1 00:00:00,799 --> 00:00:03,129 Lead story for Thursday, August 2 00:00:03,129 --> 00:00:03,939 28. 3 00:00:05,200 --> 00:00:06,980 New research reveals ChatGPT's 4 00:00:07,440 --> 00:00:10,580 frequently used words often dubbed AI 5 00:00:10,960 --> 00:00:11,460 buzzwords 6 00:00:12,474 --> 00:00:15,615 are increasingly appearing in everyday human conversation. 7 00:00:16,714 --> 00:00:17,535 By analyzing 8 00:00:17,994 --> 00:00:19,375 over 20,000,000 9 00:00:19,515 --> 00:00:20,894 words from unscripted 10 00:00:21,274 --> 00:00:24,875 podcasts, researchers found a noble rise in terms 11 00:00:24,875 --> 00:00:25,375 like 12 00:00:25,754 --> 00:00:26,254 intricate 13 00:00:26,714 --> 00:00:27,614 and delve, 14 00:00:28,500 --> 00:00:30,120 suggesting AI is subtly 15 00:00:30,660 --> 00:00:32,039 influencing how people 16 00:00:32,579 --> 00:00:35,700 speak. While the study doesn't confirm a permanent 17 00:00:35,700 --> 00:00:39,159 language shift, it raises concerns about AI driven 18 00:00:39,219 --> 00:00:41,640 vocabulary trends potentially seeping 19 00:00:42,500 --> 00:00:43,640 into effect 20 00:00:44,020 --> 00:00:46,094 in in the long term impact of chat 21 00:00:46,094 --> 00:00:48,994 GPT biases on human communications. 22 00:00:49,695 --> 00:00:53,054 I wanna welcome you to episode 1,841, 23 00:00:53,054 --> 00:00:54,274 and this is truly 24 00:00:54,814 --> 00:00:55,314 fascinating. 25 00:00:56,015 --> 00:00:58,994 If you look at the words that they've 26 00:00:59,310 --> 00:01:01,630 analyzed, and I'll scroll down in the article 27 00:01:01,630 --> 00:01:02,130 here, 28 00:01:03,149 --> 00:01:05,010 is words like surpassed, 29 00:01:05,709 --> 00:01:06,209 boast, 30 00:01:06,670 --> 00:01:07,170 meticulous, 31 00:01:08,189 --> 00:01:08,689 strategically, 32 00:01:09,469 --> 00:01:10,609 garner, notable, 33 00:01:10,989 --> 00:01:13,409 intricate, delve, align, advancement, 34 00:01:14,605 --> 00:01:15,825 significant, showcase, 35 00:01:16,365 --> 00:01:17,665 comprehend, pivotal, 36 00:01:18,204 --> 00:01:18,704 potential, 37 00:01:19,084 --> 00:01:19,584 emphasize 38 00:01:19,965 --> 00:01:20,465 potential. 39 00:01:21,245 --> 00:01:22,385 They said that twice. 40 00:01:23,325 --> 00:01:24,625 Realm, crucial, 41 00:01:24,924 --> 00:01:25,424 groundbreaking, 42 00:01:26,125 --> 00:01:27,290 show a change 43 00:01:27,670 --> 00:01:30,490 in word utilization of a 140 44 00:01:30,710 --> 00:01:32,250 must surpass itself. 45 00:01:33,510 --> 00:01:35,530 So pre 2022, 46 00:01:35,590 --> 00:01:36,950 post 2022 47 00:01:36,950 --> 00:01:38,730 is a basic margin error, 48 00:01:39,104 --> 00:01:41,185 but essentially a 140% 49 00:01:41,185 --> 00:01:42,965 increase in the use of the word, 50 00:01:43,905 --> 00:01:44,405 surpassed. 51 00:01:44,944 --> 00:01:46,064 140% 52 00:01:46,064 --> 00:01:48,084 increase in the word boast. 53 00:01:48,704 --> 00:01:50,305 125% 54 00:01:50,305 --> 00:01:51,924 increase in word of meticulous. 55 00:01:52,960 --> 00:01:54,180 87% 56 00:01:54,400 --> 00:01:55,939 increase in the word strategically. 57 00:01:57,120 --> 00:01:59,780 So it does raise some questions 58 00:02:01,040 --> 00:02:02,340 on whether or not 59 00:02:02,719 --> 00:02:04,260 this is really having 60 00:02:04,560 --> 00:02:06,674 an effect, or is it 61 00:02:06,975 --> 00:02:09,235 a natural shift in language? 62 00:02:09,694 --> 00:02:10,574 Now what's 63 00:02:11,294 --> 00:02:13,615 let's think about this for a second. Has 64 00:02:13,615 --> 00:02:15,155 there been studies done 65 00:02:15,854 --> 00:02:16,754 that actually 66 00:02:17,775 --> 00:02:18,675 look at this 67 00:02:19,135 --> 00:02:20,594 in the past, how 68 00:02:20,949 --> 00:02:21,769 word utilization 69 00:02:22,549 --> 00:02:23,049 changed. 70 00:02:24,229 --> 00:02:24,729 This 71 00:02:25,109 --> 00:02:25,930 MIT paper 72 00:02:27,189 --> 00:02:30,009 stirred some widespread debate on how AI tools, 73 00:02:30,069 --> 00:02:32,810 again, are affecting our cognitive and critical thinking. 74 00:02:35,064 --> 00:02:37,645 And those findings, I think, were not entirely 75 00:02:37,784 --> 00:02:38,284 unsurprising 76 00:02:40,344 --> 00:02:41,724 in that people say 77 00:02:42,104 --> 00:02:45,085 or they're seeing that there's less critical thinking 78 00:02:45,145 --> 00:02:45,884 going on. 79 00:02:46,490 --> 00:02:48,969 But what they found is even if you 80 00:02:48,969 --> 00:02:51,150 don't use AI generated responses, 81 00:02:51,770 --> 00:02:53,790 they influence how you think. 82 00:02:54,409 --> 00:02:57,449 He said, citing examples of smart reply templates 83 00:02:57,449 --> 00:02:59,150 in emails and message apps, 84 00:02:59,534 --> 00:03:01,534 Two years later, it seems like the signature 85 00:03:01,534 --> 00:03:03,855 language patterns of large language models such as 86 00:03:03,855 --> 00:03:06,335 ChatTP are becoming a part of natural human 87 00:03:06,335 --> 00:03:08,814 con conversation at all. Now there's one thing 88 00:03:08,814 --> 00:03:10,835 that was interesting that I, did 89 00:03:12,655 --> 00:03:13,155 today. 90 00:03:13,615 --> 00:03:14,514 I was, 91 00:03:15,659 --> 00:03:18,400 I I was asked for a quote 92 00:03:19,979 --> 00:03:22,699 from, a partner of ours because they're gonna 93 00:03:22,699 --> 00:03:25,099 have a a campaign starting next week, and 94 00:03:25,099 --> 00:03:26,800 then my company's gonna be 95 00:03:27,215 --> 00:03:28,914 quoted on the front page. So 96 00:03:29,854 --> 00:03:32,414 I was really, I mean, crazy busy at 97 00:03:32,414 --> 00:03:33,935 the time the request come in, but I 98 00:03:33,935 --> 00:03:35,294 had to turn it around. So I kinda, 99 00:03:35,294 --> 00:03:36,914 you know, typed something up, 100 00:03:37,294 --> 00:03:38,814 and, you know, looked over it three or 101 00:03:38,814 --> 00:03:40,814 four times. And, you know, it looked pretty 102 00:03:40,814 --> 00:03:41,250 good. 103 00:03:41,729 --> 00:03:43,090 And then I so I dropped it in 104 00:03:43,090 --> 00:03:45,090 a chat GPD, and can you improve it? 105 00:03:45,090 --> 00:03:46,870 And it it did. It improved 106 00:03:47,169 --> 00:03:47,669 the 107 00:03:48,129 --> 00:03:49,810 the quote. It actually made it too long. 108 00:03:49,810 --> 00:03:51,590 I had to shorten it back down. 109 00:03:52,129 --> 00:03:52,629 But, 110 00:03:54,610 --> 00:03:55,590 I took that 111 00:03:55,905 --> 00:03:56,405 quote 112 00:03:57,424 --> 00:04:00,224 that I had edited, and I wrote the 113 00:04:00,384 --> 00:04:02,144 it wasn't the quote that it edited yet, 114 00:04:02,144 --> 00:04:04,625 but I dropped it into my email response 115 00:04:04,625 --> 00:04:06,724 and started editing. And all of a sudden, 116 00:04:08,144 --> 00:04:09,844 I don't know if I bumped something, 117 00:04:10,370 --> 00:04:12,930 But in Gmail, it automatically said, hey. You 118 00:04:12,930 --> 00:04:15,090 know, let me it it just basically made 119 00:04:15,090 --> 00:04:16,790 a modification. And I'm like, 120 00:04:17,970 --> 00:04:18,709 I inadvertently 121 00:04:19,490 --> 00:04:22,930 let the email client do something I didn't 122 00:04:22,930 --> 00:04:23,805 want it to do. 123 00:04:24,604 --> 00:04:26,604 And it irritated me a little bit. I 124 00:04:26,604 --> 00:04:29,004 still, to this point, don't understand how it 125 00:04:29,004 --> 00:04:29,824 fully happened. 