,955 --> 00:23:18,055 what's going on outside their head. 601 00:23:19,075 --> 00:23:21,795 Craig Chapman, an associate professor who worked on 602 00:23:21,795 --> 00:23:23,174 the research told sci.org, 603 00:23:23,955 --> 00:23:25,815 participant use a Android smartphone, 604 00:23:26,195 --> 00:23:29,234 smartphone, or tablet, and completed time task, which 605 00:23:29,234 --> 00:23:31,930 involve making decisions, tapping and swiping to complete 606 00:23:31,930 --> 00:23:34,990 tasks centered around what the research calls research 607 00:23:35,210 --> 00:23:35,710 decisions, 608 00:23:36,170 --> 00:23:38,250 where a choice of options were presented in 609 00:23:38,250 --> 00:23:40,109 different areas of the screen. 610 00:23:41,049 --> 00:23:43,450 We think touch devices are perhaps even better 611 00:23:43,450 --> 00:23:44,190 for revealing 612 00:23:45,055 --> 00:23:45,555 movement 613 00:23:46,015 --> 00:23:48,335 signatures of decision making because you have to 614 00:23:48,335 --> 00:23:50,335 move and interact in a in a more 615 00:23:50,335 --> 00:23:51,795 realistic way. So 616 00:23:52,095 --> 00:23:54,275 very, very interesting. Now, I could see 617 00:23:55,535 --> 00:23:57,990 where this might be used for another reason. 618 00:23:58,150 --> 00:24:00,009 Let's say that you are on workman's 619 00:24:02,230 --> 00:24:04,470 comp and they're trying to figure out if 620 00:24:04,470 --> 00:24:06,869 you're actually getting up, moving around, doing the 621 00:24:06,869 --> 00:24:08,809 things that you're supposed to do or, 622 00:24:09,910 --> 00:24:11,829 not supposed to be doing. And could they 623 00:24:11,829 --> 00:24:13,769 use the data from your phone 624 00:24:14,924 --> 00:24:17,664 to correlate that to your workman's comp? 625 00:24:18,204 --> 00:24:19,105 As an example, 626 00:24:20,284 --> 00:24:22,224 you're not supposed to be painting the house, 627 00:24:22,525 --> 00:24:25,964 but yet the phone detects movements. It's up 628 00:24:25,964 --> 00:24:26,625 and down. 629 00:24:27,130 --> 00:24:29,529 It might be as indication that you're healthier 630 00:24:29,529 --> 00:24:31,150 than you say you are. So, 631 00:24:33,769 --> 00:24:34,269 interesting. 632 00:24:35,369 --> 00:24:37,230 According to finance at Yahoo, 633 00:24:37,929 --> 00:24:40,349 CEOs have a new skill to learn managing 634 00:24:40,490 --> 00:24:41,470 AI employees. 635 00:24:43,264 --> 00:24:45,825 Adjentic AI, which is the new buzzword this 636 00:24:45,825 --> 00:24:46,325 year, 637 00:24:46,625 --> 00:24:49,365 which makes decisions without human input, 638 00:24:50,144 --> 00:24:52,944 is a hot topic, and AI agents promise 639 00:24:52,944 --> 00:24:54,085 tangible benefits 640 00:24:54,625 --> 00:24:57,024 but raise questions such as whether they should 641 00:24:57,024 --> 00:24:57,764 get KPIs. 642 00:24:59,240 --> 00:25:00,920 Business leaders now have to work out how 643 00:25:00,920 --> 00:25:02,779 to manage autonomous spots alongside 644 00:25:03,480 --> 00:25:04,539 human employees. 645 00:25:07,400 --> 00:25:10,460 We're using AI to get faster and leaner, 646 00:25:11,325 --> 00:25:13,724 but what happens when AI is just not 647 00:25:13,724 --> 00:25:15,664 your tool but your colleague or employee? 648 00:25:18,284 --> 00:25:20,065 So that's something to think about. 649 00:25:21,325 --> 00:25:23,804 LATA CEO Sarah Franklin spent a lot of 650 00:25:23,804 --> 00:25:25,980 time thinking about this. Our company which builds 651 00:25:25,980 --> 00:25:28,140 HR software announced last year that was going 652 00:25:28,140 --> 00:25:30,400 to treat AI workers like humans 653 00:25:30,859 --> 00:25:33,099 by giving them official records and even putting 654 00:25:33,099 --> 00:25:35,359 them through onboarding like a real human. 