WEBVTT 00:00:00.080 --> 00:00:06.560 Okay, I know our last video was titled Nobody Wants This and regular viewers 00:00:04.319 --> 00:00:11.040 will know that criticizing AI companies and slop is one of our favorite 00:00:08.320 --> 00:00:16.240 pastimes, but we just got to we got something to chat about uh here because 00:00:13.040 --> 00:00:18.320 Mozilla's new CEO, Anthony Enzor Deo, 00:00:16.240 --> 00:00:22.240 published his inaugural blog post this week, writing mostly about the 00:00:20.160 --> 00:00:27.199 importance of earning users trust and maintaining user control, but also 00:00:24.800 --> 00:00:31.840 because this is 2025, about thoughtfully developing AI features. And then 00:00:29.840 --> 00:00:37.520 everyone's heads exploded. There was much outcry about Firefox making the 00:00:34.559 --> 00:00:42.719 unprecedented move of adding AI, which is as horrible a development as the time 00:00:39.920 --> 00:00:49.280 they added AI in July and the time before that in February. In other words, 00:00:45.520 --> 00:00:50.960 Firefox has had AI features for a while 00:00:49.280 --> 00:00:55.440 like alt text generation for accessibility purposes, translation, 00:00:53.120 --> 00:01:00.399 automatic tab grouping, link previews with summaries, and most recently an AI 00:00:58.239 --> 00:01:05.280 window. You can open just like a private or incognito window if you want to 00:01:03.440 --> 00:01:09.840 because all of these features are optional, which is probably why almost 00:01:06.960 --> 00:01:14.720 no one has noticed them. Well, that and almost no one uses Firefox to begin 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 00:01:17.040 --> 00:01:23.520 to admit I was reminded of that old saying, "Throw yourself in next time and 00:01:21.360 --> 00:01:28.240 rid the world of your stupidity." Most people seem very concerned with this one 00:01:25.520 --> 00:01:32.720 line from the blog post stating Firefox will evolve into a modern AI browser. 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 00:01:36.320 --> 00:01:41.520 clicks from websites and spies on people 00:01:39.439 --> 00:01:46.960 in change rooms. It proves that cringe is not dead 00:01:43.360 --> 00:01:49.680 because AI browsers exist. Firefox isn't 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 00:01:52.159 --> 00:01:58.479 have many Firefox user friends. Look, you might not want any AI features 00:01:56.320 --> 00:02:02.719 whatsoever in your browser. But Firefox says that with the AI cat out of the 00:02:00.479 --> 00:02:08.080 bag, they see it as their responsibility to help show how AI can be implemented 00:02:05.680 --> 00:02:12.080 in a way that protects and gives people more choice, not less. They also say in 00:02:10.479 --> 00:02:16.319 there that standing still while technology moves forward doesn't benefit 00:02:14.080 --> 00:02:21.760 anyone. least of all the browser that's dropped from 30% to less than 5% market 00:02:19.599 --> 00:02:26.720 share in the last 15 years. It's probably because of AI. Thankfully, I 00:02:24.160 --> 00:02:32.160 won't go insane today because there are some others who noticed the multiple 00:02:28.959 --> 00:02:34.160 times Enzor Deo mentions all of the AI 00:02:32.160 --> 00:02:38.480 stuff will be easy to turn off. A similar thing happened to Baldersgate 3 00:02:36.160 --> 00:02:43.760 developer at Larian Studios this week when their CEO Sven Vinky told Bloomberg 00:02:41.360 --> 00:02:49.680 that the studio uses AI for some concepting and menial tasks. People 00:02:46.959 --> 00:02:54.160 flipped and he later clarified that AI is only used in the very early ideiation 00:02:52.319 --> 00:02:59.280 phase and then they have their actual concept artists of which they are hiring 00:02:56.640 --> 00:03:03.120 more currently not less draw the concept art. He says their games like the 00:03:00.640 --> 00:03:07.120 upcoming Divinity will have no AI generated anything in the final product. 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 00:03:08.720 --> 00:03:13.920 as they say they've gotten chat GBT to write a little erotica for themselves. 00:03:12.000 --> 00:03:18.560 And also another point is I guess that very few people use Firefox. And more of 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 00:03:20.319 --> 00:03:28.080 computer. Am I scary? NVIDIA is reportedly planning to slash RTX 50 00:03:25.760 --> 00:03:33.680 series GPU production by somewhere between 30 and 40% going into early 00:03:31.120 --> 00:03:37.200 2026. Naturally, it is assumed that these cuts are due to hardware companies 00:03:35.440 --> 00:03:41.840 buying up memory chips like their Pokemon cards. These reports come from 00:03:39.280 --> 00:03:45.840 the Chinese board channels forum and news site Benchlife, whose supply chain 00:03:44.000 --> 00:03:52.879 sources claim that NVIDIA's production cuts will first hit the RTX 5060Ti 16 GB 00:03:49.840 --> 00:03:55.599 and the RTX 5070 Ti. Makes sense 00:03:52.879 --> 00:04:00.400 considering NVIDIA could use the GDDDR7 from those mid-range cards to make more 00:03:58.000 --> 00:04:04.959 of their higherend, more expensive cards and ultimately make more money. They 00:04:02.400 --> 00:04:08.000 need more money. It's for R&D. They swear. We haven't seen how big the 00:04:06.560 --> 00:04:12.080 bubble can get. Don't you want to break the Guinness record? This frankly 00:04:09.920 --> 00:04:16.720 terrible news comes as it becomes more and more clear that RAM prices aren't 00:04:14.400 --> 00:04:21.040 going to come down for a bit and will likely even continue to rise. I mean, a 00:04:19.120 --> 00:04:24.960 Kingston rep outright told Tom's Hardware, "It's bad." And it's getting 00:04:23.199 --> 00:04:29.120 worse. So, how's that for a happy new year? 