126 00:04:31,644 --> 00:04:33,404 But in the end, I end up having 127 00:04:33,404 --> 00:04:35,564 the first email that I've ever sent out 128 00:04:35,564 --> 00:04:38,339 that really had, you know, a large portion 129 00:04:38,339 --> 00:04:39,639 of it that was, 130 00:04:40,659 --> 00:04:43,219 AI generated. And it didn't really make me 131 00:04:43,219 --> 00:04:45,539 very happy because I I take pride in 132 00:04:45,539 --> 00:04:46,599 responding to, 133 00:04:47,459 --> 00:04:47,959 emails, 134 00:04:49,300 --> 00:04:51,860 personally. And and, again, all I wanted was 135 00:04:51,860 --> 00:04:53,295 an improvement in the quote. 136 00:04:54,254 --> 00:04:54,754 So 137 00:04:56,814 --> 00:04:58,574 it'll be curious. I wanna have to go 138 00:04:58,574 --> 00:04:59,074 back 139 00:04:59,615 --> 00:05:01,535 and maybe look at some of these words 140 00:05:01,535 --> 00:05:03,295 because I don't think I use the word 141 00:05:03,295 --> 00:05:03,795 surpass, 142 00:05:04,975 --> 00:05:06,194 boast, meticulous, 143 00:05:07,670 --> 00:05:10,069 strategically, garner, noble. I don't think these are 144 00:05:10,069 --> 00:05:12,410 words that I generally use, 145 00:05:12,790 --> 00:05:14,949 but it would be interesting to see over 146 00:05:14,949 --> 00:05:15,770 the long run, 147 00:05:17,029 --> 00:05:18,330 have I started to 148 00:05:19,754 --> 00:05:21,535 utilize any of this messaging? 149 00:05:22,555 --> 00:05:24,634 But it is curious to thinking that there 150 00:05:24,634 --> 00:05:25,295 might be 151 00:05:25,754 --> 00:05:28,095 an impact here on specific, 152 00:05:29,675 --> 00:05:30,175 buzzwords, 153 00:05:30,955 --> 00:05:33,615 and it shows which words are being 154 00:05:34,459 --> 00:05:34,959 underutilized 155 00:05:35,419 --> 00:05:37,199 and some that are being overutilized. 156 00:05:38,300 --> 00:05:40,479 And words like groundbreaking, critical, 157 00:05:41,819 --> 00:05:42,319 potential 158 00:05:43,100 --> 00:05:43,600 potentially, 159 00:05:45,019 --> 00:05:47,919 emphasize. These are words that are being underutilized, 160 00:05:48,995 --> 00:05:51,475 while at the same time, there's the other 161 00:05:51,475 --> 00:05:53,095 spectrum stuff being overutilized. 162 00:05:53,475 --> 00:05:55,475 So very, very interesting, and, 163 00:05:55,955 --> 00:05:57,574 we'll get into more, obviously, 164 00:05:57,955 --> 00:06:00,214 on the AI topic as we move forward, 165 00:06:00,915 --> 00:06:02,915 throughout the show. Couple more things popping up 166 00:06:02,915 --> 00:06:05,220 here. But, again, I wanna welcome you to 167 00:06:05,220 --> 00:06:07,139 episode eighteen forty one. I'm your host, Todd 168 00:06:07,139 --> 00:06:08,500 Cochran. 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Now being Monday is a holiday, 279 00:10:10,125 --> 00:10:12,605 I kinda realized this today. No show on 280 00:10:12,605 --> 00:10:13,105 Monday. 281 00:10:13,759 --> 00:10:15,299 But I'll be back with you on, 282 00:10:15,839 --> 00:10:18,320 Thursday for another edition of the Geek and 283 00:10:18,320 --> 00:10:20,080 Essential podcast. And all of you that are 284 00:10:20,080 --> 00:10:21,220 supporting in the show 285 00:10:21,679 --> 00:10:24,080 financially as the insider, thank you so much, 286 00:10:24,399 --> 00:10:27,785 for supporting the show. This next article is 287 00:10:27,785 --> 00:10:28,285 absolutely 288 00:10:29,384 --> 00:10:29,884 incredible. 289 00:10:30,345 --> 00:10:32,424 When I read the headline this, I just 290 00:10:32,424 --> 00:10:33,325 shook my head. 291 00:10:33,705 --> 00:10:35,085 How how how 292 00:10:35,544 --> 00:10:36,684 is this even 293 00:10:37,384 --> 00:10:37,884 possible? 294 00:10:39,304 --> 00:10:42,490 Chinese nationals. Yes. Chinese citizens 295 00:10:43,110 --> 00:10:45,590 will no longer be allowed to manage the 296 00:10:45,590 --> 00:10:46,090 Pentagon's 297 00:10:46,789 --> 00:10:47,850 cloud service. 298 00:10:51,269 --> 00:10:52,490 How how is this 299 00:10:52,870 --> 00:10:53,370 even 300 00:10:54,855 --> 00:10:55,355 possible? 301 00:10:56,214 --> 00:10:56,955 US secretary 302 00:10:57,575 --> 00:10:59,995 of defense Pete Hegseth has called for investigation 303 00:11:01,014 --> 00:11:04,615 into Microsoft's digital escort system. This is all 304 00:11:04,615 --> 00:11:05,674 Chinese nationals 305 00:11:06,134 --> 00:11:06,634 coding 306 00:11:07,139 --> 00:11:09,399 for DOD software vendors. 307 00:11:10,339 --> 00:11:11,399 And this is 308 00:11:12,259 --> 00:11:13,399 not only risky, 309 00:11:14,019 --> 00:11:14,919 this is just 310 00:11:15,379 --> 00:11:15,879 outright 311 00:11:16,259 --> 00:11:16,759 insanity. 312 00:11:19,299 --> 00:11:21,240 How could there be Chinese 313 00:11:21,699 --> 00:11:22,199 citizens 314 00:11:22,745 --> 00:11:23,485 in China 315 00:11:24,345 --> 00:11:27,004 managing cloud services for the Pentagon? 316 00:11:28,745 --> 00:11:29,644 How stupid, 317 00:11:30,264 --> 00:11:31,164 how absolute 318 00:11:32,184 --> 00:11:32,684 stupid. 319 00:11:33,945 --> 00:11:36,580 It just blows me away. For nearly a 320 00:11:36,580 --> 00:11:40,600 decade, Microsoft has used Chinese coders remotely supervised 321 00:11:40,980 --> 00:11:43,399 by US contractors, yes, supervised, 322 00:11:43,940 --> 00:11:46,660 to support sensitive department of best cloud systems. 323 00:11:46,660 --> 00:11:47,720 And if you're thinking 324 00:11:48,044 --> 00:11:50,445 America first and common sense, this doesn't pass 325 00:11:50,445 --> 00:11:52,225 either of those tests, he says. 326 00:11:56,044 --> 00:11:56,544 How 327 00:11:57,485 --> 00:11:59,264 how did this happen? 328 00:12:02,205 --> 00:12:05,799 Quote unquote, these workers were supervised by digital 329 00:12:05,860 --> 00:12:06,360 escorts 330 00:12:06,899 --> 00:12:08,820 who found to be mainly low skilled and 331 00:12:08,820 --> 00:12:11,460 low paid workers with very little coding experience. 332 00:12:11,460 --> 00:12:13,799 Well, what they were is on the payroll 333 00:12:13,940 --> 00:12:15,860 to steal as much as they could for 334 00:12:15,860 --> 00:12:16,784 the Chinese. 