655 00:25:36,140 --> 00:25:38,319 That actually humans weren't keen on the idea, 656 00:25:38,380 --> 00:25:40,825 and she hit pause after backlash. Now why 657 00:25:40,825 --> 00:25:41,964 would you onboard 658 00:25:42,825 --> 00:25:44,825 them like a real human? You just dump 659 00:25:44,904 --> 00:25:46,845 all you gotta do is say, here's the 660 00:25:47,065 --> 00:25:49,404 52 documents in our training manual 661 00:25:49,785 --> 00:25:51,944 and our company policy document that you have 662 00:25:51,944 --> 00:25:53,819 to live by, except you get to work 663 00:25:53,819 --> 00:25:55,819 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. 664 00:25:55,819 --> 00:25:57,599 Working hours for you are different. 665 00:26:04,779 --> 00:26:07,119 It it right now, all our interfaces 666 00:26:07,994 --> 00:26:09,454 with AI is 667 00:26:09,755 --> 00:26:10,255 through 668 00:26:10,555 --> 00:26:11,214 a keyboard. 669 00:26:12,315 --> 00:26:13,214 We're axing 670 00:26:13,595 --> 00:26:16,315 acting AI or through an API. We're acting 671 00:26:16,474 --> 00:26:17,214 we're asking 672 00:26:19,194 --> 00:26:21,694 the AI to do things for us. 673 00:26:22,180 --> 00:26:23,700 But when you set it up to do 674 00:26:23,700 --> 00:26:25,559 a task, when you say, okay. 675 00:26:25,940 --> 00:26:27,960 I want you to look at this every 676 00:26:28,660 --> 00:26:29,480 3 hours 677 00:26:30,980 --> 00:26:32,980 or better yet, tie it to a sales 678 00:26:32,980 --> 00:26:35,460 system. Every time a a new sales comes 679 00:26:35,460 --> 00:26:35,960 in, 680 00:26:37,445 --> 00:26:39,765 ring that up, put a report, tell me 681 00:26:39,765 --> 00:26:40,984 where that came from, 682 00:26:41,285 --> 00:26:43,445 what they signed up for, what the show 683 00:26:43,445 --> 00:26:45,384 of the name is. We can build personas. 684 00:26:45,525 --> 00:26:47,305 It would it's gonna be pretty amazing 685 00:26:47,765 --> 00:26:49,605 to better serve our customers, and this can 686 00:26:49,605 --> 00:26:51,865 happen in real time as they're coming in. 687 00:26:52,180 --> 00:26:53,700 And we can point them in the right 688 00:26:53,700 --> 00:26:55,559 direction to have a better onboarding. 689 00:26:56,740 --> 00:26:57,640 This is what 690 00:26:58,099 --> 00:27:00,420 AgenTic AI is gonna bring for all of 691 00:27:00,420 --> 00:27:00,920 us. 692 00:27:01,460 --> 00:27:01,960 So 693 00:27:03,539 --> 00:27:05,775 these are gonna be great tools, maybe a 694 00:27:05,775 --> 00:27:08,035 little bit scary tools. That's for sure. 695 00:27:08,654 --> 00:27:10,994 They would assume, you know, someone was 696 00:27:11,295 --> 00:27:13,615 coming in and creating a show today called 697 00:27:13,615 --> 00:27:14,674 Geek News Central. 698 00:27:15,295 --> 00:27:18,255 Well, you would automatically assume that that person 699 00:27:18,255 --> 00:27:20,355 just a little more technical than 700 00:27:21,109 --> 00:27:23,590 the average Joe. So maybe you throw some 701 00:27:23,590 --> 00:27:26,710 more advanced options at that individual during the 702 00:27:26,710 --> 00:27:27,210 onboarding. 703 00:27:27,670 --> 00:27:30,090 Whereas someone that's doing a podcast 704 00:27:30,470 --> 00:27:30,970 about, 705 00:27:32,549 --> 00:27:34,789 I I don't know, whatever topic, you can 706 00:27:34,789 --> 00:27:35,265 set 707 00:27:35,825 --> 00:27:37,684 the experience level to that level. 708 00:27:38,464 --> 00:27:38,964 So 709 00:27:39,664 --> 00:27:41,125 business owner, church, 710 00:27:41,664 --> 00:27:42,644 news organization, 711 00:27:43,585 --> 00:27:44,964 culture show, entertainment, 712 00:27:45,424 --> 00:27:46,805 all could have a different 713 00:27:47,345 --> 00:27:48,404 onboarding path. 714 00:27:49,359 --> 00:27:51,759 Pretty exciting to think what the future would 715 00:27:51,759 --> 00:27:52,259 hold. 716 00:27:53,759 --> 00:27:55,380 Of course, the president was with 717 00:27:57,359 --> 00:27:58,179 the Stargate 718 00:27:58,720 --> 00:27:59,220 group, 719 00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:01,779 Sam Altman, Satya Nadella. 720 00:28:02,515 --> 00:28:04,434 Oh, actually, he wasn't there. It was the 721 00:28:04,434 --> 00:28:07,315 Oracle guy and the guy from SoftBank were 722 00:28:07,315 --> 00:28:09,335 all at the White House pledging $500,000,000,000. 