1 00:00:01,200 --> 00:00:07,000 Hi everybody. Are you ready for tech news? 2 00:00:08,800 --> 00:00:15,120 Great. Steam was the subject of a spat between 3 00:00:13,080 --> 00:00:21,880 the world's biggest valve critic {slash} Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney and gamers at 4 00:00:18,560 --> 00:00:23,960 large over games that use generative AI. 5 00:00:21,880 --> 00:00:28,800 Currently, developers of such games must disclose how they used AI on their 6 00:00:26,360 --> 00:00:34,840 game's Steam page, but in a reply to a tweet from game dev turned AI lobbyist 7 00:00:32,080 --> 00:00:40,120 Matt Workman, Sweeney agreed that this is dumb because AI is the future of 8 00:00:37,560 --> 00:00:45,480 games anyway and if we label the games now, the clankers will be upset later. 9 00:00:43,320 --> 00:00:50,360 Oh, no. I could I said it. Sweeney's remarks came after another reply to the 10 00:00:47,520 --> 00:00:55,040 same tweet from an artist at Valve, Ari Sanchez, who pointed out that 11 00:00:52,200 --> 00:00:59,560 transparency on the use of AI or anything else, really, shouldn't be 12 00:00:57,040 --> 00:01:04,720 considered a bad thing in this context. Now, Workman is concerned that labeling 13 00:01:01,680 --> 00:01:07,480 games hurt their sales. Meanwhile, Arc 14 00:01:04,720 --> 00:01:11,480 Raiders has such a label and it's hotter than a jet turbine strapped to the side 15 00:01:09,240 --> 00:01:16,960 of A DATA CENTER. GOT THEM. Sanchez theorizes that the 16 00:01:13,840 --> 00:01:19,200 only devs afraid of an AI label, quote, 17 00:01:16,960 --> 00:01:23,120 are the ones that know their product is low effort. Oh, that's where that's 18 00:01:21,800 --> 00:01:27,080 where that there. 19 00:01:24,840 --> 00:01:31,880 But oop, here comes Tim Sweeney again to ask why we would stop at labels for AI. 20 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:37,560 We might as well force devs to disclose what shampoo brand the developer uses. 21 00:01:34,800 --> 00:01:41,520 And to be fair, if a developer did find some way to develop a game using 22 00:01:39,360 --> 00:01:45,880 shampoo, I would want to know that. Maybe they're born with it. Maybe it's 23 00:01:43,840 --> 00:01:50,440 programmed. Maybe it's Head and Shoulders. The memory crisis has gotten 24 00:01:48,320 --> 00:01:55,000 so bad that NVIDIA has reportedly stopped including VRAM on the GPU 25 00:01:53,040 --> 00:01:59,160 modules it sells to some of its board partners. According to reasonably 26 00:01:56,840 --> 00:02:03,760 reliable rumor monger Golden Pig Upgrade, now not including VRAM is 27 00:02:01,640 --> 00:02:08,679 apparently standard procedure for NVIDIA sales to the biggest GPU vendors, but 28 00:02:06,440 --> 00:02:12,960 that's not the case for smaller board partners with fewer memory industry 29 00:02:10,840 --> 00:02:18,320 connections who will now have to wait outside a 7-Eleven panhandling for spare 30 00:02:16,120 --> 00:02:23,200 RAM. But if they can't score any memory chips that way, if they're camped at a 31 00:02:20,440 --> 00:02:27,640 7-Eleven in Korea, they could buy memory themed chips. 