335 00:12:20,205 --> 00:12:23,085 The use of Chinese nationals, service, department events, 336 00:12:23,085 --> 00:12:24,865 cloud environment, it's over. 337 00:12:25,245 --> 00:12:27,424 We're requiring a third party audit of Microsoft 338 00:12:27,485 --> 00:12:30,070 digital escort program, including the code and the 339 00:12:30,070 --> 00:12:31,929 submission by Chinese nationals. 340 00:12:32,389 --> 00:12:33,370 Not only that, 341 00:12:35,269 --> 00:12:37,589 Pete Higgs has said, will we also require 342 00:12:37,589 --> 00:12:39,509 the department of defense to carry a separate 343 00:12:39,509 --> 00:12:41,990 investigation of the digital escort program and the 344 00:12:41,990 --> 00:12:44,250 Chinese Microsoft employees involved. 345 00:12:45,554 --> 00:12:46,455 It's unacceptable. 346 00:12:51,315 --> 00:12:53,955 Going forward, all software vendors for the DOD 347 00:12:53,955 --> 00:12:56,754 will also have to identify and terminate any 348 00:12:56,754 --> 00:12:58,934 Chinese involvement in DOD systems. 349 00:12:59,460 --> 00:13:02,697 He goes on to say, it blows my 350 00:13:02,762 --> 00:13:07,213 mind that I'm even saying these things, that 351 00:13:07,277 --> 00:13:10,980 we allowed it to happen. I I I 352 00:13:10,980 --> 00:13:11,379 I would 353 00:13:12,500 --> 00:13:13,995 I'm I'm stunned. 354 00:13:15,815 --> 00:13:16,554 I'm absolutely 355 00:13:16,855 --> 00:13:17,355 unequivocally 356 00:13:18,535 --> 00:13:19,514 to the core 357 00:13:19,894 --> 00:13:22,795 stunned. And wait. Oh, there's gonna be more. 358 00:13:23,014 --> 00:13:25,254 There is going to be more. There's gonna 359 00:13:25,254 --> 00:13:26,715 be spyware in the code. 360 00:13:27,254 --> 00:13:29,279 There's gonna be you guarantee. 361 00:13:30,059 --> 00:13:33,980 I they've been doing in industrial espionage. This'll 362 00:13:33,980 --> 00:13:35,440 be a DOD espionage. 363 00:13:36,139 --> 00:13:37,360 It I'm 364 00:13:42,735 --> 00:13:43,954 I'm blown away. 365 00:13:45,774 --> 00:13:47,534 When I was active duty, there was no 366 00:13:47,534 --> 00:13:48,434 cloud storage. 367 00:13:50,334 --> 00:13:51,315 There was none. 368 00:13:52,414 --> 00:13:53,730 You had to keep well, 369 00:13:55,089 --> 00:13:56,850 yeah. I guess if you were 370 00:13:57,809 --> 00:13:58,389 you know? 371 00:13:59,089 --> 00:14:00,309 Yeah. Not much. 372 00:14:01,009 --> 00:14:02,789 There was, like, shared drives, 373 00:14:03,649 --> 00:14:05,570 not cloud. You had to have stuff in 374 00:14:05,570 --> 00:14:07,585 a shared drive and, you know, a map 375 00:14:07,585 --> 00:14:09,745 drive. You could get to it from another 376 00:14:09,745 --> 00:14:11,365 machine. But there was no 377 00:14:11,985 --> 00:14:12,964 no cloud 378 00:14:13,264 --> 00:14:14,884 per se. I couldn't go 379 00:14:15,264 --> 00:14:17,504 across the country and connect to my drive. 380 00:14:17,504 --> 00:14:19,460 I could connect in the local network. 381 00:14:19,840 --> 00:14:22,100 If I wanted to take data with me, 382 00:14:22,160 --> 00:14:24,160 it had to be put on probably a 383 00:14:24,160 --> 00:14:24,660 CD, 384 00:14:25,360 --> 00:14:27,139 had to be made sure it was unclassified, 385 00:14:27,919 --> 00:14:29,540 and, you know, strict controls, 386 00:14:30,455 --> 00:14:33,514 carrying the data. No USB sticks allowed. 387 00:14:34,934 --> 00:14:37,415 Hard drives at times that had a bit 388 00:14:37,415 --> 00:14:39,434 a bit byte or some sort of encryption 389 00:14:39,575 --> 00:14:42,315 system on them. Yeah. No cloud whatsoever. 390 00:14:44,615 --> 00:14:46,070 I just I just don't know how this 391 00:14:46,070 --> 00:14:48,169 happens. I I I really don't. 392 00:14:49,509 --> 00:14:50,889 You guys remember Typepad? 393 00:14:52,389 --> 00:14:55,110 Blogging service Typepad is shutting down and taking 394 00:14:55,110 --> 00:14:57,589 all blog content with it. Well, that's what 395 00:14:57,589 --> 00:14:59,504 happens when you do not 396 00:15:00,065 --> 00:15:00,565 control 397 00:15:00,945 --> 00:15:03,365 the content on yourown.com. 398 00:15:04,144 --> 00:15:07,024 So all this stuff is gonna go. Now, 399 00:15:07,024 --> 00:15:08,725 you can export your data, 400 00:15:09,585 --> 00:15:12,085 but they've also not allowed anyone 401 00:15:12,659 --> 00:15:14,740 to publish for a few years on the 402 00:15:14,740 --> 00:15:16,580 site. So it's not like they didn't give 403 00:15:16,580 --> 00:15:17,879 people enough time, 404 00:15:18,820 --> 00:15:21,460 to get their data off. So TypePath, there's 405 00:15:21,460 --> 00:15:23,080 a there's a service I haven't 406 00:15:23,700 --> 00:15:26,184 even thought about in probably ten or fifteen 407 00:15:26,184 --> 00:15:27,705 years and probably the one of the reasons 408 00:15:27,705 --> 00:15:28,845 why it's going away. 409 00:15:30,345 --> 00:15:32,745 Nevada has been crippled by a cyberattack that 410 00:15:32,745 --> 00:15:34,205 began on Tuesday. 411 00:15:35,304 --> 00:15:37,740 No. On the twenty fourth. Wow. So it's 412 00:15:37,740 --> 00:15:39,500 been going on a while. Taking down state 413 00:15:39,500 --> 00:15:43,420 websites, intermittently disabling phone lines, enforcing office like 414 00:15:43,420 --> 00:15:46,620 the DMV to close. The office's governor announced 415 00:15:46,620 --> 00:15:48,779 the attack via social media on Monday saying 416 00:15:48,779 --> 00:15:51,180 the network security has took hold in the 417 00:15:51,180 --> 00:15:54,134 early hours of August 24. Officials say 418 00:15:54,514 --> 00:15:56,615 that state websites remain unavailable, 419 00:15:57,554 --> 00:15:59,554 and his office warned that phone lines went 420 00:15:59,554 --> 00:16:02,595 intermittently down, although emergency service lines were in 421 00:16:02,595 --> 00:16:03,095 operational. 422 00:16:03,794 --> 00:16:06,514 State officers were closed until further notice, including 423 00:16:06,514 --> 00:16:07,254 the DMV. 424 00:16:07,850 --> 00:16:09,930 State said any missed appointments will be honored 425 00:16:09,930 --> 00:16:11,149 in a walk in basis. 426 00:16:13,050 --> 00:16:13,550 Wow. 427 00:16:17,529 --> 00:16:20,170 The state's new cybersecurity office says currently no 428 00:16:20,170 --> 00:16:23,384 evidence suggests any Nevadians' personal information was compromised 429 00:16:23,445 --> 00:16:25,524 during the attack. Yeah. Right. You'd have no 430 00:16:25,524 --> 00:16:26,024 clue. 431 00:16:27,125 --> 00:16:28,264 Nary a clue. 432 00:16:29,924 --> 00:16:33,365 So cyberattack means you're you've been owned already 433 00:16:33,365 --> 00:16:35,144 and your stuff is off the network. 434 00:16:36,040 --> 00:16:37,259 You know, come on. 435 00:16:37,879 --> 00:16:39,980 It's it's just it's just a given. 