WEBVTT 00:00:00.080 --> 00:00:08.160 So today's intro was going to involve a whole intricate Rube Goldberg machine, 00:00:04.799 --> 00:00:09.599 but unfortunately it didn't work. So I 00:00:08.160 --> 00:00:14.080 threw a bit of a tantrum and then I tripped and fell on it and smashed it. 00:00:12.080 --> 00:00:19.520 Anyway, here's the tech news, I guess. Samsung officially launched the Galaxy 00:00:16.800 --> 00:00:25.519 XR, its much anticipated mixed reality headset, at an event yesterday. It's the 00:00:21.920 --> 00:00:27.760 first headset powered by Android XR, the 00:00:25.519 --> 00:00:32.000 OS for headsets announced by Google last December. And Samsung says it's designed 00:00:30.080 --> 00:00:39.840 as the first step in their vision of an open scalable XR ecosystem. The price 00:00:35.360 --> 00:00:42.000 for entry, a nice cool $1,800, 00:00:39.840 --> 00:00:47.600 which is worth approximately half an Apple Vision Pro, unless you're on eBay, 00:00:44.640 --> 00:00:54.480 where the corpses of a dead dream litter the landscape. Under the hood, it packs 00:00:50.239 --> 00:00:57.199 the new Snapdragon XR2 Plus Gen 2 chip, 00:00:54.480 --> 00:01:03.840 a stunning micro OLED display, full hand and eye tracking, and a UI that looks 00:01:00.160 --> 00:01:05.840 hauntingly similar to the Vision Pro, 00:01:03.840 --> 00:01:10.960 and of course, Google's Gemini will let you do amazing things you couldn't do 00:01:07.920 --> 00:01:13.119 before, like organize your Windows. Do 00:01:10.960 --> 00:01:17.600 people still want an AR headset after the Vision Pro bombed? Well, just in 00:01:15.520 --> 00:01:21.840 case they don't, Samsung confirmed they're also working on smart glasses, 00:01:19.759 --> 00:01:26.400 which could compete with Meta's Ray-B band through a partnership with the 00:01:23.520 --> 00:01:29.840 brands Warby Parker and Gentle Monster. So whether you want to enter the 00:01:27.520 --> 00:01:35.520 metaverse or just forget what sunlight looks like, Samsung's got you covered. 00:01:32.799 --> 00:01:41.439 Literally, OpenAI has fulfilled the prophecy and introduced Atlas, a web 00:01:38.400 --> 00:01:43.200 browser with ChatGpt built in. Atlas is 00:01:41.439 --> 00:01:47.759 meant to become more helpful over time by using its memory of your chats and 00:01:45.680 --> 00:01:52.560 searches to better comprehend what you're doing and complete tasks for you. 00:01:50.640 --> 00:01:56.880 If an AI learning to understand and imitate your browsing behaviors scares 00:01:54.560 --> 00:02:00.799 you, too, don't worry. The feature is completely optional, so you can make it 00:01:58.640 --> 00:02:05.600 so your browser won't even know that you're gaslighting it. Plus, OpenAI says 00:02:03.280 --> 00:02:10.000 Atlas will pause to ensure you're watching it when it accesses sensitive 00:02:07.759 --> 00:02:14.640 sites like your bank or when it just learned how to stand on one leg and just 00:02:11.920 --> 00:02:19.280 wants you to be proud of it. Look at me. Look at me. But what about incognito 00:02:16.879 --> 00:02:23.840 mode? I hear all the freaks saying, "Hey, don't worry. Atlas has that." And 00:02:22.160 --> 00:02:29.440 it will temporarily log you out of chatbt, so it will remember nothing of 00:02:26.640 --> 00:02:33.920 your secret trrist. But that also means it won't remember the specific kind of 00:02:31.280 --> 00:02:38.239 cat photos you like. Moving on, Atlas's announcement video shows it's shopping 00:02:36.080 --> 00:02:42.800 and filling carts based on simple prompts, which is a worrying level of 00:02:40.560 --> 00:02:48.640 power given that security research from Brave Software found that hidden text in 00:02:45.519 --> 00:02:50.720 an image can manipulate AI browsers like 00:02:48.640 --> 00:02:55.519 Perplexity's Comet. They showed that this text can trick a browser into, 00:02:52.959 --> 00:02:59.519 among other things, visiting a hackerc controlled website. Great. We're putting 00:02:57.760 --> 00:03:04.319 our web browsing in the hands of a hallucinating, gullible Greek Titan. 