1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:05,680 Tell me in a comment below why you clicked on this video and whether me 2 00:00:03,760 --> 00:00:10,320 baking fresh cookies a few minutes ago had anything to do with it. Everybody 3 00:00:07,200 --> 00:00:12,400 loves the smell of fresh cookies. I just 4 00:00:10,320 --> 00:00:17,680 thought. Anyway, tech news time. Google has admitted in a court filing posted on 5 00:00:14,719 --> 00:00:22,720 Friday that the open web is already in rapid decline. Finally, someone said it 6 00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:27,439 >> as Google of all people. As spotted by Jason Kint on Twitter, Google submitted 7 00:00:25,519 --> 00:00:32,160 the filing after crashing into a courthouse dressed in a hot dog costume 8 00:00:29,359 --> 00:00:36,800 and assuring everyone that like them, Google is just trying to find the guy 9 00:00:33,680 --> 00:00:38,719 who caused this rapid decline. Okay. Uh 10 00:00:36,800 --> 00:00:42,719 Google's statement here reeks of just trying to get an even weaker punishment 11 00:00:40,800 --> 00:00:47,440 in its antitrust case because the statement conflicts with everything else 12 00:00:44,719 --> 00:00:51,200 they've publicly said recently about how AI search isn't destroying the web by 13 00:00:49,680 --> 00:00:56,079 leading to less clickthroughs to publisher websites at all. And in fact, 14 00:00:53,600 --> 00:01:00,879 the web is thriving according to Nick Fox, Google's senior VP of knowledge and 15 00:00:58,719 --> 00:01:07,439 information. Pretty sure you have to be pretty smart to get that job. probably 16 00:01:03,760 --> 00:01:10,159 won Jeopardy at least a couple times. 17 00:01:07,439 --> 00:01:14,560 Move over, Ken Jennings. I forgot. I would not win 18 00:01:12,960 --> 00:01:19,040 Jeopardy. So, it's jarring to hear Google say something that seems to agree 19 00:01:16,880 --> 00:01:23,520 with recent research saying that AI tools are negatively affecting traffic 20 00:01:21,360 --> 00:01:28,159 to publisher sites, decreasing the ad revenue they can collect, and imperiling 21 00:01:25,840 --> 00:01:33,040 the already fragile economic model of the web. Now, obviously, Google doesn't 22 00:01:30,479 --> 00:01:38,720 want people to get the wrong idea here. As explained on Twitter by Google VP of 23 00:01:35,840 --> 00:01:45,520 global ads Dan Taylor, what Google meant to imply in the filing is that open web 24 00:01:42,240 --> 00:01:48,399 display advertising is in decline, not 25 00:01:45,520 --> 00:01:51,920 the open web as a whole. The open web isn't going anywhere. It's just that the 26 00:01:50,399 --> 00:01:55,439 only people who will make any money on it is Google. Wait, wait. Aren't they in 27 00:01:53,520 --> 00:02:00,560 charge of the display advertising, too? Is it? Hope this helps. One half billion 28 00:01:58,880 --> 00:02:04,799 dollars. That's the amount that Anthropic just agreed to cough up in a 29 00:02:02,960 --> 00:02:09,360 firstofits-kind copyright settlement with authors Andrea Barts, Charles 30 00:02:07,119 --> 00:02:13,920 Greyber, and Kirk Wallace Johnson because writing a book is so hard, and 31 00:02:11,920 --> 00:02:17,840 they just deserve it. It was like a tip. But also because they initiated a class 32 00:02:15,920 --> 00:02:21,920 action against the company, claiming it used tons of pirated books to train its 33 00:02:20,720 --> 00:02:26,879 clawed chatbot. >> So many tokens. Bling bling bling. The 34 00:02:24,800 --> 00:02:32,239 settlement is particularly interesting because back in June, a US district 35 00:02:29,360 --> 00:02:36,959 judge ruled that using legally obtained books to train AI software is not 36 00:02:34,959 --> 00:02:41,840 actually a violation of US copyright law, which implied