436 00:16:41,480 --> 00:16:42,300 In a bizarre 437 00:16:43,080 --> 00:16:45,800 proposal, a Japanese town is proposing a two 438 00:16:45,800 --> 00:16:47,414 hour daily limit on smart 439 00:16:49,414 --> 00:16:51,414 phones. The proposal, believed to be the first 440 00:16:51,414 --> 00:16:53,414 of its kind in Japan, is currently being 441 00:16:53,414 --> 00:16:56,475 debated by lawmakers after being submitted by 442 00:16:56,934 --> 00:16:57,434 a 443 00:16:58,534 --> 00:17:00,634 municipal government in Aichi 444 00:17:01,329 --> 00:17:03,730 earlier this week, the mayor said that pros 445 00:17:03,730 --> 00:17:04,789 will the proposal, 446 00:17:05,569 --> 00:17:08,130 which only applies outside of work and study, 447 00:17:08,130 --> 00:17:10,289 would not be strictly enforced, but rather was 448 00:17:10,289 --> 00:17:12,609 meant to encourage residents to better manage the 449 00:17:12,609 --> 00:17:13,429 screen time. 450 00:17:14,704 --> 00:17:15,984 There's no way they're gonna be able to 451 00:17:15,984 --> 00:17:18,625 track it. There the there's this does not 452 00:17:18,625 --> 00:17:19,605 mean the city 453 00:17:20,144 --> 00:17:23,345 will limit its residents or impose duties and 454 00:17:23,345 --> 00:17:26,384 no fines, but they want people to understand 455 00:17:26,384 --> 00:17:27,809 they should only be on their phone, 456 00:17:28,370 --> 00:17:30,610 two hours a day. Well well, good good 457 00:17:30,610 --> 00:17:31,670 luck with that. 458 00:17:33,730 --> 00:17:35,269 How many of you still reading? 459 00:17:37,170 --> 00:17:38,850 I read quite a bit when I'm on 460 00:17:38,850 --> 00:17:39,350 travel. 461 00:17:39,890 --> 00:17:41,410 When I'm away from here, I I read 462 00:17:41,410 --> 00:17:43,365 quite a bit. It seems like I'm always 463 00:17:43,924 --> 00:17:45,765 too busy to read while I'm home, but 464 00:17:45,765 --> 00:17:47,464 I read quite a bit when I'm 465 00:17:47,765 --> 00:17:49,224 on the road, on airplanes. 466 00:17:50,244 --> 00:17:52,005 So, you know, think about the last time 467 00:17:52,005 --> 00:17:53,865 you settled down with a good book. 468 00:17:55,204 --> 00:17:57,470 A new survey shows reading as a pastime 469 00:17:57,470 --> 00:18:00,529 is becoming dramatically less popular in US, which 470 00:18:01,069 --> 00:18:03,630 correlates with an increased consumption of other digital 471 00:18:03,630 --> 00:18:05,950 media like social media and streaming services. The 472 00:18:05,950 --> 00:18:07,710 serve survey is carried out by a researcher 473 00:18:07,710 --> 00:18:09,009 of the University of Florida 474 00:18:09,575 --> 00:18:11,894 and the University of London charts a 40% 475 00:18:11,894 --> 00:18:12,714 d decrease 476 00:18:14,214 --> 00:18:15,835 in daily reading for pleasure 477 00:18:16,454 --> 00:18:19,115 between 2003 and 2023. 478 00:18:20,855 --> 00:18:23,349 That is not a small dip. It's sustained. 479 00:18:23,349 --> 00:18:25,029 Now if you think about how digital has 480 00:18:25,029 --> 00:18:26,809 changed from 02/2003, 481 00:18:27,430 --> 00:18:29,349 about the time we started the show till 482 00:18:29,349 --> 00:18:29,849 now, 483 00:18:30,630 --> 00:18:32,950 you know, we weren't reading on devices. There 484 00:18:32,950 --> 00:18:34,650 was some of those early Kindle 485 00:18:35,125 --> 00:18:35,625 devices, 486 00:18:36,804 --> 00:18:38,804 that allowed us to read, but now I 487 00:18:38,804 --> 00:18:41,544 read all my books on my iPad. 488 00:18:42,804 --> 00:18:44,724 I buy some books from time to time. 489 00:18:44,724 --> 00:18:46,585 It's ones that I really, really want. 490 00:18:47,525 --> 00:18:49,779 Those never get cracked because I I read 491 00:18:49,779 --> 00:18:51,779 the digital version of them. But, 492 00:18:53,779 --> 00:18:55,779 it's probably true, but there's a lot of 493 00:18:55,779 --> 00:18:57,539 great books out there. I mean, more than 494 00:18:57,539 --> 00:18:59,059 you would ever be able to consume in 495 00:18:59,059 --> 00:18:59,720 a lifetime. 496 00:19:00,964 --> 00:19:04,105 Apple warns UK against introducing tougher tech regulations. 497 00:19:04,244 --> 00:19:05,625 It says the EU laws 498 00:19:06,244 --> 00:19:07,924 just sought to make it easier for small 499 00:19:07,924 --> 00:19:10,085 firms to compete with big tech have resulted 500 00:19:10,085 --> 00:19:12,884 in some Apple features in and enhancements being 501 00:19:12,884 --> 00:19:14,585 delayed for European users. 502 00:19:15,130 --> 00:19:17,769 It argues UK risk similar holdups if the 503 00:19:17,769 --> 00:19:20,829 competition and market authority pushes ahead with plans 504 00:19:21,609 --> 00:19:22,109 designed 505 00:19:22,410 --> 00:19:22,910 to, 506 00:19:24,329 --> 00:19:25,390 open up markets. 507 00:19:25,849 --> 00:19:27,130 The regulators say is, 508 00:19:28,515 --> 00:19:29,015 too, 509 00:19:29,475 --> 00:19:31,255 what are they saying? Too dominated 510 00:19:31,555 --> 00:19:32,055 by, 511 00:19:32,595 --> 00:19:34,375 Apple and and Google. 512 00:19:37,555 --> 00:19:40,055 A major health care service breach, again, 513 00:19:40,595 --> 00:19:42,434 exposes data to 600,000 514 00:19:42,434 --> 00:19:42,934 people. 515 00:19:43,359 --> 00:19:46,319 Names, Social Security numbers more stolen in the 516 00:19:46,319 --> 00:19:49,140 health care service group data breach. 517 00:19:49,599 --> 00:19:52,399 So here you are, ladies and gentlemen, another, 518 00:19:53,279 --> 00:19:55,539 another another whack on data. 519 00:19:56,174 --> 00:19:57,715 Call me surprised, not. 520 00:19:58,414 --> 00:20:02,035 But, again, how come these information wasn't hashed? 521 00:20:02,815 --> 00:20:03,795 That's the question. 522 00:20:04,335 --> 00:20:06,735 Scientists are trying to ask the question, how 523 00:20:06,735 --> 00:20:07,715 old is Jupiter? 524 00:20:09,295 --> 00:20:10,859 They're they're talking about 525 00:20:11,400 --> 00:20:11,900 meteorite 526 00:20:12,679 --> 00:20:13,179 raindrops 527 00:20:13,799 --> 00:20:16,859 are helping science pin down the gas giant's 528 00:20:16,919 --> 00:20:17,419 age. 529 00:20:18,359 --> 00:20:18,859 Mysterious 530 00:20:19,559 --> 00:20:20,059 spherical 531 00:20:20,440 --> 00:20:23,994 droplets in meteorites aren't just cosmic additives or 532 00:20:23,994 --> 00:20:25,855 evidence of planetary formation. 533 00:20:28,075 --> 00:20:31,835 Researchers from Japan's Nagoya University and Italian National 534 00:20:31,835 --> 00:20:32,974 Institute for Astrophysics 535 00:20:33,355 --> 00:20:34,095 have determined 536 00:20:35,009 --> 00:20:35,910 how mysterious 537 00:20:36,369 --> 00:20:36,869 molten 538 00:20:37,330 --> 00:20:40,369 raindrops and meteorites formed and used that information 539 00:20:40,369 --> 00:20:41,910 to date Jupiter's formation. 