32 00:02:25,960 --> 00:02:34,120 Because the convenience store chain collabed with memory company SK Hynix to 33 00:02:30,680 --> 00:02:36,720 launch a snack called HBM chips, which 34 00:02:34,120 --> 00:02:42,560 simultaneously stands for high bandwidth memory and honey banana mat, mat being 35 00:02:40,480 --> 00:02:46,960 the Korean word for flavor. Now, this is extremely confusing to me, possibly 36 00:02:44,960 --> 00:02:52,920 because I'm not Korean enough, but 7-Eleven apparently wants to do stuff 37 00:02:49,360 --> 00:02:55,200 like this to create unexpected fun 38 00:02:52,920 --> 00:03:00,200 purchasing experiences for younger consumers who are just bouncing off the 39 00:02:57,880 --> 00:03:04,680 walls with hype over the next hot new snack from their favorite semiconductor 40 00:03:02,440 --> 00:03:09,520 manufacturer. Woah, you got the new SK Hynix? Yeah, man. 41 00:03:07,680 --> 00:03:13,280 Smoke some weed. The European Union has agreed on new 42 00:03:11,600 --> 00:03:17,640 rules that would hold tech companies liable for scams hosted on their 43 00:03:15,400 --> 00:03:21,720 platforms. Now, once the EU Parliament and Council adopt the new rules, payment 44 00:03:19,920 --> 00:03:26,360 service providers like PayPal and Stripe, but also social media companies 45 00:03:23,920 --> 00:03:31,360 like Meta and TikTok, will be punished if they fail to remove scams that have 46 00:03:28,760 --> 00:03:36,080 been reported. So, I guess the EU is still doing stuff to keep big tech in 47 00:03:33,160 --> 00:03:39,640 check, as long as it's not AI related. The block's Digital Services Act, 48 00:03:37,800 --> 00:03:43,800 Digital Markets Act and it's still developing AI Act have all been put in 49 00:03:41,920 --> 00:03:48,320 jeopardy by pressure from the US government who would like Europe to stop 50 00:03:45,920 --> 00:03:53,880 telling American companies what they can or can't do in Europe. That's communism. 51 00:03:51,920 --> 00:03:58,440 Correct me if I'm wrong. 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APPLE IS reportedly in talks to have 68 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:16,760 Intel manufacture the lower end of an upcoming M chip series in the US by 69 00:05:15,200 --> 00:05:20,840 mid-2027. A huge shakeup considering Apple's M 70 00:05:18,960 --> 00:05:25,840 series chips are currently built overseas by TSMC. Now, according to 71 00:05:23,360 --> 00:05:31,000 Apple supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, if this happens, Intel will use the 18A 72 00:05:28,560 --> 00:05:36,240 P advanced node to help MacBooks and iPads get made in USA silicon while 73 00:05:33,920 --> 00:05:39,720 Apple keeps its top-end chips being produced at TMC. Apple began 74 00:05:37,880 --> 00:05:43,640 transitioning away from Intel processors in 2020, but with everybody scrounging 75 00:05:41,800 --> 00:05:47,240 to get chips manufactured these days, it looks like the two tech giants have been 76 00:05:45,320 --> 00:05:50,840 brought back together by a force that has rekindled many a relationship, 77 00:05:49,280 --> 00:05:54,640 desperation. Let's have a baby. That'll save our 78 00:05:52,880 --> 00:06:00,320 marriage. MIT researchers say their iceberg index 79 00:05:57,720 --> 00:06:06,240 simulation of the US labor market shows that 11.7% of US jobs could already be 80 00:06:03,480 --> 00:06:10,520 handled by current AI, no problem. Importantly, the tool is meant to flag 81 00:06:08,200 --> 00:06:15,720 vulnerable roles, not to predict layoffs. At least jobs appear safe from 82 00:06:12,680 --> 00:06:18,360 AI at NVIDIA where CEO Jensen Huang told 83 00:06:15,720 --> 00:06:22,320 an all-hands meeting that AI will not replace them and asked managers who have 84 00:06:20,400 --> 00:06:28,400 been telling their employees to use less AI, are you insane? Meanwhile, NVIDIA 85 00:06:25,760 --> 00:06:34,240 tried to calm financial analysts worried about the company's books, insisting in 86 00:06:30,680 --> 00:06:37,720 a leaked memo that they are not Enron. 