723 00:28:11,154 --> 00:28:13,154 Elon says, hey. They they don't have the 724 00:28:13,154 --> 00:28:13,654 500. 725 00:28:14,640 --> 00:28:16,180 They don't actually have the money. 726 00:28:17,359 --> 00:28:17,859 And, 727 00:28:20,480 --> 00:28:23,279 the initial pledges by Stargate Partners were about 728 00:28:23,279 --> 00:28:23,940 a 100,000,000,000, 729 00:28:24,880 --> 00:28:26,320 part of which is being invested in a 730 00:28:26,320 --> 00:28:28,875 data center in Abilene, Texas, but Musk pulled 731 00:28:28,875 --> 00:28:31,215 cold water and claims saying SoftBank is under 732 00:28:31,595 --> 00:28:34,174 10,000,000,000 secured. I have that in good authority. 733 00:28:34,315 --> 00:28:35,134 Later post, 734 00:28:35,595 --> 00:28:38,154 a reply criticizing Altman says, Musk said, same 735 00:28:38,154 --> 00:28:38,894 as a swindler. 736 00:28:40,075 --> 00:28:42,015 So they all went back and forth, 737 00:28:42,315 --> 00:28:42,555 and, 738 00:28:43,650 --> 00:28:45,170 we don't know how much money all of 739 00:28:45,170 --> 00:28:47,509 them have anyway, but, you know, 500,000,000,000 740 00:28:47,890 --> 00:28:50,289 sounds like a good number. Right? Sounds like 741 00:28:50,289 --> 00:28:51,910 a great number to invest 742 00:28:52,609 --> 00:28:53,430 in AI. 743 00:28:53,970 --> 00:28:54,470 Absolutely. 744 00:28:56,065 --> 00:28:59,184 NASA's gonna fly rockets into Aurora Borealis to 745 00:28:59,184 --> 00:29:01,825 find out what causes their unique mo moments. 746 00:29:01,825 --> 00:29:04,644 Of course, Aurora Borealis is the northern lights, 747 00:29:05,265 --> 00:29:07,345 so that is the plan. They're gonna shoot 748 00:29:07,345 --> 00:29:09,605 rockets, fly rockets into it. 749 00:29:11,220 --> 00:29:13,700 They're gonna do that in Alaska to attempt 750 00:29:13,700 --> 00:29:14,759 to better understand 751 00:29:15,859 --> 00:29:17,079 the Aurora Borealis 752 00:29:18,180 --> 00:29:20,440 or AKA the Northern Lights. 753 00:29:21,539 --> 00:29:22,039 So 754 00:29:24,634 --> 00:29:26,255 isn't it all about magnetics 755 00:29:28,315 --> 00:29:30,095 and particles in the air? 756 00:29:30,714 --> 00:29:32,474 I guess what they guess that's what they 757 00:29:32,474 --> 00:29:33,454 gotta find out, 758 00:29:36,630 --> 00:29:38,070 So this is a little bit of a 759 00:29:38,070 --> 00:29:40,230 weird one, and I think we've kinda covered 760 00:29:40,230 --> 00:29:41,990 this topic. And, by the way, we we 761 00:29:42,150 --> 00:29:43,670 I'm gonna show you guys this website, those 762 00:29:43,670 --> 00:29:44,650 of you that are watching. 763 00:29:45,670 --> 00:29:47,829 This is the Daily Mail. Look at all 764 00:29:47,829 --> 00:29:50,650 the ads on this. Myers, The Rookie. 765 00:29:51,224 --> 00:29:53,164 What else? Something Internet. 766 00:29:54,025 --> 00:29:55,964 Some pop up down here in the corner. 767 00:29:56,025 --> 00:29:58,204 Frontier. There's 2 there's 2 768 00:29:58,505 --> 00:30:01,625 two services competing against each other and the 769 00:30:01,625 --> 00:30:04,184 ability to actually even change the ads. It's 770 00:30:04,184 --> 00:30:06,105 it's it's nuts what they've got going on 771 00:30:06,105 --> 00:30:09,119 this page. But the the title of this, 772 00:30:09,599 --> 00:30:10,579 post is 773 00:30:11,279 --> 00:30:11,779 visitor 774 00:30:12,079 --> 00:30:13,299 from outer space 775 00:30:13,839 --> 00:30:16,579 may have warped the solar system. Well, 776 00:30:17,599 --> 00:30:20,000 scientists have suggested for a while that something 777 00:30:20,000 --> 00:30:20,500 caused 778 00:30:20,894 --> 00:30:23,295 Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune to have a 779 00:30:23,295 --> 00:30:24,595 little bit different orbit. 780 00:30:26,815 --> 00:30:29,455 They said that prevailing solar system formation theories 781 00:30:29,455 --> 00:30:31,775 indicate planets should have at least started out 782 00:30:31,775 --> 00:30:35,075 falling perfectly circular and share the same orbit. 