540 00:20:43,250 --> 00:20:45,670 The raindrops are called chondrules, 541 00:20:46,450 --> 00:20:48,930 c h o n d r u l 542 00:20:48,930 --> 00:20:52,295 e s. They're strange spherical droplets of molten 543 00:20:52,295 --> 00:20:52,795 rock 544 00:20:53,174 --> 00:20:55,815 just a couple millimeters wide or not no. 545 00:20:55,815 --> 00:20:56,134 A dec 546 00:20:56,695 --> 00:20:59,355 a couple of, like, dot point one millimeter 547 00:21:00,055 --> 00:21:02,394 and are found in specific types of meteorite. 548 00:21:03,414 --> 00:21:03,815 And, 549 00:21:04,455 --> 00:21:05,914 they think this is all 550 00:21:06,480 --> 00:21:06,980 from, 551 00:21:08,319 --> 00:21:10,640 from that planet. And that's how they're being 552 00:21:10,640 --> 00:21:11,279 able to, 553 00:21:13,200 --> 00:21:14,819 figure out how old, 554 00:21:16,880 --> 00:21:19,299 Jupiter really is. So they give an age. 555 00:21:19,680 --> 00:21:20,660 Does it say 556 00:21:21,119 --> 00:21:22,994 4,600,000,000 557 00:21:23,294 --> 00:21:26,894 years ago? So, that's their guesstimation. I don't 558 00:21:26,894 --> 00:21:28,275 know what it used to be, 559 00:21:29,134 --> 00:21:29,634 before. 560 00:21:30,894 --> 00:21:33,214 So Tesla's got a big announcement coming tomorrow. 561 00:21:33,214 --> 00:21:35,220 Tesla teased a major launch, and it looks 562 00:21:35,220 --> 00:21:37,299 like it could be the new model y 563 00:21:37,299 --> 00:21:37,799 performance. 564 00:21:39,059 --> 00:21:39,559 So, 565 00:21:40,500 --> 00:21:42,579 American fans set you reminders for Friday. And 566 00:21:42,579 --> 00:21:44,679 by the way, how about that SpaceX 567 00:21:45,140 --> 00:21:45,640 launch 568 00:21:46,660 --> 00:21:48,119 distribution of fake 569 00:21:48,500 --> 00:21:49,000 satellites, 570 00:21:49,955 --> 00:21:50,455 relight, 571 00:21:50,994 --> 00:21:52,835 ripping the whole platform apart, 572 00:21:53,394 --> 00:21:55,654 stress testing it, and then still landing 573 00:21:56,115 --> 00:21:58,535 in the ocean. It was pretty impressive, 574 00:21:59,634 --> 00:22:00,275 to say, 575 00:22:00,674 --> 00:22:02,579 to say the say the least. 576 00:22:03,619 --> 00:22:04,500 So it looks like, 577 00:22:05,460 --> 00:22:07,140 SpaceX has found a little bit of their 578 00:22:07,140 --> 00:22:08,119 mojo back. 579 00:22:09,140 --> 00:22:10,899 So now we'll see where they go from 580 00:22:10,899 --> 00:22:11,399 here. 581 00:22:11,859 --> 00:22:14,500 A hacker used AI to create ransomware that 582 00:22:14,500 --> 00:22:15,559 evades antivirus 583 00:22:15,940 --> 00:22:16,440 detection. 584 00:22:17,460 --> 00:22:19,965 Security search spotted this ransomware that used a 585 00:22:19,965 --> 00:22:22,465 local LLM to create variable output, 586 00:22:23,325 --> 00:22:25,105 making it harder to detect. 587 00:22:26,445 --> 00:22:28,545 So according to this blog post interviewing 588 00:22:28,845 --> 00:22:29,345 researchers 589 00:22:29,805 --> 00:22:30,865 Anton Shrepavanov, 590 00:22:31,589 --> 00:22:33,909 They've decked a piece of malware created by 591 00:22:33,909 --> 00:22:34,409 OpenAI's 592 00:22:34,789 --> 00:22:37,049 GTP OSS 20 b model. 593 00:22:38,549 --> 00:22:41,990 And it's a fairly standard ransomware package, includes 594 00:22:41,990 --> 00:22:44,009 embedded prompts sent to local, 595 00:22:45,109 --> 00:22:46,569 locally stored LLMs. 596 00:22:48,044 --> 00:22:50,464 And because of the nature of the outputs, 597 00:22:52,044 --> 00:22:53,744 I got a phone ringing here. 598 00:22:56,524 --> 00:22:57,024 So 599 00:22:57,884 --> 00:23:01,005 it can evade detection from standard antivirus setup, 600 00:23:01,005 --> 00:23:03,089 which is designed to search for specific flags. 601 00:23:03,710 --> 00:23:04,210 So, 602 00:23:05,950 --> 00:23:07,809 again, you've got someone that's 603 00:23:08,909 --> 00:23:11,169 basically changing the packages up 604 00:23:11,789 --> 00:23:14,589 and, not these these companies are not able 605 00:23:14,589 --> 00:23:16,269 to get a fingerprint on it so that 606 00:23:16,269 --> 00:23:17,409 we're gonna see more 607 00:23:17,794 --> 00:23:19,174 and more and more of this. 608 00:23:19,794 --> 00:23:22,275 Meanwhile, Discord hackers claim to have leaked billions 609 00:23:22,275 --> 00:23:23,575 of messages as 610 00:23:24,115 --> 00:23:25,654 millions of users targeted. 611 00:23:26,434 --> 00:23:30,034 So hackers are advertising a database of 1,800,000,000 612 00:23:30,034 --> 00:23:31,015 Discord messages. 613 00:23:31,769 --> 00:23:34,570 It's possible they scraped the data's public Discord 614 00:23:34,570 --> 00:23:36,109 is expected to shut down 615 00:23:37,609 --> 00:23:39,930 wow. To shut down the service? Someone is 616 00:23:39,930 --> 00:23:40,430 selling. 617 00:23:41,210 --> 00:23:44,250 And, security research CyberNews has solved an ad 618 00:23:44,250 --> 00:23:47,255 on underground hacking. The data most likely scrapped 619 00:23:47,255 --> 00:23:49,174 the platform includes 1,800,000,000 620 00:23:49,174 --> 00:23:52,934 Discord messages, 35,000,000 users, 207,000,000 621 00:23:52,934 --> 00:23:55,974 voice sessions, and 6,000 Discord servers and can 622 00:23:55,974 --> 00:23:57,434 be attained for a fee. 623 00:24:02,380 --> 00:24:04,779 So, yeah, what is it? There's lots of 624 00:24:04,779 --> 00:24:06,720 crazy stuff out there on Discord. 625 00:24:07,339 --> 00:24:08,079 A lot. 626 00:24:08,940 --> 00:24:11,119 Some naughty stuff too. So, 627 00:24:12,554 --> 00:24:14,894 be interesting to see for sure. 628 00:24:15,674 --> 00:24:17,275 Now I don't know. You were all kinda 629 00:24:17,275 --> 00:24:18,794 nerds here. At least I hope we are. 630 00:24:18,794 --> 00:24:21,515 But, obviously, the Taylor Swift, Trey with Kelsey 631 00:24:21,515 --> 00:24:22,575 engagement announcement 632 00:24:22,875 --> 00:24:23,369 was big, 633 00:24:23,849 --> 00:24:26,349 but apparently, it broke all kinds of Instagram, 634 00:24:28,009 --> 00:24:30,490 records. The post reached a milestone in just 635 00:24:30,490 --> 00:24:31,470 six hours 636 00:24:32,650 --> 00:24:33,150 and, 637 00:24:33,690 --> 00:24:36,109 a million a million repost. 638 00:24:37,365 --> 00:24:40,825 The people are they really that crazy about 639 00:24:41,684 --> 00:24:42,664 Taylor Swift 640 00:24:43,525 --> 00:24:44,904 and a football player 641 00:24:45,365 --> 00:24:47,224 announcing they're getting married 642 00:24:48,804 --> 00:24:49,704 or the engagement? 643 00:24:52,769 --> 00:24:53,830 So 1,000,000 644 00:24:54,130 --> 00:24:54,630 repost, 645 00:24:56,769 --> 00:24:58,210 and it got 14,000,000 646 00:24:58,210 --> 00:25:00,529 likes in just an hour. 20 it must 647 00:25:00,529 --> 00:25:01,029 be 648 00:25:02,130 --> 00:25:05,744 20% of the populations went absolutely nuts here. 649 00:25:07,664 --> 00:25:09,345 You know, I always look at these high 650 00:25:09,345 --> 00:25:11,684 profile marriages as ones that are probably 651 00:25:12,144 --> 00:25:14,244 mostly doomed from the beginning. 