that you could just 37 00:02:39,120 --> 00:02:45,760 buy one copy of a book and train your AI on it and it's fine. But in the 38 00:02:43,760 --> 00:02:49,760 settlement filing, the plaintiffs state that if approved, this landmark 39 00:02:47,680 --> 00:02:54,160 settlement will be the largest publicly reported copyright recovery in history, 40 00:02:52,560 --> 00:02:58,560 setting a precedent for the future of training large language models using 41 00:02:56,000 --> 00:03:03,040 just about anything they can find online as long as they pay for it. Because the 42 00:03:00,959 --> 00:03:06,720 big takeaway here is that training AI on copyrighted stuff you actually bought 43 00:03:04,720 --> 00:03:10,720 might still be fair use, but pirated books, well, that's going to be a 44 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:15,760 billion half dollar oopsie. Damage to subca cables in the Red Sea is wreaking 45 00:03:13,519 --> 00:03:20,080 havoc on internet performance across Asia and the Middle East. On Saturday, 46 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:25,440 multiple critical undersea fiber links decided to cause play as spaghetti just 47 00:03:22,560 --> 00:03:31,120 on their own near Jedha, Saudi Arabia, triggering widespread latency spikes in 48 00:03:27,840 --> 00:03:33,440 India, Pakistan, and the UAE. Microsoft 49 00:03:31,120 --> 00:03:38,000 confirmed that its Azure cloud services were also affected. Though traffic 50 00:03:35,360 --> 00:03:42,879 wasn't halted, many users experienced noticeable delays as Microsoft rerouted 51 00:03:40,640 --> 00:03:46,799 network traffic via longer alternative paths. >> It's actually worse, I think, 52 00:03:45,120 --> 00:03:50,560 >> going the long way around. Status updates later indicated that Azure 53 00:03:48,959 --> 00:03:55,840 services in the Middle East have been restored, though ongoing high latency 54 00:03:53,440 --> 00:04:00,000 lingers for some users. Cable operators and monitoring group NetBlocks reported 55 00:03:57,920 --> 00:04:04,959 that telecom networks across the UAE also felt the pinch with disruptions 56 00:04:02,480 --> 00:04:08,799 continuing as repair efforts ramp up. 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Back in March, Neuralink 73 00:05:14,400 --> 00:05:21,440 tried trademarking telepathy and telekinesis, promising a future where 74 00:05:19,440 --> 00:05:23,680 you could move stuff with your mind or whisper secrets without opening your 75 00:05:23,280 --> 00:05:28,320 mouth. >> Elon should try thinking. 76 00:05:26,800 --> 00:05:31,680 >> But last week, the US Patent and Trademark Office denied those 77 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:38,960 applications. Turns out they were snagged way back in May 2023 and August 78 00:05:34,320 --> 00:05:41,280 2024 by Wesley Berry, founder of a lucid 79 00:05:38,960 --> 00:05:45,360 dreaming startup called Prophetic, which is building a matrix style headset you 80 00:05:43,440 --> 00:05:51,840 wear while sleeping to trigger lucid dreams. Sex dreams you can control or 81 00:05:48,639 --> 00:05:54,240 any other kind of dreams, Riley. 82 00:05:51,840 --> 00:05:58,800 Still, Neurolink's own filings make it clear they want telepathy on the market, 83 00:05:57,199 --> 00:06:03,039 a brain computer interface for thought-based communication and device 84 00:06:00,639 --> 00:06:08,639 control. But if you ask me, maybe Elon should try trademarking empathy instead. 85 00:06:05,759 --> 00:06:12,720 You know, people have feelings, and that one's also taken. Amazon's 86 00:06:10,319 --> 00:06:16,880 Starlink competitor Project Kyper is finally showing off what it can do, 87 00:06:14,319 --> 00:06:22,080 hitting speeds of up to 1.28 gigabits per second in tests last week. That's 88 00:06:19,039 --> 00:06:23,280 faster than a lot of groundbased ISPs, 89 00:06:22,080 --> 00:06:28,639 but they, you know, they have to go through the ground. It's a little harder than >> space, Riley. It's space. 