1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:06,560 Okay, I know our last video was titled Nobody Wants This and regular viewers 2 00:00:04,319 --> 00:00:11,040 will know that criticizing AI companies and slop is one of our favorite 3 00:00:08,320 --> 00:00:16,240 pastimes, but we just got to we got something to chat about uh here because 4 00:00:13,040 --> 00:00:18,320 Mozilla's new CEO, Anthony Enzor Deo, 5 00:00:16,240 --> 00:00:22,240 published his inaugural blog post this week, writing mostly about the 6 00:00:20,160 --> 00:00:27,199 importance of earning users trust and maintaining user control, but also 7 00:00:24,800 --> 00:00:31,840 because this is 2025, about thoughtfully developing AI features. And then 8 00:00:29,840 --> 00:00:37,520 everyone's heads exploded. There was much outcry about Firefox making the 9 00:00:34,559 --> 00:00:42,719 unprecedented move of adding AI, which is as horrible a development as the time 10 00:00:39,920 --> 00:00:49,280 they added AI in July and the time before that in February. In other words, 11 00:00:45,520 --> 00:00:50,960 Firefox has had AI features for a while 12 00:00:49,280 --> 00:00:55,440 like alt text generation for accessibility purposes, translation, 13 00:00:53,120 --> 00:01:00,399 automatic tab grouping, link previews with summaries, and most recently an AI 14 00:00:58,239 --> 00:01:05,280 window. You can open just like a private or incognito window if you want to 15 00:01:03,440 --> 00:01:09,840 because all of these features are optional, which is probably why almost 16 00:01:06,960 --> 00:01:14,720 no one has noticed them. Well, that and almost no one uses Firefox to begin 17 00:01:11,760 --> 00:01:18,799 with. I think and hope that the second part of this tweet is a joke, but I have 18 00:01:17,040 --> 00:01:23,520 to admit I was reminded of that old saying, "Throw yourself in next time and 19 00:01:21,360 --> 00:01:28,240 rid the world of your stupidity." Most people seem very concerned with this one 20 00:01:25,520 --> 00:01:32,720 line from the blog post stating Firefox will evolve into a modern AI browser. 21 00:01:30,640 --> 00:01:39,439 And I agree. It sounds weird. I mean, in my mind, an AI browser is bad. It steals 22 00:01:36,320 --> 00:01:41,520 clicks from websites and spies on people 23 00:01:39,439 --> 00:01:46,960 in change rooms. It proves that cringe is not dead 24 00:01:43,360 --> 00:01:49,680 because AI browsers exist. Firefox isn't 25 00:01:46,960 --> 00:01:54,000 cringe. Only its users are. It's okay. I'm a Firefox user. And if I'm not, I 26 00:01:52,159 --> 00:01:58,479 have many Firefox user friends. Look, you might not want any AI features 27 00:01:56,320 --> 00:02:02,719 whatsoever in your browser. But Firefox says that with the AI cat out of the 28 00:02:00,479 --> 00:02:08,080 bag, they see it as their responsibility to help show how AI can be implemented 29 00:02:05,680 --> 00:02:12,080 in a way that protects and gives people more choice, not less. They also say in 30 00:02:10,479 --> 00:02:16,319 there that standing still while technology moves forward doesn't benefit 31 00:02:14,080 --> 00:02:21,760 anyone. least of all the browser that's dropped from 30% to less than 5% market 32 00:02:19,599 --> 00:02:26,720 share in the last 15 years. It's probably because of AI. Thankfully, I 33 00:02:24,160 --> 00:02:32,160 won't go insane today because there are some others who noticed the multiple 34 00:02:28,959 --> 00:02:34,160 times Enzor Deo mentions all of the AI 35 00:02:32,160 --> 00:02:38,480 stuff will be easy to turn off. A similar thing happened to Baldersgate 3 36 00:02:36,160 --> 00:02:43,760 developer at Larian Studios this week when their CEO Sven Vinky told Bloomberg 37 00:02:41,360 --> 00:02:49,680 that the studio uses AI for some concepting and menial tasks. People 38 00:02:46,959 --> 00:02:54,160 flipped and he later clarified that AI is only used in the very early ideiation 39 00:02:52,319 --> 00:02:59,280 phase and then they have their actual concept artists of which they are hiring 40 00:02:56,640 --> 00:03:03,120 more currently not less draw the concept art. He says their games like the 41 00:03:00,640 --> 00:03:07,120 upcoming Divinity will have no AI generated anything in the final product. 