1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:05,160 Hello, I'm working on a Shonda Rhimes style graze anatomy ass drama about tech journalism 2 00:00:05,160 --> 00:00:11,920 where the central love triangle will be between me and a pair of polar opposite quirky AI chatbots. 3 00:00:11,920 --> 00:00:15,720 Will we all hook up or not? I'm accepting donations. 4 00:00:15,720 --> 00:00:22,280 OpenAI's Sora app has hit number one on Apple U.S.'s app store after launching on iOS on Wednesday, 5 00:00:22,280 --> 00:00:27,880 featuring exclusive access to Sora 2. OpenAI's latest video generation model. 6 00:00:27,960 --> 00:00:31,880 And we clearly weren't the only ones taking notice of the app. 7 00:00:31,880 --> 00:00:36,040 Despite being launched only in the U.S. and Canada and being invite only, 8 00:00:36,040 --> 00:00:39,400 Sora saw 56,000 downloads on its first day. 9 00:00:39,400 --> 00:00:44,480 And now it sits ahead of Google's Gemini and OpenAI's chat GPT on Apple's app store. 10 00:00:44,480 --> 00:00:48,920 The app's hype makes a lot of sense once you get a load of the wild content 11 00:00:48,920 --> 00:00:53,000 its users are generating. Sora has already been used to deep fake videos 12 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:56,400 of OpenAI CEO, Sam Altman, stealing GPUs from Target 13 00:00:56,400 --> 00:01:00,960 and as an Ulu Kitty man. While OpenAI says Sora has settings 14 00:01:00,960 --> 00:01:05,120 that will allow you to stop others from making unwanted deep fakes of yourself, 15 00:01:05,120 --> 00:01:08,640 Sam has clearly opened the floodgates. He's into this. 16 00:01:08,640 --> 00:01:12,200 Now, some journalists are already calling this new app a fever dream 17 00:01:12,200 --> 00:01:16,960 and wondering if we should stop the slop. Well, I don't see that happening, 18 00:01:16,960 --> 00:01:22,200 considering Bloomberg just reported that OpenAI has received a $500 billion valuation, 19 00:01:22,200 --> 00:01:26,120 which puts it ahead of SpaceX as the world's most valuable private company. 20 00:01:26,120 --> 00:01:32,440 So, let there be slop. Let the slop consume you be one with the slop. 21 00:01:32,440 --> 00:01:35,840 Get sloppy. Google has put out a blog post claiming 22 00:01:35,840 --> 00:01:40,360 that sideloading on Android isn't going anywhere. Guys, for real, please calm down. 23 00:01:40,360 --> 00:01:44,120 About a month ago, it came out that Google would be requiring developer verification 24 00:01:44,120 --> 00:01:48,400 for apps outside the Google Play Store, which has Android users concerned 25 00:01:48,400 --> 00:01:52,520 about the ability to sideload apps that's installing them from a third party 26 00:01:52,520 --> 00:01:56,880 or non-official source. Well, in their blog post, Mr. Google says 27 00:01:56,880 --> 00:02:02,000 that the developer verification is meant to protect users, heard that before, not limit choice. 28 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:07,320 There will be a free developer account for teachers, students, and hobbyists, but these accounts will likely have greater limits 29 00:02:07,320 --> 00:02:11,720 on how many devices can download their apps. Of course, this means that Google will be able 30 00:02:11,720 --> 00:02:15,760 to control how broad a third party's apps reach is, 31 00:02:15,760 --> 00:02:20,140 and they will also get to collect the data of those creating developer accounts. 32 00:02:20,140 --> 00:02:26,680 Ultimately, like Google says, sideloading isn't going away, but it's sort of transforming into something different, 33 00:02:26,680 --> 00:02:29,800 something maybe worse, probably worse. 34 00:02:29,800 --> 00:02:33,960 We can still be mad. I think we can still be mad. Apple has removed IceBlock, 35 00:02:33,960 --> 00:02:37,480 an immigration enforcement tracking app from the app store. 