652 00:25:15,265 --> 00:25:17,025 You know, it's just like, oh, you're there 653 00:25:17,025 --> 00:25:19,309 in love today. And then in about two 654 00:25:19,309 --> 00:25:21,950 years, then they hate each other and, you 655 00:25:21,950 --> 00:25:23,470 know, I just hope they both have good 656 00:25:23,470 --> 00:25:24,849 prenups for sure. 657 00:25:26,670 --> 00:25:30,450 Republicans are investigating Wikipedia over allegations of organized 658 00:25:30,589 --> 00:25:31,089 bias. 659 00:25:31,884 --> 00:25:33,505 Well, you know, Wikipedia. 660 00:25:34,125 --> 00:25:36,444 I I I've had a real heartburn for 661 00:25:36,444 --> 00:25:37,984 Wikipedia for many years 662 00:25:38,605 --> 00:25:40,924 because there's a whole bunch of, activists over 663 00:25:40,924 --> 00:25:42,204 there. And I don't know if they're left 664 00:25:42,204 --> 00:25:44,224 or right, but it doesn't matter. 665 00:25:44,630 --> 00:25:47,450 They just there's a bunch of, editor activists 666 00:25:47,509 --> 00:25:49,930 over there that think they're gods, and 667 00:25:50,390 --> 00:25:52,170 they, they allow their, 668 00:25:52,470 --> 00:25:54,809 you know, their, striking capability. 669 00:25:55,509 --> 00:25:57,610 It's insane. It really, really is. 670 00:25:58,054 --> 00:26:00,054 So, you know, I have not been on 671 00:26:00,054 --> 00:26:00,554 Wikipedia 672 00:26:00,855 --> 00:26:02,075 myself in, 673 00:26:02,694 --> 00:26:05,515 oh, man, a long, long, long time, 674 00:26:07,174 --> 00:26:08,875 just because of their 675 00:26:09,414 --> 00:26:10,394 their biases 676 00:26:10,855 --> 00:26:14,349 and bad actors that are, you know, power 677 00:26:14,349 --> 00:26:16,049 trip hogs over there. So, 678 00:26:16,750 --> 00:26:18,750 we'll see. We'll see what this comes of 679 00:26:18,750 --> 00:26:19,390 this. But, 680 00:26:20,109 --> 00:26:22,269 you know, Wikipedia has made it with clean 681 00:26:22,269 --> 00:26:25,410 up the the situation with their their moderators 682 00:26:25,549 --> 00:26:27,950 for many, many years anyway, so it's it's 683 00:26:27,950 --> 00:26:28,929 a lost cause. 684 00:26:30,554 --> 00:26:32,494 AI PCs are the surge 685 00:26:32,795 --> 00:26:35,535 claiming over half of the market by 2026. 686 00:26:35,994 --> 00:26:38,154 So personal computers with AI embedded in the 687 00:26:38,154 --> 00:26:41,755 hardware and software stack are set at 77,800,000 688 00:26:41,755 --> 00:26:43,115 units in 2025, 689 00:26:43,115 --> 00:26:44,654 making up 31% 690 00:26:44,759 --> 00:26:46,680 of the global PC market, and then it 691 00:26:46,680 --> 00:26:48,519 will exceed 50% 692 00:26:48,519 --> 00:26:50,140 by 2026. 693 00:26:50,680 --> 00:26:53,259 So I have not enabled any internal 694 00:26:53,559 --> 00:26:56,279 AI on any of my machines except for 695 00:26:56,279 --> 00:26:56,779 using, 696 00:26:57,355 --> 00:26:59,355 you know, chat GPT and so forth. I'm 697 00:26:59,355 --> 00:27:01,934 not doing no AI in my computer, 698 00:27:03,115 --> 00:27:05,835 or on my phones. I just I don't 699 00:27:05,835 --> 00:27:07,054 have any of that enabled. 700 00:27:08,474 --> 00:27:10,634 At the same time, Samsung's next big phone 701 00:27:10,634 --> 00:27:13,090 and tablet are coming on September 4, so 702 00:27:13,090 --> 00:27:15,650 that's next week. So a little bit of 703 00:27:15,650 --> 00:27:18,049 information on that. That's been making headlines a 704 00:27:18,049 --> 00:27:19,730 little bit here over the past couple of 705 00:27:19,730 --> 00:27:20,470 weeks anyway. 706 00:27:21,090 --> 00:27:22,930 But this is a curious one. A German 707 00:27:22,930 --> 00:27:25,590 bank has halted €10,000,000,000 708 00:27:26,605 --> 00:27:29,345 in PayPal payments on fraud concerns. 709 00:27:30,605 --> 00:27:33,565 German banks blocked PayPal payments totaling more than 710 00:27:33,565 --> 00:27:34,944 €10,000,000,000 711 00:27:35,325 --> 00:27:37,105 over fraud concerns. The 712 00:27:38,779 --> 00:27:40,480 sudden tush Zettoog 713 00:27:40,859 --> 00:27:42,480 newspaper reported on Wednesday 714 00:27:43,019 --> 00:27:45,819 without specifying its sources. The payments were halted 715 00:27:45,819 --> 00:27:46,480 on Monday 716 00:27:46,859 --> 00:27:50,140 after lenders flagged millions of suspicious direct debits 717 00:27:50,140 --> 00:27:53,035 from PayPal that appeared last week. The newspaper 718 00:27:53,035 --> 00:27:55,134 said asked to comment and report a PayPal 719 00:27:55,275 --> 00:27:57,535 spokesperson said a temporary service interruption 720 00:27:57,994 --> 00:28:00,955 had affected certain transactions from our banking partners 721 00:28:00,955 --> 00:28:02,494 and potentially their customers, 722 00:28:02,795 --> 00:28:05,035 but the issue had now been resolved. So 723 00:28:05,035 --> 00:28:06,630 I thought, that's some money. 724 00:28:07,269 --> 00:28:08,390 €10,000,000,000, 725 00:28:08,390 --> 00:28:09,930 11,700,000,000.0 726 00:28:09,990 --> 00:28:10,490 US, 727 00:28:11,269 --> 00:28:14,250 that's that's some cash to be halted being 728 00:28:14,390 --> 00:28:14,890 transacted. 729 00:28:15,670 --> 00:28:17,849 I'd love to know more about that story. 730 00:28:17,990 --> 00:28:19,990 I really, really would. I'd I'd I'd love 731 00:28:19,990 --> 00:28:23,404 to more to know more details here. Now 732 00:28:23,704 --> 00:28:25,085 if you're a Sling user, 733 00:28:25,464 --> 00:28:26,924 you may not like Disney. 734 00:28:27,305 --> 00:28:29,384 Disney is trying to kill the best streaming 735 00:28:29,384 --> 00:28:31,884 idea in years. Disney is suing Sling TV 736 00:28:31,944 --> 00:28:33,005 over day passes. 737 00:28:34,184 --> 00:28:36,519 Well, you know, they don't like it because 738 00:28:36,519 --> 00:28:39,340 guess what? They want people paying all month. 739 00:28:40,840 --> 00:28:42,680 They don't want you paying for a day 740 00:28:42,680 --> 00:28:44,759 pass where they don't earn very much money 741 00:28:44,759 --> 00:28:46,299 or you can binge watch. 742 00:28:47,884 --> 00:28:50,125 So, again, Disney's swinging and Sling TV over 743 00:28:50,125 --> 00:28:50,785 day passes, 744 00:28:52,205 --> 00:28:55,325 including Disney owned ESPN and more than 30 745 00:28:55,325 --> 00:28:56,144 other channels. 746 00:28:57,164 --> 00:28:59,805 And, yeah. Of course, people are gonna watch 747 00:28:59,805 --> 00:29:00,945 sports on the weekend. 