42 00:03:05,280 --> 00:03:10,319 Look, my ultimate point here is maybe we don't jump down people's throats as soon 43 00:03:08,720 --> 00:03:13,920 as they say they've gotten chat GBT to write a little erotica for themselves. 44 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:18,560 And also another point is I guess that very few people use Firefox. And more of 45 00:03:16,239 --> 00:03:23,200 them should. Don't let AI scare you off. I mean, I'm a virtual being trapped in a 46 00:03:20,319 --> 00:03:28,080 computer. Am I scary? NVIDIA is reportedly planning to slash RTX 50 47 00:03:25,760 --> 00:03:33,680 series GPU production by somewhere between 30 and 40% going into early 48 00:03:31,120 --> 00:03:37,200 2026. Naturally, it is assumed that these cuts are due to hardware companies 49 00:03:35,440 --> 00:03:41,840 buying up memory chips like their Pokemon cards. 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Instead of 77 00:05:32,800 --> 00:05:39,280 wasting all that extra capacity, Ford plans to turn those batteries into 78 00:05:36,800 --> 00:05:44,400 large-scale energy storage systems to help power- hungry data centers wean off 79 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:48,560 those addictive jet turbines. There there's it's a problem. Of course, this 80 00:05:46,240 --> 00:05:52,400 might be foolish timing cuz if Bernie Sanders has his way, we won't need those 81 00:05:50,560 --> 00:05:56,160 batteries at all. In a recent Twitter post, Bernie said he would be quote 82 00:05:54,479 --> 00:06:01,039 pushing for a moratorum on the construction of data centers because 83 00:05:58,080 --> 00:06:05,600 every data center is like a house, but not for humans, for robots. Not a real 84 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:10,960 quote at the end there, but I'm paraphrasing. A massive data breach at 85 00:06:07,840 --> 00:06:12,960 fintech company 700 credit, who make the 86 00:06:10,960 --> 00:06:17,680 systems most American car dealerships use for credit applications, has exposed 87 00:06:15,199 --> 00:06:22,639 the personal information of at least 5.8 million people. Attackers accessed a 88 00:06:20,560 --> 00:06:26,560 vulnerable API through a third party integration partner and quietly siphoned 89 00:06:24,800 --> 00:06:29,840 off data for months before being detected. The stolen information 90 00:06:27,919 --> 00:06:35,360 includes names, addresses, dates of birth, and social security numbers. And 91 00:06:32,479 --> 00:06:40,880 that figure represents just about 20% of 700 credits total user data. So if you 92 00:06:38,240 --> 00:06:45,199 bought a car recently, yeah, maybe double check that you haven't bought 93 00:06:42,800 --> 00:06:49,680 anymore. Microsoft has quietly enabled a background task in their latest Windows 94 00:06:47,039 --> 00:06:54,960 11 builds that users say is hammering CPU, RAM, and disk usage. The AppX 95 00:06:53,039 --> 00:06:59,360 deployment service is meant to manage app installs and updates, but support 96 00:06:57,120 --> 00:07:02,639 pages about this task show it can hog resources even when you're doing 97 00:07:01,280 --> 00:07:08,160 nothing. Now, I know what you're probably thinking right now. Why can't I just get some more RAM? Well, boy howdy. 98 00:07:06,160 --> 00:07:13,199 If you did sell a kidney to buy some of that sweet DDR5, you better be careful. 