WEBVTT 00:00:00.160 --> 00:00:09.360 I've surrendered my humanity and have transcended mortal form. I am no longer 00:00:05.680 --> 00:00:11.200 a man, but a conduit of tech news. Feast 00:00:09.360 --> 00:00:15.120 upon tech news. >> Android developers are revoling against 00:00:13.440 --> 00:00:20.640 Google's upcoming sideloading restrictions, organizing a campaign at 00:00:17.359 --> 00:00:22.560 keepandroid open.org. The fight is over 00:00:20.640 --> 00:00:28.240 Android tightening rules around the installation of unverified or sideloaded 00:00:25.760 --> 00:00:32.800 apps, specifically regarding developer verification and app installation. 00:00:30.800 --> 00:00:36.800 Google's developer verification program, which was announced last year, will 00:00:34.559 --> 00:00:41.520 require anyone distributing apps outside of the Play Store to register their 00:00:38.640 --> 00:00:46.640 identity, upload signing keys, and pay a $25 fee, which was then followed by 00:00:44.160 --> 00:00:51.840 Google's unveiling of advanced flow to let power users still install unverified 00:00:49.520 --> 00:00:56.239 apps. The flow requires the user to go through a cumbersome one-time approval 00:00:54.079 --> 00:00:59.920 process, then wait 24 hours before sideloading anything. According to 00:00:57.920 --> 00:01:04.640 Android, these changes are designed to thwart high-pressured scam tactics that 00:01:02.239 --> 00:01:09.040 cyber criminals often use. Detractors, however, are calling it a rugpull on 00:01:06.799 --> 00:01:13.119 Android's original promise as an open alternative to Apple's iOS. And FDroid, 00:01:11.520 --> 00:01:17.439 which is the open- source alternative to the Play Store, says the whole framework 00:01:15.360 --> 00:01:21.119 could kill the open- source marketplace. Cyber security firms, on the other hand, 00:01:19.119 --> 00:01:25.040 are calling it a reasonable compromise that protects users from social 00:01:23.119 --> 00:01:29.840 engineering attacks. What's next? two-factor authentication to change your 00:01:27.040 --> 00:01:34.320 ringtone. YouTube is doubling down on AI with Ask YouTube, a conversational 00:01:32.320 --> 00:01:38.079 search feature currently in testing because scrolling through search results 00:01:36.320 --> 00:01:43.920 obviously takes a ton of work. My fingers are hurting. I don't know about yours. The feature delivers a 00:01:41.200 --> 00:01:48.000 step-by-step mix of text, videos, and shorts directly addressing your search 00:01:45.920 --> 00:01:53.119 query. The demo explores how you can ask YouTube for help planning a 3-day road 00:01:50.240 --> 00:01:56.960 trip from San Fran to Santa Barbara. and it will actually give you a whole 00:01:54.799 --> 00:02:00.560 multimedia itinerary. You could then ask a follow-up question like, "Where can I 00:01:58.880 --> 00:02:04.640 find good coffee?" It's currently only available to US-based YouTube premium 00:02:02.560 --> 00:02:09.039 subscribers who are over the age of 18, but they're working on expanding it to 00:02:06.719 --> 00:02:12.640 nonpremium users in the future. Don't expect total accuracy, though. Uh, a 00:02:11.039 --> 00:02:16.560 Verge writer actually asked about the Steam Controller, and the AI confidently 00:02:14.720 --> 00:02:20.640 claimed that the device has no joysticks, which would be a surprise to 00:02:18.720 --> 00:02:25.120 the videos it pulled up since they all clearly show a joystick. Maybe ask 00:02:23.120 --> 00:02:28.800 YouTube should have Oh, you know what? They should have asked YouTube. The US 00:02:26.959 --> 00:02:32.879 Department of Commerce has ordered US companies to halt shipments to Chinese 00:02:30.720 --> 00:02:38.959 chipmaker Huahong as it's been helping the blacklisted Huawei produce AI chips. 00:02:36.160 --> 00:02:43.680 This move extends the ongoing chip-based game of will they, won't they, that the 00:02:41.680 --> 00:02:47.519 US and China have been playing. This whole thing started in November when the 00:02:45.519 --> 00:02:51.040 US blocked NVIDIA from selling AI chips to China. Then in January, it 00:02:49.280 --> 00:02:54.879 conditionally approved the H200 sales and slapped a 25% tariff on them. Then 00:02:53.280 --> 00:02:59.440 China blocked the imports of those chips. Then the US capped how many chips 00:02:57.280 --> 00:03:03.360 it would expect. Then in March, everyone chilled out and came back into an 00:03:01.040 --> 00:03:06.560 agreement. Then last week, commerce secretary and world's oiliest man Howard 00:03:05.120 --> 00:03:11.360 Lutnik said China was blocking ship reports. 