748 00:29:02,365 --> 00:29:02,865 So 749 00:29:05,150 --> 00:29:07,549 day passes that Sling is offering is really 750 00:29:07,549 --> 00:29:09,009 solving a problem here. 751 00:29:10,349 --> 00:29:12,910 If you I'm not interested in any sport, 752 00:29:12,910 --> 00:29:14,269 so I don't care. But what if you're 753 00:29:14,269 --> 00:29:15,570 interested in a single 754 00:29:16,029 --> 00:29:17,684 a single game a week, 755 00:29:18,725 --> 00:29:20,404 and you must pay for an entire month 756 00:29:20,404 --> 00:29:21,785 of service? Doesn't seem 757 00:29:22,565 --> 00:29:23,465 fair. Right? 758 00:29:23,845 --> 00:29:24,345 But, 759 00:29:26,085 --> 00:29:28,404 Disney is not happy about this because that 760 00:29:28,404 --> 00:29:29,785 means lower revenue, 761 00:29:30,644 --> 00:29:32,940 for Disney on ESPN and so forth. 762 00:29:35,419 --> 00:29:37,819 It's an interesting article on TechRater talk talking 763 00:29:37,819 --> 00:29:40,379 about how websites still matter but can't survive 764 00:29:40,379 --> 00:29:41,200 on their own. 765 00:29:43,019 --> 00:29:44,859 And it's talking about how to drive revenue 766 00:29:44,859 --> 00:29:45,679 through Instagram 767 00:29:45,980 --> 00:29:47,279 DMs at scale. 768 00:29:47,744 --> 00:29:50,005 I'm barely on Instagram at all. 769 00:29:51,184 --> 00:29:53,184 I don't even know how it would sell 770 00:29:53,184 --> 00:29:54,085 on Instagram. 771 00:29:56,464 --> 00:29:56,964 So 772 00:29:57,345 --> 00:29:59,744 are are you guys selling on Instagram? Are 773 00:29:59,744 --> 00:30:01,599 you selling products on Instagram? 774 00:30:02,380 --> 00:30:04,140 What kind of products are you selling on 775 00:30:04,140 --> 00:30:06,080 Instagram? I'd I'd I'd like to know. 776 00:30:07,660 --> 00:30:10,799 Google Pixel Care Plus is replacing 777 00:30:11,259 --> 00:30:13,980 preferred care and includes free screen and battery 778 00:30:13,980 --> 00:30:15,339 pairs. I think we had a little bit 779 00:30:15,339 --> 00:30:17,144 of a story on this before. 780 00:30:18,244 --> 00:30:18,565 But, 781 00:30:19,125 --> 00:30:21,125 Pixel Care Plus is named a new program 782 00:30:21,125 --> 00:30:22,345 which Google says, 783 00:30:24,164 --> 00:30:26,105 is replacing preferred care. 784 00:30:27,045 --> 00:30:29,144 So just be aware that's coming. 785 00:30:29,980 --> 00:30:31,819 I don't have the pricing details in front 786 00:30:31,819 --> 00:30:32,960 of me here, but, 787 00:30:33,500 --> 00:30:36,000 Google Pixel care plus. 788 00:30:37,179 --> 00:30:38,940 Now, if you're a gamer, in case you 789 00:30:38,940 --> 00:30:41,359 were worried, NVIDIA hasn't forgot about gaming. 790 00:30:42,220 --> 00:30:44,105 The chip designer's gaming division, 791 00:30:44,484 --> 00:30:47,285 it's, what was really its golden goose before 792 00:30:47,285 --> 00:30:49,625 generating images celebrities seeing spaghetti, 793 00:30:50,484 --> 00:30:51,384 via AI, 794 00:30:52,724 --> 00:30:54,085 scored 4,200,000,000.0 795 00:30:54,085 --> 00:30:56,589 in revenue in the second quarter of, up 796 00:30:56,589 --> 00:30:57,549 49% 797 00:30:57,549 --> 00:30:59,230 year over year. The key the figure came 798 00:30:59,230 --> 00:31:02,769 in significantly higher than 3,740,000,000.00 799 00:31:02,829 --> 00:31:04,130 that analysts pulled, 800 00:31:04,589 --> 00:31:05,409 were expecting. 801 00:31:05,869 --> 00:31:07,730 That's nearly 15% 802 00:31:08,109 --> 00:31:08,609 increase. 803 00:31:09,549 --> 00:31:11,329 So, for gamers and gamers, 804 00:31:12,035 --> 00:31:14,755 it's all about, the best cards and stuff. 805 00:31:14,755 --> 00:31:16,535 So, you're still buying, 806 00:31:17,474 --> 00:31:19,335 gaming cards out there. So, 807 00:31:20,674 --> 00:31:22,054 that's that's good. 808 00:31:22,914 --> 00:31:24,775 But, again, numbers are down 809 00:31:25,154 --> 00:31:25,650 overall, 810 00:31:26,690 --> 00:31:27,089 but, 811 00:31:27,570 --> 00:31:28,390 not surprising. 812 00:31:29,089 --> 00:31:32,789 OpenAI is giving its voice agent superpowers developers. 813 00:31:33,410 --> 00:31:35,730 Lots of new models are now being opened 814 00:31:35,730 --> 00:31:37,109 up in the OpenAI's 815 00:31:37,809 --> 00:31:38,869 real time API. 816 00:31:39,730 --> 00:31:41,375 You can try to select a speech to 817 00:31:41,375 --> 00:31:42,194 speech model 818 00:31:42,734 --> 00:31:45,154 in real time, and the upgrade improves OpenAI's 819 00:31:45,615 --> 00:31:47,315 voice offerings for developers. 820 00:31:47,934 --> 00:31:50,434 So expect to hear more voice 821 00:31:51,934 --> 00:31:54,035 type of, tools and services 822 00:31:54,849 --> 00:31:55,829 and a larger 823 00:31:56,130 --> 00:31:58,869 context pro a context protocol and so forth, 824 00:31:59,730 --> 00:32:02,450 new model and so forth. So, for devs 825 00:32:02,450 --> 00:32:03,669 out there, this may 826 00:32:03,970 --> 00:32:06,690 be of interest to you. A surprising move 827 00:32:06,690 --> 00:32:09,615 here, the US Department of Commerce have put, 828 00:32:10,954 --> 00:32:12,815 data now on the blockchain. 829 00:32:14,714 --> 00:32:17,194 US Department of Commerce have worked together to 830 00:32:17,194 --> 00:32:19,214 bring US government macroeconomic 831 00:32:19,755 --> 00:32:20,255 data 832 00:32:20,714 --> 00:32:21,880 to the block chain 833 00:32:22,259 --> 00:32:25,400 from the Bureau of Economic Analysis. These new 834 00:32:25,860 --> 00:32:28,980 data feeds securely deliver critical information on key 835 00:32:28,980 --> 00:32:30,360 US economic data 836 00:32:31,220 --> 00:32:32,519 on the block chain, 837 00:32:33,140 --> 00:32:35,000 and they're working with four or five companies 838 00:32:35,140 --> 00:32:35,799 on this. 839 00:32:36,154 --> 00:32:38,894 So what you're gonna have available and, again, 840 00:32:38,954 --> 00:32:41,755 this is real GDP level. These are raw 841 00:32:41,755 --> 00:32:42,255 numbers. 842 00:32:43,914 --> 00:32:45,674 Real GDP is measured by the value of 843 00:32:45,674 --> 00:32:48,714 domestic price goods. Then you're gonna have real 844 00:32:48,714 --> 00:32:52,220 GDP percent change, PCE price index, 845 00:32:53,000 --> 00:32:53,500 PCE 846 00:32:53,799 --> 00:32:56,600 price index percentage change, and the real final 847 00:32:56,600 --> 00:32:58,460 sales to private domestic purchasers, 848 00:32:58,920 --> 00:33:01,480 and real final sales to private domestic purchase. 849 00:33:01,480 --> 00:33:03,160 Again, all this data, I guess, is to 850 00:33:03,160 --> 00:33:05,019 be protected so it cannot be manipulated. 851 00:33:05,775 --> 00:33:07,555 It's gonna be published on 852 00:33:07,934 --> 00:33:08,755 the blockchain. 853 00:33:09,134 --> 00:33:09,634 So, 854 00:33:10,815 --> 00:33:13,075 again, I don't fully understand the ramifications 855 00:33:13,455 --> 00:33:14,115 of this, 856 00:33:14,974 --> 00:33:15,375 but, 857 00:33:15,855 --> 00:33:17,154 that's what they're doing. 