87 00:06:34,240 --> 00:06:39,440 Okay. Not Enron, the poster child for 88 00:06:37,720 --> 00:06:43,320 accounting fraud. Now, I'm not sure if that's going to calm anyone down. A 89 00:06:41,240 --> 00:06:48,720 business bringing up Enron feels a bit like saying Macbeth in the theater. 90 00:06:46,440 --> 00:06:52,800 The theater! Of course, if you do that, then Dbrand 91 00:06:50,640 --> 00:06:58,160 steals your soul. 404 Media reporter Joseph Cox has 92 00:06:55,400 --> 00:07:03,000 reported that his iDevices bizarrely began suddenly opening random podcasts 93 00:07:00,880 --> 00:07:06,760 all on their own. Some with silent audio, which is even more creepy, and 94 00:07:04,840 --> 00:07:11,000 others linking to pages that could be considered malicious. Security 95 00:07:08,720 --> 00:07:15,960 researcher Patrick Wardle was able to replicate the phenomenon, but qualified 96 00:07:13,320 --> 00:07:20,280 that it isn't a full-blown hack yet. However, it would be a great delivery 97 00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:24,600 system if a real flaw exists. A few outlets reached out to Apple for 98 00:07:21,880 --> 00:07:29,280 clarification and in true Apple fashion, they haven't commented yet and probably 99 00:07:26,840 --> 00:07:34,600 won't because you. Taiwanese authorities have raided the home of former TSMC 100 00:07:31,520 --> 00:07:36,360 senior VP Lo Wei-Jen who's accused of 101 00:07:34,600 --> 00:07:41,640 leaking trade secrets to his new employer Intel, who insists Lo didn't 102 00:07:39,360 --> 00:07:45,800 hand over anything sensitive, just the normal stuff. But investigators still 103 00:07:43,720 --> 00:07:51,400 searched his Taipei and Hsinchu residences and froze assets as part of a 104 00:07:48,560 --> 00:07:55,440 national security probe tied to TSMC's cutting-edge chip tech, which Taiwan 105 00:07:53,760 --> 00:08:00,040 views as incredibly important to their security and sovereignty. Intel thinks 106 00:07:57,560 --> 00:08:03,720 the whole thing is overblown, though. And if they had gotten secrets, you'd 107 00:08:02,120 --> 00:08:07,280 definitely see their chips running a little bit faster by now, so. And 108 00:08:05,200 --> 00:08:11,720 scientists at Tulane University have made a major breakthrough this week in 109 00:08:09,080 --> 00:08:16,560 finding a literal pain switch in the brain. I mean, not literal in the switch 110 00:08:14,240 --> 00:08:22,240 it's not a but you get it. An enzyme called VLK that neurons launch outside 111 00:08:19,640 --> 00:08:27,600 the cell to crank up pain signals after injury. Mice without VLK barely felt 112 00:08:25,720 --> 00:08:31,440 post-surgery pain and still moved normally, suggesting that future meds 113 00:08:29,640 --> 00:08:35,200 could target this switch without the messy side effects of current pain 114 00:08:33,120 --> 00:08:39,120 relief medications. If the study holds up and the same is found to be true in 115 00:08:36,599 --> 00:08:44,360 humans, then who we, pain relief may have just gotten a whole 116 00:08:41,960 --> 00:08:51,240 lot less painful. Pain switch in the membrane. Pain switch IN THE BRAIN. 117 00:08:48,880 --> 00:08:58,120 BACKPACK. HEY, THANKS FOR exploring the wild and wacky world of tech news with 118 00:08:53,560 --> 00:08:58,120 me today. What was your favorite part? 119 00:08:58,240 --> 00:09:05,240 Fantastico. Remember, come back on Monday for another Riley adventure. And 120 00:09:02,800 --> 00:09:12,280 if TSMC raids your home, remember to repeat after me, SWIPER, NO SWIPING. 121 00:09:08,360 --> 00:09:12,280 HASTA LUEGO, me amigos.