00:03:02.319 --> 00:03:08.959 Atlas was a Titan. The effects of Monday's major Amazon Web Services 00:03:06.640 --> 00:03:14.640 outage are still being felt with some Slack users reportedly being completely 00:03:11.519 --> 00:03:16.080 unable to leave work conference calls, 00:03:14.640 --> 00:03:20.800 which sounds like something out of a late night snack induced stress dream. 00:03:18.720 --> 00:03:24.720 Speaking of sleeping, during the outage, thousands of eight sleep bed owners 00:03:22.879 --> 00:03:30.000 found they couldn't adjust the smart bed's position or temperature. resulting 00:03:27.280 --> 00:03:34.879 in some folks roasting in their blankets like proverbial pigs. I'm not calling 00:03:32.640 --> 00:03:39.440 these poor people pigs. I'm just being clear about that. Eight Sleep then 00:03:36.799 --> 00:03:44.400 introduced a new outage mode to control the bed even during an AWS service 00:03:42.080 --> 00:03:49.360 disruption. Can Can we just use that one use that mode all the time? No. All 00:03:47.120 --> 00:03:53.120 right. Still, the outage might be a good distraction for Amazon because the New 00:03:51.360 --> 00:03:58.319 York Times is reporting on leaked documents that suggest Amazon plans to 00:03:55.599 --> 00:04:05.120 replace 600,000 human employees with robots by 2033. The report says Amazon's 00:04:02.159 --> 00:04:10.400 robotics team aims to automate 75% of the company's operations and they're 00:04:06.879 --> 00:04:13.760 expecting to cut around 160,000 US jobs 00:04:10.400 --> 00:04:16.479 by 2027. However, an Amazon spokesperson 00:04:13.760 --> 00:04:21.199 attempted to downplay this news, telling The Verge that this holiday season 00:04:18.400 --> 00:04:26.639 they're planning on hiring 250,000 humans who may or may not go on 00:04:24.160 --> 00:04:29.360 permanent holiday shortly afterwards. Seems like Amazon could use some 00:04:28.000 --> 00:04:33.759 business management help from our sponsor, Odo. 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Now, that's where TSMC handles their 00:05:52.080 --> 00:05:58.639 chip onwafer substrate and high bandwidth memory stacking, critical 00:05:56.320 --> 00:06:03.840 steps that bond multiple chips and stack memory inside the processor. and they 00:06:01.199 --> 00:06:08.720 have said, "We're only doing it there." So, until those advanced processes exist 00:06:06.080 --> 00:06:12.800 in Arizona, these made in America chips will keep earning frequent flyer miles 00:06:10.800 --> 00:06:17.919 on their way to Taiwan and back. Maybe they'll take a holiday sometime. YouTube 00:06:15.280 --> 00:06:22.800 is rolling out AI likeness detection, a tool designed to catch deep fakes before 00:06:20.400 --> 00:06:27.280 they go viral, because they will go viral. 00:06:24.880 --> 00:06:32.000 You've got to stop them. Creators can opt in by doing a quick selfie scan, 00:06:29.759 --> 00:06:35.919 letting Google's AI compare faces and voices in uploads to detect 00:06:33.840 --> 00:06:41.280 impersonations. It's just occurring to me now that this also gives them more 00:06:38.479 --> 00:06:43.120 accurate data about what your face looks like specifically and how to reproduce 00:06:42.800 --> 00:06:48.800 it. >> Yeah, >> which is the same thing you have to do when you log into the Sora app. Okay. If 00:06:46.960 --> 00:06:53.600 someone tries to use your likeness, YouTube can flag, label, or block the 00:06:51.520 --> 00:06:58.160 video automatically. Because if Google is serious about one thing, it's about 00:06:55.759 --> 00:07:03.440 giving creators the tools they need to fight content created with other tools 00:07:00.800 --> 00:07:08.400 Google created to fight creators in the marketplace of content. 