783 00:30:35,134 --> 00:30:35,634 Well, 784 00:30:36,910 --> 00:30:38,690 they run this through a computer, 785 00:30:40,029 --> 00:30:41,250 and they say a mysterious 786 00:30:41,549 --> 00:30:42,769 object, a visitor, 787 00:30:44,029 --> 00:30:45,089 was about 788 00:30:47,309 --> 00:30:48,930 how big? It was huge. 789 00:30:49,384 --> 00:30:50,845 It flew as close as 1.69 790 00:30:51,545 --> 00:30:53,404 astronomical units from the sun, 791 00:30:54,265 --> 00:30:55,725 and that its 792 00:30:56,105 --> 00:30:58,285 diameter woulda had to have been, like, 793 00:30:59,705 --> 00:31:00,205 massive. 794 00:31:01,945 --> 00:31:03,005 Does it say? 795 00:31:07,009 --> 00:31:08,769 They don't say what size. All it had 796 00:31:08,769 --> 00:31:10,070 to be is pretty big 797 00:31:11,809 --> 00:31:12,309 and, 798 00:31:13,809 --> 00:31:16,369 oh, it's an object 8 times more massive 799 00:31:16,369 --> 00:31:17,109 than Jupiter. 800 00:31:17,490 --> 00:31:18,630 That's pretty big. 801 00:31:19,255 --> 00:31:20,714 Just kinda floating through, 802 00:31:22,134 --> 00:31:24,375 you know, or speeding through, whatever may happen. 803 00:31:24,375 --> 00:31:25,595 So that's how big 804 00:31:26,054 --> 00:31:28,214 the object would have had to have been. 805 00:31:28,214 --> 00:31:28,714 So, 806 00:31:29,494 --> 00:31:31,494 not not a rookie in the in the 807 00:31:31,494 --> 00:31:33,515 planet category at all. 808 00:31:35,039 --> 00:31:37,440 Record shattering 20,000 mile per hour winds have 809 00:31:37,440 --> 00:31:39,619 detected on a wild alien planet. 810 00:31:40,319 --> 00:31:43,359 Yes. Wind circling a gas giant more than 811 00:31:43,359 --> 00:31:46,159 500 light years away have been decked and 812 00:31:46,159 --> 00:31:47,775 flowing at supersonic speeds 813 00:31:48,255 --> 00:31:49,234 approaching 33,000 814 00:31:49,934 --> 00:31:50,434 kilometers 815 00:31:51,615 --> 00:31:52,275 or 20,000 816 00:31:52,654 --> 00:31:54,815 miles per hour making them the fastest air 817 00:31:54,815 --> 00:31:56,434 currents on any known planet. 818 00:31:57,214 --> 00:31:58,654 Yeah. I think those are not gonna be 819 00:31:58,654 --> 00:32:01,049 good landing conditions, and I don't think there's 820 00:32:01,049 --> 00:32:03,210 gonna be very much on the surface of 821 00:32:03,210 --> 00:32:04,910 that planet at all. 822 00:32:05,929 --> 00:32:08,009 So, they looked at the spectrum of light 823 00:32:08,009 --> 00:32:09,869 to do to determine that. 824 00:32:10,890 --> 00:32:11,869 Meanwhile, Hubble 825 00:32:12,464 --> 00:32:13,845 has discovered a mysterious 826 00:32:14,144 --> 00:32:16,065 star in the Milky Way dubbed the Blue 827 00:32:16,065 --> 00:32:16,565 Lurker. 828 00:32:17,585 --> 00:32:19,505 Hubble's uncovered a star, of course, Hubble, you 829 00:32:19,505 --> 00:32:21,025 know, look what it keeps on doing. It's 830 00:32:21,025 --> 00:32:23,904 out there. It keeps creating great discovering great 831 00:32:23,904 --> 00:32:24,404 science. 832 00:32:25,319 --> 00:32:27,799 Dove the blue lurker, this mystery object spins 833 00:32:27,799 --> 00:32:29,099 faster than it should 834 00:32:29,640 --> 00:32:31,099 and no one knows why. 835 00:32:32,200 --> 00:32:32,679 So, 836 00:32:33,240 --> 00:32:35,900 anyway, this is a star that's in our 837 00:32:36,200 --> 00:32:37,259 Milky Way, 838 00:32:38,525 --> 00:32:40,605 so not too far out but they they 839 00:32:40,605 --> 00:32:41,904 don't know. They can understand 840 00:32:42,525 --> 00:32:44,204 why the star is spinning the way it 841 00:32:44,204 --> 00:32:44,704 should. 