36 00:02:37,480 --> 00:02:40,540 US Attorney General Pam Bondy told Fox News 37 00:02:40,540 --> 00:02:45,640 that pressure was applied on Apple to take down the app, which allows users to monitor the movement 38 00:02:45,640 --> 00:02:50,160 of immigration enforcement officers. Apple told Business Insider that the app was taken down 39 00:02:50,200 --> 00:02:55,360 because it presented safety risks. Following suit, Google removed a similar ice tracking app, 40 00:02:55,360 --> 00:02:59,960 Red Dot, from their play store. Google told 404 Media that these ice spotting apps 41 00:02:59,960 --> 00:03:03,600 have a high risk of abuse and describe ice as a vulnerable group, 42 00:03:03,600 --> 00:03:08,840 which is why they elected to remove the app from their store. However, this whole story seems far from done, 43 00:03:08,840 --> 00:03:13,120 as IceBlock's owner, Joshua Allen, says he's determined to fight Apple's decision, 44 00:03:13,120 --> 00:03:16,400 going as far as to compare his app to speed trap trackers, 45 00:03:16,400 --> 00:03:20,280 which are implemented in many map applications, even Google's own. 46 00:03:20,280 --> 00:03:24,800 I think we gotta get a speed tracker for that guy on his e-bike that evaded ice in Chicago the other day. 47 00:03:24,800 --> 00:03:29,800 That guy was flying! In the mid-season finale of my tech news TV drama, 48 00:03:29,800 --> 00:03:35,640 I call it off with both the AI chatbots, actually, because it's the quick bits that'll always have my heart. 49 00:03:35,640 --> 00:03:40,040 Tesla is being sued for the wrongful death of a pair of college students, 50 00:03:40,040 --> 00:03:44,480 whose deaths their families claim were caused by faulty Cybertruck door designs. 51 00:03:44,480 --> 00:03:48,800 The students were passengers in the rear seat of a Cybertruck that crashed into a tree 52 00:03:48,840 --> 00:03:53,000 before it's battery lit on fire. The lawsuit claims that the rear passengers' injuries 53 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:58,880 were minor, but they died because of burns and smoke inhalation when they couldn't find the Cybertruck's manual door releases. 54 00:03:58,880 --> 00:04:02,080 To manually open a Cybertruck's back door, is you need to lift a rubber mat 55 00:04:02,080 --> 00:04:05,920 on the bottom of the door storage pocket. Oh, God. 56 00:04:05,920 --> 00:04:09,840 You need to lift a rubber mat on the bottom of the door's storage pocket 57 00:04:09,840 --> 00:04:11,720 and pull a cord underneath. 58 00:04:12,840 --> 00:04:17,800 That does sound needlessly complicated, especially in emergency situations, but I'm sure Elon isn't too worried. 59 00:04:17,800 --> 00:04:22,800 He just became the first person worth half a trillion dollars. 60 00:04:22,840 --> 00:04:26,840 Deadly trucks and earning tons of bucks. Elon's got his priorities straight. 61 00:04:26,840 --> 00:04:32,360 Another trillionaire news, NVIDIA's issues with 16-pin GPU power connector meltdowns 62 00:04:32,360 --> 00:04:36,120 might have finally been solved by someone other than them. 63 00:04:36,120 --> 00:04:40,640 Someone else did it, of course. Agua Computer has introduced Ampenal, 64 00:04:40,640 --> 00:04:44,880 a tool that connects to the NVIDIA connector and proactively balances the power load 65 00:04:44,880 --> 00:04:48,520 by evenly spreading it across the cables of various little wires. 66 00:04:48,520 --> 00:04:52,120 Sadly, this isn't a free solution to what really is a concerning issue 67 00:04:52,120 --> 00:04:57,280 and the tool costs $95. Oh, one Reddit commenter astutely observed, 68 00:04:57,280 --> 00:05:03,000 I feel like things like this should be kept in a museum chronicling the downfall of mankind. 69 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:09,080 In this exhibit, we have a $95 gadget that you need to keep your $3,000 gadget from self-immulating. 70 00:05:09,080 --> 00:05:12,880 Sick burn. Harvard and MIT physicists just built a quantum computer 71 00:05:12,880 --> 00:05:15,960 that ran continuously for over two hours. 