858 00:33:18,769 --> 00:33:21,109 Some surprising information has come out from Intel. 859 00:33:22,529 --> 00:33:23,029 So 860 00:33:23,329 --> 00:33:25,569 the Trump administration, we know, is investing in 861 00:33:25,569 --> 00:33:26,069 Intel. 862 00:33:26,769 --> 00:33:28,529 The US government last week agreed to take 863 00:33:28,529 --> 00:33:31,250 a 10% stake in Intel. The agreement also 864 00:33:31,250 --> 00:33:32,950 contains a five year warrant 865 00:33:33,454 --> 00:33:35,555 that allows the government to take an initial 866 00:33:35,775 --> 00:33:36,815 5% 867 00:33:36,815 --> 00:33:37,634 of Intel 868 00:33:38,095 --> 00:33:40,654 at $20 a share, which is lower than 869 00:33:40,654 --> 00:33:41,714 the stock value 870 00:33:42,255 --> 00:33:45,375 if it ceases if Intel ceases to own 871 00:33:45,375 --> 00:33:46,174 51% 872 00:33:46,174 --> 00:33:47,555 of its foundry business. 873 00:33:49,500 --> 00:33:51,980 So they wanna protect the foundry business. This 874 00:33:51,980 --> 00:33:53,820 is what's going on here. They but Intel 875 00:33:53,820 --> 00:33:56,160 says, I don't think there's a high likelihood 876 00:33:56,940 --> 00:33:59,180 that we'd take our state below the 50. 877 00:33:59,180 --> 00:34:01,275 So, ultimately, I would expect the warrant to 878 00:34:01,355 --> 00:34:04,875 expire, CFO David Zinsser told a Deutsche Bank 879 00:34:04,875 --> 00:34:06,095 conference on Thursday. 880 00:34:08,315 --> 00:34:10,715 I think the government's perspective, they were aligned 881 00:34:10,715 --> 00:34:13,034 with that they didn't wanna want to see 882 00:34:13,034 --> 00:34:15,114 us take the business and spin it off 883 00:34:15,114 --> 00:34:16,710 or sell it to someone else. 884 00:34:17,750 --> 00:34:19,210 So that means a hemorrhaging 885 00:34:19,989 --> 00:34:20,809 the hemorrhaging 886 00:34:21,750 --> 00:34:25,050 foundering business cannot be sold, which some investors 887 00:34:25,190 --> 00:34:26,570 wanted them to do. 888 00:34:27,269 --> 00:34:29,534 So much to their chagrin, I am 889 00:34:30,414 --> 00:34:32,355 sure. And, of course, Microsoft today, 890 00:34:32,655 --> 00:34:33,714 late in the afternoon 891 00:34:34,094 --> 00:34:36,594 unveiled their own powerful new homegrown 892 00:34:37,214 --> 00:34:37,954 AI models. 893 00:34:39,214 --> 00:34:40,994 They announced two models 894 00:34:41,454 --> 00:34:43,720 that say perform at the level of the 895 00:34:43,720 --> 00:34:45,019 world's top offerings. 896 00:34:46,119 --> 00:34:48,860 After years of backing others made by OpenAI, 897 00:34:49,000 --> 00:34:50,860 the move officially pits Microsoft 898 00:34:51,160 --> 00:34:51,900 AI division 899 00:34:52,599 --> 00:34:54,760 against OpenAI and the rest of the industry 900 00:34:54,760 --> 00:34:56,539 and helps it control its destiny. 901 00:34:57,405 --> 00:34:59,164 They say we are the largest companies in 902 00:34:59,164 --> 00:34:59,744 the world. 903 00:35:00,605 --> 00:35:02,525 We have to be able to have in 904 00:35:02,525 --> 00:35:05,085 house expertise to create the strongest models in 905 00:35:05,085 --> 00:35:05,664 the world. 906 00:35:06,204 --> 00:35:08,625 So Microsoft unveiled the MAI 907 00:35:09,324 --> 00:35:11,579 dash voice dash one, a speech model that 908 00:35:11,579 --> 00:35:13,059 the company says is one of the most 909 00:35:13,059 --> 00:35:15,239 efficient industry running on a single GPU 910 00:35:16,980 --> 00:35:18,980 and capable of producing a minute of audio 911 00:35:18,980 --> 00:35:20,119 in under a second. 912 00:35:20,420 --> 00:35:23,235 It also announced a text based model called 913 00:35:23,715 --> 00:35:24,215 MAI 914 00:35:24,914 --> 00:35:26,375 dash one dash preview 915 00:35:26,914 --> 00:35:29,474 that it said could help power future versions 916 00:35:29,474 --> 00:35:32,355 of Copilot, the company's AI systems woven into 917 00:35:32,355 --> 00:35:33,655 Windows and Office products. 918 00:35:34,195 --> 00:35:36,535 Both models are geared towards cost effectiveness. 919 00:35:37,230 --> 00:35:39,710 M a I dash one preview was trained 920 00:35:39,710 --> 00:35:41,250 on roughly 15,000 921 00:35:41,710 --> 00:35:44,829 niviti h 100 GPUs compared to models like 922 00:35:44,829 --> 00:35:49,489 Brock, which is trained on more than 100,000 923 00:35:49,550 --> 00:35:49,965 such 924 00:35:51,005 --> 00:35:53,344 chips. So, we will see how these models 925 00:35:53,805 --> 00:35:54,704 stack up, 926 00:35:55,325 --> 00:35:57,805 over time. But, yeah, the big, big news 927 00:35:57,805 --> 00:35:58,305 here. 928 00:35:58,844 --> 00:36:00,445 Kirk, if you're listening, we have to be 929 00:36:00,445 --> 00:36:02,605 careful. There's a bunch of websites now that 930 00:36:02,605 --> 00:36:05,489 are just absolutely not willing to play ball 931 00:36:05,489 --> 00:36:07,510 and are blocking us unless we pay. 932 00:36:07,890 --> 00:36:09,030 So as you're loading 933 00:36:09,329 --> 00:36:09,829 articles, 934 00:36:10,690 --> 00:36:12,449 definitely take a look at the websites and 935 00:36:12,449 --> 00:36:13,510 make sure we can 936 00:36:13,890 --> 00:36:17,030 read them because I'm having to choose alternates, 937 00:36:18,335 --> 00:36:19,855 for some of these because I get them 938 00:36:19,855 --> 00:36:21,934 loaded and they say, hey. Give me $15 939 00:36:21,934 --> 00:36:24,335 a month, then we're linking to them. I'm 940 00:36:24,335 --> 00:36:26,434 not gonna pay for them. 941 00:36:27,295 --> 00:36:29,054 So that's gonna bring us to the end 942 00:36:29,054 --> 00:36:29,855 of the show. 943 00:36:30,335 --> 00:36:30,835 Again, 944 00:36:31,150 --> 00:36:32,989 no show on Monday because of the holiday. 945 00:36:32,989 --> 00:36:34,289 Kinda forgot about that. 946 00:36:34,590 --> 00:36:38,750 But as always, geeknews@gmail.comatgeeknewsonx. 947 00:36:38,750 --> 00:36:40,590 And, of course, don't forget about our sponsor 948 00:36:40,590 --> 00:36:43,329 GoDaddy, geeknewscentral.com/godaddy. 949 00:36:43,469 --> 00:36:45,605 And if you're not an insider yet, consider 950 00:36:45,605 --> 00:36:50,164 becoming an insider at geatoncentral.com/insider. 951 00:36:50,164 --> 00:36:52,005 And as we're heading into the weekend, kind 952 00:36:52,005 --> 00:36:53,764 of expected the news to be a little 953 00:36:53,764 --> 00:36:54,264 light. 954 00:36:55,125 --> 00:36:57,545 Last kind of last hurrah weekend 955 00:36:58,369 --> 00:36:58,869 until, 956 00:36:59,170 --> 00:36:59,989 the holidays. 957 00:37:00,289 --> 00:37:00,789 So, 958 00:37:02,690 --> 00:37:05,809 enjoy your Labor Day weekend, everyone, and, we'll 959 00:37:05,809 --> 00:37:07,570 be back with you next week. Everyone, take 960 00:37:07,570 --> 00:37:09,650 care. We'll see you next time. Stay safe. 961 00:37:09,650 --> 00:37:10,309 Bye bye.