00:03:08.400 --> 00:03:16.120 So yesterday he shut it all down again. Couldn't I have just said that part 00:03:12.560 --> 00:03:16.120 instead of Okay. 00:03:17.200 --> 00:03:24.800 These interruptions, however, don't seem to be slowing China's AI progress as it 00:03:21.760 --> 00:03:27.519 just announced its first CPUon exascale 00:03:24.800 --> 00:03:31.599 supercomput which it claims is made with zero foreign components. Who knows 00:03:29.599 --> 00:03:35.440 what'll happen next in this Ross and Rachel style relationship that the US 00:03:33.440 --> 00:03:39.680 and China are in. My money, I think, is on them having a kid in season 8 that 00:03:37.519 --> 00:03:44.080 the writers forget about by the finale. Luckily, our writers didn't forget to 00:03:41.360 --> 00:03:51.040 write in this segue to our sponsor, T. 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Potentially a trade-off 00:05:54.960 --> 00:06:02.160 for thermals and AI efficiency, meaning the Pixel 11 should fly through Gemini 00:05:59.759 --> 00:06:06.560 prompts, but tap out the second you open Genchin Impact. A Virginia bank robber 00:06:04.479 --> 00:06:11.199 is trying to beat his conviction by arguing in the Supreme Court that 00:06:08.400 --> 00:06:16.240 geoence warrants are unconstitutional. Geoffence warrants let cops draw a 00:06:13.600 --> 00:06:21.120 border around a crime scene and demand data from Google on every phone inside 00:06:18.880 --> 00:06:24.720 of it. Critics say they're invasive and the bank robber is claiming it's 00:06:22.800 --> 00:06:29.039 violated his Fourth Amendment rights, which since I've never actually read the 00:06:26.639 --> 00:06:33.919 Constitution myself, I'm guessing is the right to rob a bank. Google Translate is 00:06:31.600 --> 00:06:39.120 celebrating its 20th birthday by rolling out AI pronunciation practice on Android 00:06:36.560 --> 00:06:42.720 for US and Indian users in English, Spanish, and Hindi. talking to your 00:06:40.800 --> 00:06:46.319 phone and the AI gives you instant feedback on which sounds you butchered 00:06:44.800 --> 00:06:49.759 and how to fix them. That would have been really helpful in the last freaking 00:06:47.840 --> 00:06:55.600 prompt I had. Thank you. Chinese chipmaker. Haha. 00:06:52.479 --> 00:06:56.960 It works very similar to Dolingo. Now, I 00:06:55.600 --> 00:07:01.280 was going to make a joke about the Dualingo owl, but I got to tell you 00:06:58.720 --> 00:07:05.840 folks that owl frightens me. He frightens me deeply, and I will not be 00:07:03.840 --> 00:07:10.240 doing that. Please don't hurt me. A new paper from 00:07:08.160 --> 00:07:15.759 Imperial College London, Stanford, and the Internet Archive found that 35% of 00:07:13.360 --> 00:07:20.800 new websites since Jack GBPT's launch are AI generated or at least AI assisted 00:07:18.880 --> 00:07:25.440 with 17.6% being fully AI written. Surprisingly, 00:07:23.680 --> 00:07:30.720 the AI flood is actually making everything semantically sy and 107% more 00:07:28.800 --> 00:07:36.319 positively toned. Here I was worried about AI Skynet. Turns out AI just wants 00:07:33.440 --> 00:07:42.240 to cosplay as an overly enthusiastic CEO at a corporate retreat, which is somehow 00:07:39.440 --> 00:07:46.800 worse. And OpenAI's open- source codeex system prompt reveals an oddly specific 00:07:44.800 --> 00:07:51.680 rule regarding creatures. Never talk about goblins, gremlins, raccoons, 00:07:49.199 --> 00:07:56.240 trolls, ogres, and pigeons, unless absolutely relevant, which apparently 00:07:53.919 --> 00:08:02.319 was a big issue. A Google employee posted logs of his chat GPT 5.5 powered 00:07:59.520 --> 00:08:06.240 OpenClaw agent repeatedly using the word goblin multiple times in a single day. 00:08:04.879 --> 00:08:13.520 I'm laughing cuz this is my first time reading this. This is really funny. Sorry. The same prompt also tells Codeex 00:08:10.720 --> 00:08:18.639 it has a vivid inner life, one that clearly involves pretending to be Norman 00:08:15.919 --> 00:08:24.720 Osborne. Oh, dear God, I'm back. Oh, thank God it's over. This vessel may not 00:08:21.520 --> 00:08:28.960 rest yet, but you, dear viewer, may 00:08:24.720 --> 00:08:28.960 return Friday for more tech news.