99 00:07:10,560 --> 00:07:19,599 A new scam reported to Video Cards shows that some of these sealed DDR5 kits are 100 00:07:16,479 --> 00:07:22,080 actually just DDR2 kits in disguise. But 101 00:07:19,599 --> 00:07:28,960 whatever, RAM is like fancy wine. You can't actually tell the difference. H 102 00:07:25,120 --> 00:07:31,360 got high notes of undy error correction. 103 00:07:28,960 --> 00:07:35,919 You don't know. Apple is apparently offering free hands-on training to US 104 00:07:34,160 --> 00:07:41,039 manufacturing companies through its aptly named Manufacturing Academy, 105 00:07:38,560 --> 00:07:44,560 helping small firms modernize operations with things like automation, data 106 00:07:42,880 --> 00:07:48,319 analysis, and even customized open-source tools. It's kind of like 107 00:07:46,160 --> 00:07:52,319 Apple suddenly decided to do quiet good guy stuff far away from the public eye. 108 00:07:50,560 --> 00:07:57,599 And if that doesn't warm your heart, okay, skeptic button turned off. Maybe 109 00:07:54,960 --> 00:08:02,800 this will. Software leaks from a kernel debug kit suggest Apple is working on a 110 00:07:59,840 --> 00:08:07,919 new iMac Pro after discontinuing the original back in 2021. So, with the RAM 111 00:08:05,919 --> 00:08:12,479 crisis in full swing, get ready to choose between that and paying off your 112 00:08:09,840 --> 00:08:16,560 debts. It's a mix of student debt and and mafia stuff. 113 00:08:14,960 --> 00:08:20,479 Probably don't definitely don't get the iMac. Twitter, who renamed itself X 114 00:08:19,039 --> 00:08:24,800 because it didn't want to be Twitter anymore, is suing a startup called 115 00:08:22,479 --> 00:08:29,199 Operation Bluebird for trying to make another social platform and name it 116 00:08:27,360 --> 00:08:33,599 Twitter. Bluebird wants to revive the Twitter name and Bluebird logo because 117 00:08:31,680 --> 00:08:37,200 original Twitter abandon it. But original Twitter says the brand was 118 00:08:35,440 --> 00:08:43,039 never abandoned, pointing out that millions of people still use twitter.com 119 00:08:39,519 --> 00:08:44,800 and call posts on X tweets. And it's 120 00:08:43,039 --> 00:08:48,959 going to court to make sure the only thing that's called Twitter is the thing 121 00:08:46,720 --> 00:08:52,480 that was called Twitter first. And what? Just because I put my old shirt in the 122 00:08:50,720 --> 00:08:56,320 garbage can behind my house doesn't mean I'm done with it. Sometimes I keep 123 00:08:54,399 --> 00:09:03,040 shirts in there. And YouTube is testing a new playables builder that uses Gemini 124 00:08:59,279 --> 00:09:05,760 3 to let creators crank out simple 125 00:09:03,040 --> 00:09:10,160 playable games directly inside YouTube with vibes and prompts instead of 126 00:09:07,839 --> 00:09:15,446 coding. This is every ideas man's wet dream. Ah, man. If I can make games out 127 00:09:12,320 --> 00:09:17,600 of vibes, man, I'd be set, man. 128 00:09:15,446 --> 00:09:22,800 [clears throat] I got so many vibes. But Google's also cranking out fun little 129 00:09:20,560 --> 00:09:28,560 Easter eggs for the youths. You see, typing 67 into Google search right now 130 00:09:25,920 --> 00:09:32,720 makes the page wig out in honor of the viral meme. I believe this is what 131 00:09:30,320 --> 00:09:37,200 experts in the field of sociology call catastrophic meme death. When Google's 132 00:09:35,200 --> 00:09:42,240 joking along with you, something's wrong. And something feels wrong here. 133 00:09:40,160 --> 00:09:47,200 Oh, I think it's that the episode's over. So, come back on Friday for more 134 00:09:44,640 --> 00:09:51,920 tech news and everything will be right again. The middle class is shrinking and 135 00:09:49,600 --> 00:09:54,240 all of the robots are coming. All right, here we go.