72 00:05:15,960 --> 00:05:21,600 I've never even done that. You might be saying to yourself, what's the big deal? My computer runs for more than two hours every day. 73 00:05:21,600 --> 00:05:26,320 But this is a huge deal when you consider that previous record-breaking quantum computer run times 74 00:05:26,320 --> 00:05:29,800 were just a little over 10 seconds. Holy shit. 75 00:05:29,800 --> 00:05:33,640 Thought I was gonna say minutes. Quantum computers rely on subatomic particles, 76 00:05:33,640 --> 00:05:37,440 cutely named qubits, it's kinda like quick bits, to store and process data. 77 00:05:37,440 --> 00:05:41,400 But these computers lose their qubits in something called atom loss, 78 00:05:41,400 --> 00:05:46,200 which the physicists seem to have overcome by using an optical conveyor belt and tweezers 79 00:05:46,200 --> 00:05:50,320 to replace qubits. Is this serious? With this new process, some of the researchers 80 00:05:50,320 --> 00:05:54,600 believe quantum computers that can run forever might be just three years away. 81 00:05:54,600 --> 00:05:59,080 This is such optimistic news. I love it, but have you seen the other tech news? 82 00:05:59,080 --> 00:06:02,400 Do we have three years? Maybe the slop will distract us long enough 83 00:06:02,400 --> 00:06:08,520 to not destroy ourselves. Slop. Japan is running out of Asahi Super Dry Beer 84 00:06:08,520 --> 00:06:12,560 as the company deals with a fallout from a cyber attack. What a weird sentence. 85 00:06:12,560 --> 00:06:17,640 The devastating attack caused a system outage and forced Asahi Group to suspend operations 86 00:06:17,640 --> 00:06:22,000 shutting down most of its 30 factories. Now, after several days, 87 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:28,040 they've just begun to take manual orders, visiting customers in person and taking handwritten orders. 88 00:06:28,040 --> 00:06:32,600 Reuters points out that this is one in a string of recent cyber attacks hitting global companies, 89 00:06:32,600 --> 00:06:35,720 including Jaguar Land Rover and Marks & Spencer. 90 00:06:35,720 --> 00:06:40,680 Honestly though, I don't think this is too bad. It gives Japanese salarymen an opportunity 91 00:06:40,680 --> 00:06:45,960 to go home to their families instead of feeling obligated to go out drinking with their bosses and coworkers 92 00:06:45,960 --> 00:06:49,840 and paid entertainment. Nomakai can wait. Go hug your children. 93 00:06:49,840 --> 00:06:51,720 If you have children, you're in Japan. 94 00:06:53,280 --> 00:06:58,360 University of California researchers have made a way to use computer mice to capture vibrations 95 00:06:58,360 --> 00:07:01,600 and convert them into audio data. In a Tom's Hardware article, 96 00:07:01,600 --> 00:07:05,200 that's as interesting as it is scary, the researchers work is summarized 97 00:07:05,200 --> 00:07:09,920 as using high performance optical mice, signal processing and machine learning 98 00:07:09,920 --> 00:07:12,720 to pick up what people are saying through their desks, 99 00:07:13,160 --> 00:07:17,440 that kind of audio. Damn it. Mice with a DPI of 20,000 or above 100 00:07:17,440 --> 00:07:21,120 are vulnerable to this attack and it doesn't have to be a complex virus that exploits them. 101 00:07:21,120 --> 00:07:25,680 It can be as simple as a creative app or a video game that asks for frequent mouse data, 102 00:07:25,680 --> 00:07:29,240 which can then be collected and processed. Come on, man. 103 00:07:29,240 --> 00:07:32,400 None of this is as chill as I thought it would be. It's Friday. 104 00:07:32,400 --> 00:07:35,600 It's certainly not as cute as real life trained mouse with a microphone. 105 00:07:35,600 --> 00:07:39,000 You know what would be that cute though? If you guys just came back on Monday 106 00:07:39,000 --> 00:07:42,160 and watched more tech news, I'm gonna keep working on my TV drama. 107 00:07:42,160 --> 00:07:47,760 Those devastating season finale twists aren't gonna write themselves. Spoiler alert, one of the chatbots gets amnesia 108 00:07:47,760 --> 00:07:49,720 after a big software update. 109 00:07:52,200 --> 00:07:56,080 I thought you were gonna say gets pregnant. It threw off my tone. 110 00:07:56,080 --> 00:07:57,560 But it's a crazy world.