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A massive data breach at 00:06:07.840 --> 00:06:12.960 fintech company 700 credit, who make the 00:06:10.960 --> 00:06:17.680 systems most American car dealerships use for credit applications, has exposed 00:06:15.199 --> 00:06:22.639 the personal information of at least 5.8 million people. Attackers accessed a 00:06:20.560 --> 00:06:26.560 vulnerable API through a third party integration partner and quietly siphoned 00:06:24.800 --> 00:06:29.840 off data for months before being detected. The stolen information 00:06:27.919 --> 00:06:35.360 includes names, addresses, dates of birth, and social security numbers. And 00:06:32.479 --> 00:06:40.880 that figure represents just about 20% of 700 credits total user data. So if you 00:06:38.240 --> 00:06:45.199 bought a car recently, yeah, maybe double check that you haven't bought 00:06:42.800 --> 00:06:49.680 anymore. Microsoft has quietly enabled a background task in their latest Windows 00:06:47.039 --> 00:06:54.960 11 builds that users say is hammering CPU, RAM, and disk usage. The AppX 00:06:53.039 --> 00:06:59.360 deployment service is meant to manage app installs and updates, but support 00:06:57.120 --> 00:07:02.639 pages about this task show it can hog resources even when you're doing 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. 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. 00:07:10.560 --> 00:07:19.599 A new scam reported to Video Cards shows that some of these sealed DDR5 kits are 00:07:16.479 --> 00:07:22.080 actually just DDR2 kits in disguise. But 00:07:19.599 --> 00:07:28.960 whatever, RAM is like fancy wine. You can't actually tell the difference. H 00:07:25.120 --> 00:07:31.360 got high notes of undy error correction. 00:07:28.960 --> 00:07:35.919 You don't know. Apple is apparently offering free hands-on training to US 00:07:34.160 --> 00:07:41.039 manufacturing companies through its aptly named Manufacturing Academy, 00:07:38.560 --> 00:07:44.560 helping small firms modernize operations with things like automation, data 00:07:42.880 --> 00:07:48.319 analysis, and even customized open-source tools. It's kind of like 00:07:46.160 --> 00:07:52.319 Apple suddenly decided to do quiet good guy stuff far away from the public eye. 00:07:50.560 --> 00:07:57.599 And if that doesn't warm your heart, okay, skeptic button turned off. Maybe 00:07:54.960 --> 00:08:02.800 this will. Software leaks from a kernel debug kit suggest Apple is working on a 00:07:59.840 --> 00:08:07.919 new iMac Pro after discontinuing the original back in 2021. So, with the RAM 00:08:05.919 --> 00:08:12.479 crisis in full swing, get ready to choose between that and paying off your 00:08:09.840 --> 00:08:16.560 debts. It's a mix of student debt and and mafia stuff. 00:08:14.960 --> 00:08:20.479 Probably don't definitely don't get the iMac. Twitter, who renamed itself X 00:08:19.039 --> 00:08:24.800 because it didn't want to be Twitter anymore, is suing a startup called 00:08:22.479 --> 00:08:29.199 Operation Bluebird for trying to make another social platform and name it 00:08:27.360 --> 00:08:33.599 Twitter. Bluebird wants to revive the Twitter name and Bluebird logo because 00:08:31.680 --> 00:08:37.200 original Twitter abandon it. But original Twitter says the brand was 00:08:35.440 --> 00:08:43.039 never abandoned, pointing out that millions of people still use twitter.com 00:08:39.519 --> 00:08:44.800 and call posts on X tweets. And it's 00:08:43.039 --> 00:08:48.959 going to court to make sure the only thing that's called Twitter is the thing 00:08:46.720 --> 00:08:52.480 that was called Twitter first. And what? Just because I put my old shirt in the 00:08:50.720 --> 00:08:56.320 garbage can behind my house doesn't mean I'm done with it. Sometimes I keep 00:08:54.399 --> 00:09:03.040 shirts in there. And YouTube is testing a new playables builder that uses Gemini 00:08:59.279 --> 00:09:05.760 3 to let creators crank out simple 00:09:03.040 --> 00:09:10.160 playable games directly inside YouTube with vibes and prompts instead of 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 00:09:12.320 --> 00:09:17.600 of vibes, man, I'd be set, man. 00:09:15.446 --> 00:09:22.800 [clears throat] I got so many vibes. But Google's also cranking out fun little 00:09:20.560 --> 00:09:28.560 Easter eggs for the youths. You see, typing 67 into Google search right now 00:09:25.920 --> 00:09:32.720 makes the page wig out in honor of the viral meme. I believe this is what 00:09:30.320 --> 00:09:37.200 experts in the field of sociology call catastrophic meme death. When Google's 00:09:35.200 --> 00:09:42.240 joking along with you, something's wrong. And something feels wrong here. 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 00:09:44.640 --> 00:09:51.920 tech news and everything will be right again. The middle class is shrinking and 00:09:49.600 --> 00:09:54.240 all of the robots are coming. All right, here we go.