90 00:06:26,319 --> 00:06:33,600 >> It's space. And now it's not just a lab demo either. JetBlue has signed on as 91 00:06:31,199 --> 00:06:38,080 the first airline partner. Starting in 2027, about a quarter of their fleet 92 00:06:35,680 --> 00:06:42,639 will get Kyper powered Wi-Fi, which JetBlue says will be free for 93 00:06:40,160 --> 00:06:47,199 passengers. Only 2 years. Yes, finally streaming Netflix at 35,000 ft without 94 00:06:45,440 --> 00:06:50,560 watching the buffer wheel do laps. Although that can be entertaining when 95 00:06:49,199 --> 00:06:54,560 there's nothing else going on. Just use it to focus when there's a baby crying. 96 00:06:52,400 --> 00:07:02,720 Microsoft has open sourced Bill Gates and Rick Wland's Whan's n 1976 version 97 00:06:59,039 --> 00:07:05,280 of 652 basic. The code that once powered 98 00:07:02,720 --> 00:07:11,440 icons like the Commodore 64, Apple 2, and Vic 20 with nearly 7,000 lines of 99 00:07:08,240 --> 00:07:14,479 handtuned assembly now free on GitHub. 100 00:07:11,440 --> 00:07:16,639 Free lines of assembly. Researchers can 101 00:07:14,479 --> 00:07:21,039 dig into the DNA of early personal computing, seeing how software was 102 00:07:18,400 --> 00:07:26,319 optimized when every bite mattered. They have souls. For historians, it's a rare 103 00:07:23,440 --> 00:07:30,400 glimpse into Microsoft's scrappy garage era roots. For Redditors, it's a great 104 00:07:28,560 --> 00:07:35,120 way to see Bill Gates's sense of humor in the assembly comments. He's such a 105 00:07:32,319 --> 00:07:41,440 little, you know, he's he's a little sassy guy. Very rich. And globally, 106 00:07:38,400 --> 00:07:43,840 Hollow Night Silk Song is basking in 107 00:07:41,440 --> 00:07:50,080 very positive Steam reviews. But in China, not so much. Over 14,000 negative 108 00:07:48,080 --> 00:07:54,960 reviews have dragged the simplified Chinese version of the game's rating 109 00:07:52,400 --> 00:07:58,800 down to mixed. Why? Players say the translation makes it read less like a 110 00:07:56,560 --> 00:08:02,400 game and more like your buddy's D&D campaign notes after three Red Bulls if 111 00:08:00,800 --> 00:08:07,199 they were tossed into an anime girl dating simulator. Sounds fun, but one 112 00:08:04,960 --> 00:08:12,639 localization expert even compared it to a high school drama club's Elizabeth and 113 00:08:10,240 --> 00:08:16,319 Improv. Imagine trying to fight bosses while everyone's talking like 114 00:08:13,680 --> 00:08:20,479 Shakespeare. Again, I don't it's not doesn't sound horrible. Team Cherry 115 00:08:18,160 --> 00:08:24,720 quickly apologized, promising to fix the translation in the coming weeks. But 116 00:08:22,720 --> 00:08:29,840 thanks to Valve's updated review policy, the fallout is mostly quarantined to 117 00:08:27,039 --> 00:08:35,440 China. Global players still see very positive. So, the angry views are less 118 00:08:32,080 --> 00:08:37,440 worldending bomb and more localized 119 00:08:35,440 --> 00:08:41,200 explosion. Speaking of free things, which is a segue left over from when 120 00:08:39,919 --> 00:08:44,399 there was a different story there, come back on Wednesday for more tech news. 121 00:08:43,039 --> 00:08:50,480 Completely free >> of bomb >> as as long as the economic model of the 122 00:08:47,600 --> 00:08:53,760 web is still intact by then. Hopefully there's hopefully a bomb 123 00:08:52,240 --> 00:08:59,760 didn't we were saying we're going to get demonetized. >> We're giving you a hoyfree guarantee. 124 00:08:56,959 --> 00:08:59,760 She's Louise.