842 00:32:46,204 --> 00:32:46,944 You know, 843 00:32:50,080 --> 00:32:52,799 everyone is freaking out and, of course, there's 844 00:32:52,799 --> 00:32:54,640 all kinds of examples going on over the 845 00:32:54,640 --> 00:32:55,539 net right now. 846 00:32:55,920 --> 00:32:58,720 Everyone's freaking out about Elon Musk and some 847 00:32:58,720 --> 00:33:00,799 gesture he made that some people are saying 848 00:33:00,799 --> 00:33:02,980 it looked like he made the Nazi salute, 849 00:33:05,244 --> 00:33:07,904 but yet you go through and there's dozens 850 00:33:07,965 --> 00:33:10,285 and dozens and dozens and dozens of pictures 851 00:33:10,285 --> 00:33:11,904 of all kinds of political people, 852 00:33:12,765 --> 00:33:15,164 kind of, doing the same kind of motion 853 00:33:15,164 --> 00:33:17,630 that he does. But some people on Reddit 854 00:33:17,690 --> 00:33:20,210 got so upset, more than 100 Reddit communities 855 00:33:20,210 --> 00:33:22,750 have banned users and posting links to x. 856 00:33:30,005 --> 00:33:31,924 Critics, including some historians, said it was a 857 00:33:31,924 --> 00:33:34,244 Nazi salute. Miss nurse Musk is dismissed as 858 00:33:34,244 --> 00:33:37,365 saying comparisons with Hitler's were tired and dirty 859 00:33:37,365 --> 00:33:37,865 tricks. 860 00:33:39,525 --> 00:33:40,025 So, 861 00:33:41,130 --> 00:33:43,450 x is not commented, but Reddit stress there's 862 00:33:43,450 --> 00:33:45,230 no site wide ban on x links, 863 00:33:45,609 --> 00:33:48,589 but yet some Reddit channels are 864 00:33:49,609 --> 00:33:51,230 saying don't link to x. 865 00:33:52,970 --> 00:33:53,470 Okay. 866 00:33:55,115 --> 00:33:57,115 Don't raise your hand in the wrong way, 867 00:33:57,115 --> 00:33:59,755 ladies and gentlemen. Be careful out there. If 868 00:33:59,755 --> 00:34:01,355 you wanna know what's gonna be new on 869 00:34:01,355 --> 00:34:03,115 Netflix, we have the link in the show 870 00:34:03,115 --> 00:34:05,595 notes tonight. So everything new in February is 871 00:34:05,595 --> 00:34:06,494 on the website. 872 00:34:07,210 --> 00:34:09,369 LinkedIn, of course, just like everyone else, is 873 00:34:09,369 --> 00:34:12,730 facing lawsuits over acquisitions that private messages been 874 00:34:12,730 --> 00:34:14,110 used to train AI. 875 00:34:16,090 --> 00:34:17,390 Lawsuit is seeking $1,000 876 00:34:17,769 --> 00:34:19,469 per user among other fees, 877 00:34:21,284 --> 00:34:21,784 and, 878 00:34:22,565 --> 00:34:24,565 the Microsoft OHM job site is a great 879 00:34:24,644 --> 00:34:27,065 look to position yourself as a standard social 880 00:34:28,085 --> 00:34:30,324 media platform. I tell you, it's it's it's 881 00:34:30,324 --> 00:34:32,244 got as much spam as any platform out 882 00:34:32,244 --> 00:34:33,784 there. It just drives me crazy. 883 00:34:34,199 --> 00:34:35,960 Every once in a while, a good contact 884 00:34:35,960 --> 00:34:37,960 comes through, but you gotta filter through all 885 00:34:37,960 --> 00:34:38,859 the other junk. 886 00:34:39,880 --> 00:34:40,380 But, 887 00:34:41,400 --> 00:34:43,179 so there's another lawsuit running. 888 00:34:44,359 --> 00:34:45,019 A Tesla 889 00:34:45,400 --> 00:34:45,900 charger 890 00:34:46,199 --> 00:34:48,059 exploit has earned a hacker $129,000 891 00:34:49,239 --> 00:34:53,194 at pawn to own. Pawn to own pod 892 00:34:53,194 --> 00:34:55,214 to own. A total of $335,000 893 00:34:56,074 --> 00:34:57,434 paid out on the second day of the 894 00:34:57,434 --> 00:34:57,934 event 895 00:34:58,474 --> 00:35:00,014 with the 382,750 896 00:35:01,275 --> 00:35:03,114 were in the 1st day, bringing the total 897 00:35:03,114 --> 00:35:05,069 to 700 and 18,250. 898 00:35:06,809 --> 00:35:09,389 Oh, 335 was paid on the 2nd day. 899 00:35:09,929 --> 00:35:11,789 On the 2nd day's total, 129.5 900 00:35:12,489 --> 00:35:15,690 was earned for exploits targeting Tesla's wall connector 901 00:35:15,690 --> 00:35:16,190 charger. 902 00:35:17,005 --> 00:35:18,764 A whole bunch of people went after Tesla 903 00:35:18,764 --> 00:35:21,324 chargers. There was about 300 grand given out 904 00:35:21,324 --> 00:35:21,985 for that. 905 00:35:25,244 --> 00:35:27,505 At Honda owned automotive 2025, 906 00:35:28,045 --> 00:35:29,585 I guess it was the 907 00:35:29,885 --> 00:35:32,144 automotive stuff was the target this year. 908 00:35:33,069 --> 00:35:35,329 At last year's event, participants earned $1,300,000 909 00:35:36,510 --> 00:35:39,710 for exploits again targeting Tesla's EV chargers and 910 00:35:39,710 --> 00:35:40,210 infotainment 911 00:35:41,069 --> 00:35:42,130 systems, so, 912 00:35:42,750 --> 00:35:44,289 plenty of bugs abound. 