00:07:06.400 --> 00:07:14.479 Speaking of AI, a new study by the European Broadcasting Union and the BBC 00:07:11.280 --> 00:07:16.880 found that nearly 45% of AI assistant 00:07:14.479 --> 00:07:22.720 responses about current major events contained major issues. For example, 00:07:19.599 --> 00:07:25.280 Google Gemini claimed the NHS in the UK 00:07:22.720 --> 00:07:31.360 does not recommend vaping to help quit smoking. Well, not only does the NHS 00:07:28.880 --> 00:07:36.000 actually recommend it, it's objectively the coolest way to quit. With a younger 00:07:33.919 --> 00:07:42.080 generation increasingly using AI for news, I think everyone can see how that 00:07:38.479 --> 00:07:43.840 could start getting a bit capital Hairy. 00:07:42.080 --> 00:07:48.960 I don't know why there's a capital H. A tiny bionic eye implant, first developed 00:07:46.560 --> 00:07:54.319 by a company called Pixium Vision back in 2022, is finally delivering on its 00:07:51.599 --> 00:07:59.759 promise, helping blind patients read again. The system, now refined by the 00:07:56.879 --> 00:08:04.160 aptly named Science Corporation, suddenly more suspicious of this whole 00:08:01.520 --> 00:08:09.440 thing, uses a rice-sized microchip implanted under the retina and a pair of 00:08:07.120 --> 00:08:13.280 smart glasses that record the world in front of you. The system uses both of 00:08:11.280 --> 00:08:17.199 these components to create infrared light signals, something that can be 00:08:14.879 --> 00:08:21.759 converted to actual visual information by the eye inserted chip. In recent 00:08:19.599 --> 00:08:26.160 trials, more than 80% of patients with severe macular degeneration regained 00:08:24.000 --> 00:08:31.199 enough vision to recognize letters and small words. At this rate, we'll need 00:08:28.800 --> 00:08:35.200 implants just to unsee half the stuff on the internet. When are those coming? And 00:08:33.440 --> 00:08:43.919 researchers in Japan have made a breakthrough in the field of entural 00:08:37.839 --> 00:08:47.200 ventilation via anus aka EVA aka butt 00:08:43.919 --> 00:08:49.920 breathing. Let me explain. In 2024, 00:08:47.200 --> 00:08:55.519 researchers snagged an IG Nobel Prize in physiology for showing that mice, rats, 00:08:52.320 --> 00:08:58.000 and pigs can actually absorb oxygen 00:08:55.519 --> 00:09:04.399 through their rear ends. if scientists put some oxygenated liquid in there, 00:09:00.720 --> 00:09:06.320 which is a key key detail. Now, the same 00:09:04.399 --> 00:09:12.160 group is studying whether using this method can be used to bypass blocked 00:09:08.880 --> 00:09:15.519 airways or clogged lungs in humans. And 00:09:12.160 --> 00:09:18.480 the first step asking 27 healthy male 00:09:15.519 --> 00:09:25.040 volunteers to hold some regular non oxygenated liquid inside of there and 00:09:22.399 --> 00:09:29.200 clench. And we swear we're not just doing this cuz we think it's funny. And 00:09:27.680 --> 00:09:33.680 these guys, they turned out all right with the only adverse effects so far 00:09:31.200 --> 00:09:36.560 being some bloating and discomfort. Obviously, I feel like they could have 00:09:35.279 --> 00:09:42.880 gotten the same findings from taking those 27 guys to Taco Bell. But I think 00:09:39.760 --> 00:09:44.480 that study already won an Ignobel prize. 00:09:42.880 --> 00:09:49.040 I You know what? I think we should all take a butt breath. We'll be back on 00:09:46.800 --> 00:09:52.720 Friday with more tech news. I've got to go pick up the pieces of my Rube 00:09:50.640 --> 00:09:56.320 Goldberg machine. Maybe I can salvage something. Hey, let me know in the 00:09:54.560 --> 00:10:00.959 comments what your favorite Rube Goldberg machine is. Do they have names?