913 00:35:45,785 --> 00:35:46,905 How many of you'd like to have a 914 00:35:46,905 --> 00:35:47,405 robot? 915 00:35:48,025 --> 00:35:49,465 I'd like to have a robot that would 916 00:35:49,465 --> 00:35:51,565 just, you know, if nothing else, 917 00:35:53,065 --> 00:35:54,364 pick up after me. 918 00:35:56,905 --> 00:35:58,364 I make myself a sandwich. 919 00:35:58,860 --> 00:36:00,780 It would we put the lunch meat back 920 00:36:00,780 --> 00:36:03,019 in the refrigerator, put the, you know, put 921 00:36:03,019 --> 00:36:05,180 the mayonnaise, you know, and put the lettuce 922 00:36:05,180 --> 00:36:05,680 away. 923 00:36:05,980 --> 00:36:07,820 You know? Just something would just clean up 924 00:36:07,820 --> 00:36:10,140 after me. That would be a perfect robot 925 00:36:10,140 --> 00:36:10,800 to have. 926 00:36:13,454 --> 00:36:15,775 Nothing more than maybe make the bed. That 927 00:36:15,775 --> 00:36:18,015 would be kinda cool. Right? Or change the 928 00:36:18,015 --> 00:36:20,255 sheets when when you know, when it detected 929 00:36:20,255 --> 00:36:21,555 it needed to be changed. 930 00:36:21,934 --> 00:36:23,454 I bet you the robot would change them 931 00:36:23,454 --> 00:36:25,474 a lot after than we all do. 932 00:36:26,159 --> 00:36:28,639 But there was a good article, good story, 933 00:36:28,880 --> 00:36:29,380 from, 934 00:36:30,559 --> 00:36:31,940 doctor Doom Robini 935 00:36:32,800 --> 00:36:34,800 who says human aid robots may up in 936 00:36:34,800 --> 00:36:35,300 economy, 937 00:36:35,760 --> 00:36:37,780 and I I think this is true, especially 938 00:36:38,000 --> 00:36:39,219 on the business side. 939 00:36:40,824 --> 00:36:43,885 Evolution of human made robots that essentially follow 940 00:36:44,184 --> 00:36:46,184 individual workers on the factory floor in a 941 00:36:46,184 --> 00:36:48,184 construction site, even a chef in a restaurant 942 00:36:48,184 --> 00:36:48,925 or housekeeper, 943 00:36:50,824 --> 00:36:52,204 I don't think that's terrifying, 944 00:36:52,505 --> 00:36:53,885 to be honest with you. 945 00:36:55,260 --> 00:36:57,099 I don't know how the robot's gonna get 946 00:36:57,099 --> 00:36:58,539 up my stairs though. I guess we have 947 00:36:58,539 --> 00:36:59,680 to carry them up 948 00:37:00,059 --> 00:37:03,260 but, the Human Aid robot market could reach 949 00:37:03,260 --> 00:37:03,760 7,000,000,000,000 950 00:37:04,059 --> 00:37:04,800 by 2050. 951 00:37:06,974 --> 00:37:08,494 Be honest with you, if you had a 952 00:37:08,494 --> 00:37:10,434 robot that could be your house cleaner, 953 00:37:12,175 --> 00:37:14,434 would you would you would you have one? 954 00:37:16,974 --> 00:37:18,735 I don't know how one would get around 955 00:37:18,735 --> 00:37:20,815 here without tripping because, to be honest with 956 00:37:20,815 --> 00:37:22,559 you, I got stuff packed in so tight 957 00:37:22,559 --> 00:37:23,059 now, 958 00:37:23,920 --> 00:37:24,900 adding the studio 959 00:37:25,200 --> 00:37:28,000 and then kinda readjusting everything. Everything kinda got 960 00:37:28,000 --> 00:37:28,500 cramped. 961 00:37:29,680 --> 00:37:32,000 It it it this I'd probably come back 962 00:37:32,000 --> 00:37:32,500 and 963 00:37:32,800 --> 00:37:35,114 the studio would be in shambles because the 964 00:37:35,434 --> 00:37:38,155 robot would probably fall and smash its face 965 00:37:38,155 --> 00:37:40,255 and break everything in in between. 966 00:37:41,195 --> 00:37:43,034 So there would have to be some serious 967 00:37:43,034 --> 00:37:45,755 exclusion zone, maybe even exclusion zones around the 968 00:37:45,755 --> 00:37:47,135 liquor cabinet. Right? 969 00:37:47,780 --> 00:37:50,519 You don't want the robot drinking your liquor, 970 00:37:51,300 --> 00:37:54,340 you know, or mistaking it for, cleaning materials 971 00:37:54,340 --> 00:37:55,000 or something. 972 00:37:56,340 --> 00:37:57,000 You know, 973 00:37:57,699 --> 00:37:59,619 time will tell what's gonna happen with this, 974 00:37:59,619 --> 00:38:01,400 but I think it'll be cool. 975 00:38:02,684 --> 00:38:04,925 I guess ChatGP went offline for a little 976 00:38:04,925 --> 00:38:06,864 while and people were freaked out. 977 00:38:07,965 --> 00:38:08,704 Down detector 978 00:38:09,244 --> 00:38:11,485 showed more than 10,000 people report that EI 979 00:38:11,485 --> 00:38:13,485 chatbot, which was made by OpenAI, was not 980 00:38:13,485 --> 00:38:16,059 working in the UK on today. Oh, it's 981 00:38:16,059 --> 00:38:16,559 Thursday. 982 00:38:17,179 --> 00:38:19,579 OpenAI said a status page was of infillment 983 00:38:19,579 --> 00:38:20,559 effects at 15:0:9 984 00:38:20,940 --> 00:38:21,440 GMT, 985 00:38:22,619 --> 00:38:23,119 so 986 00:38:24,699 --> 00:38:27,019 no comment on the outage, but when you're 987 00:38:27,019 --> 00:38:28,400 doing this leading technology, 988 00:38:28,699 --> 00:38:29,599 it's likely 989 00:38:30,934 --> 00:38:32,875 gonna happen. They opened up a new, 990 00:38:33,655 --> 00:38:34,635 API today, 991 00:38:34,934 --> 00:38:35,835 a new model. 992 00:38:36,534 --> 00:38:38,235 We are talking about it. So, 993 00:38:39,255 --> 00:38:41,574 next week, I'm excited to be able to 994 00:38:41,574 --> 00:38:43,414 be implementing some of that on some of 995 00:38:43,414 --> 00:38:45,514 the stuff we're we're doing at Blueberry. 996 00:38:46,869 --> 00:38:48,869 PowerSchool. How many have heard about this? If 997 00:38:48,869 --> 00:38:50,949 you have children in school, maybe you know 998 00:38:50,949 --> 00:38:53,530 about this. PowerSchool hack keeps getting worse. 62,000,000 999 00:38:53,909 --> 00:38:55,610 students now thought to be affected. 1000 00:38:57,110 --> 00:38:59,355 More than 9,000,000 teachers are also affected. The 1001 00:38:59,355 --> 00:39:01,755 victim are looking in United States, Canada, and 1002 00:39:01,755 --> 00:39:03,054 elsewhere. So, 1003 00:39:03,594 --> 00:39:06,015 apparently, the hackers stole 62,000,000,488,000 1004 00:39:08,394 --> 00:39:08,894 records 1005 00:39:09,675 --> 00:39:12,155 of all kinds of personal information, so your 1006 00:39:12,155 --> 00:39:14,500 kid's Social Security and all that stuff that, 1007 00:39:15,039 --> 00:39:16,420 normally, you don't want 1008 00:39:16,719 --> 00:39:17,940 leaked out has 1009 00:39:18,480 --> 00:39:20,659 been put in these hackers' hands. 1010 00:39:24,400 --> 00:39:26,559 The Wall Street Journal, which I don't have 1011 00:39:26,559 --> 00:39:29,054 the ability to read very many articles a 1012 00:39:29,054 --> 00:39:31,394 month, but I able to have this one 1013 00:39:31,695 --> 00:39:34,335 goes back and talks about the OpenAI Stargate 1014 00:39:34,335 --> 00:39:34,835 deal 1015 00:39:35,695 --> 00:39:39,454 and about a shift away from Microsoft, which 1016 00:39:39,454 --> 00:39:42,569 is interest, very interesting. Now Microsoft said they 1017 00:39:42,569 --> 00:39:43,309 were investing 1018 00:39:44,409 --> 00:39:47,069 some money, but I don't know how much. 1019 00:39:48,170 --> 00:39:50,569 But Microsoft's assets run the opening a Stargate 1020 00:39:50,569 --> 00:39:52,969 announcement follows months of tension between the companies 1021 00:39:52,969 --> 00:39:54,429 and signals a new era 1022 00:39:55,635 --> 00:39:57,715 in which the longtime partners will be less 1023 00:39:57,715 --> 00:39:59,255 reliant on each other. 1024 00:40:00,594 --> 00:40:04,215 Again, Sam Altman, Oracle's Larry Ellison, SoftBank's, Mayoshi 1025 00:40:04,434 --> 00:40:04,934 Son, 1026 00:40:05,394 --> 00:40:07,715 and President Trump discuss how AI could create 1027 00:40:07,715 --> 00:40:09,635 jobs and even cure cancer, and I believe 1028 00:40:09,635 --> 00:40:10,135 that. 1029 00:40:10,809 --> 00:40:13,449 I could I think the medical field is 1030 00:40:13,449 --> 00:40:15,530 is very open here, but this is a 1031 00:40:15,530 --> 00:40:17,769 good, I guess, my 1 or 2 reads 1032 00:40:17,769 --> 00:40:19,130 a month I get get for the Law 1033 00:40:19,130 --> 00:40:21,210 Street Journal. If you can't load it, I 1034 00:40:21,210 --> 00:40:22,670 I apologize, but, 1035 00:40:22,969 --> 00:40:25,230 they're just wondering if, if Microsoft 1036 00:40:25,530 --> 00:40:26,030 is, 1037 00:40:27,675 --> 00:40:30,235 my god, Bloomberg. I have to click 3 1038 00:40:30,235 --> 00:40:30,735 things 1039 00:40:31,914 --> 00:40:33,755 before okay. What do I have to do? 1040 00:40:33,755 --> 00:40:35,775 Continue reading with the options below 1041 00:40:36,075 --> 00:40:37,835 or pay with a credit card. What are 1042 00:40:37,835 --> 00:40:38,974 the options below? 1043 00:40:40,440 --> 00:40:42,359 I don't wanna sign in. I don't wanna 1044 00:40:42,359 --> 00:40:43,260 create an account. 1045 00:40:43,559 --> 00:40:46,460 I'm already allowing ads on your site. 1046 00:40:48,760 --> 00:40:49,980 Oh, it just refreshed. 1047 00:40:50,519 --> 00:40:52,599 Oh, I don't get to see everything. Read 1048 00:40:52,599 --> 00:40:53,339 this article. 1049 00:40:53,960 --> 00:40:55,420 I still don't wanna register. 1050 00:40:56,885 --> 00:40:58,824 TikTok weighs non sale options, 1051 00:41:00,724 --> 00:41:01,784 which is interesting. 1052 00:41:02,244 --> 00:41:02,744 So 1053 00:41:03,445 --> 00:41:05,684 this is the first time they've said that 1054 00:41:05,684 --> 00:41:06,585 they may 1055 00:41:07,204 --> 00:41:09,605 base everything here in the United States, which 1056 00:41:09,605 --> 00:41:10,824 would get around 1057 00:41:11,589 --> 00:41:13,829 the law. This is the the issue. All 1058 00:41:13,829 --> 00:41:15,989 the American database stuff would be in America 1059 00:41:15,989 --> 00:41:18,969 and American servers. There's more to it, obviously, 1060 00:41:19,829 --> 00:41:20,329 but, 1061 00:41:20,869 --> 00:41:23,109 they're considering that. And I guess they've got 1062 00:41:23,109 --> 00:41:23,609 about 1063 00:41:23,909 --> 00:41:24,389 70 1064 00:41:24,885 --> 00:41:27,385 today is what? Today's Thursday so they have 1065 00:41:27,605 --> 00:41:29,065 71 days left. 1066 00:41:31,125 --> 00:41:33,605 There's a good art wired article about Subaru 1067 00:41:33,605 --> 00:41:36,485 Security Flog exposes systems for tracking millions of 1068 00:41:36,485 --> 00:41:37,625 cowers cars. 1069 00:41:38,489 --> 00:41:40,989 Now fixed web bugs allowed hackers to remotely 1070 00:41:41,050 --> 00:41:41,949 unlock and start 1071 00:41:42,329 --> 00:41:43,389 millions of Subarus. 1072 00:41:43,929 --> 00:41:46,489 More disturbing, they could also access at least 1073 00:41:46,489 --> 00:41:48,429 of the year's car location history, 1074 00:41:48,809 --> 00:41:49,949 and Subaru employees 1075 00:41:50,329 --> 00:41:51,309 still can. 1076 00:41:56,934 --> 00:41:57,434 Wow. 1077 00:41:58,215 --> 00:42:00,394 So, again, I've read my complimentary 1078 00:42:00,695 --> 00:42:02,315 article over on Wired. 1079 00:42:02,855 --> 00:42:04,454 You own a Subaru? What do you think 1080 00:42:04,454 --> 00:42:05,275 about that? 1081 00:42:07,260 --> 00:42:09,579 And here it is. TikTok owner, ByteDance, deep 1082 00:42:09,579 --> 00:42:12,400 seek lead, Chinese push in AI reasoning. 1083 00:42:13,500 --> 00:42:15,420 So, again, they released an update to us, 1084 00:42:15,420 --> 00:42:17,739 like, shop AM out of challenging Microsoft backed 1085 00:42:17,739 --> 00:42:18,239 OpenAI. 1086 00:42:18,940 --> 00:42:21,039 They say this is doobadoo 1.5 1087 00:42:21,340 --> 00:42:21,840 pro, 1088 00:42:22,375 --> 00:42:22,875 and 1089 00:42:23,175 --> 00:42:25,035 it claims it outperforms OpenAI's 1090 00:42:25,655 --> 00:42:27,114 o one in anime, 1091 00:42:27,494 --> 00:42:29,335 a benchmark test that measures how well a 1092 00:42:29,335 --> 00:42:32,474 models under respond to complex instructions. I 1093 00:42:33,095 --> 00:42:34,315 would hope not, 1094 00:42:34,800 --> 00:42:36,960 to be honest with you. So we'll see 1095 00:42:36,960 --> 00:42:39,059 what more is talked about this. 1096 00:42:39,680 --> 00:42:41,199 So this is gonna bring me to the 1097 00:42:41,199 --> 00:42:42,180 end. 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