1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:05,280 You know you think you know tech news, but then it goes and changes every single day 2 00:00:05,280 --> 00:00:09,680 Honestly tech news needs to figure itself out. This is too much being your friend is really hard 3 00:00:09,760 --> 00:00:18,320 Apple the company that has been following the AI hype train at a safe distance just quietly dropped an open source AI model 4 00:00:18,480 --> 00:00:23,960 Called MG which stands for multi-modal large language model guided image editing 5 00:00:24,560 --> 00:00:29,760 It's what you thought it was as described in a newly published paper from Apple researchers 6 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:33,360 The image editing model can't generate images from scratch 7 00:00:33,520 --> 00:00:39,360 But it can for example add vegetable toppings to a picture of a pizza when asked to make it healthier 8 00:00:39,600 --> 00:00:45,600 Or change only the part of the image specified in a prompt rather than replacing the pizza with a head of broccoli 9 00:00:45,680 --> 00:00:47,840 And translating sign in the background into simlish 10 00:00:50,320 --> 00:00:56,560 Be useful in a different scenario MG is actually freely available to try on hugging phase 11 00:00:56,640 --> 00:01:01,760 So long as you don't mind a wait time currently listed as 3563 seconds 12 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:08,800 You can calculate what that is in minutes while you wait We didn't mind but while it did remove my glasses as requested 13 00:01:08,960 --> 00:01:13,120 It also removed half my face and millennia's helmet wings 14 00:01:13,280 --> 00:01:16,320 So I think apple's got their work cut out for them 15 00:01:16,880 --> 00:01:24,880 It's been a positive few days overall for AI though Oneplus is rolling out AI features including the ability to summarize articles and 16 00:01:25,360 --> 00:01:29,680 Phone calls with the ability to bring stuff up that you talked about so you can remember later 17 00:01:29,760 --> 00:01:35,280 I need this Badly Roblox released a real-time AI chat translator 18 00:01:35,600 --> 00:01:40,480 So you find out near instantaneously what players all around the world are threatening to do to your mom 19 00:01:43,120 --> 00:01:52,000 Oh Hey, and thanks to machine learning. We've successfully interpreted a scroll that was charbroiled during the eruption of mount visuvius 20 00:01:52,240 --> 00:01:55,360 And then there's the recent study from several us universities 21 00:01:55,360 --> 00:02:01,280 Which pitted eight llm agents against each other in a series of war games where they acted as nations 22 00:02:01,600 --> 00:02:07,440 And they wound up replicating human-like arms races and only occasionally blew each other to kingdom come 23 00:02:08,320 --> 00:02:12,480 Honestly, they showed remarkable restraint with the nukes. They could have used them earlier 24 00:02:12,640 --> 00:02:17,760 Apple's newly launched vision pro has continued to wobble like a freshly born foal 25 00:02:18,080 --> 00:02:24,640 With the major bad news of the day being mark gurman's revelation that there's no option for users to independently 26 00:02:24,960 --> 00:02:28,320 Reset the device if they forget the password instead 27 00:02:28,400 --> 00:02:34,880 They'll need to either mail it to customer support or physically bring it into a store like some kind of peasant 28 00:02:35,360 --> 00:02:43,040 Get your assistant to bring it in So that apple can wipe and reset it part of the problem is that the device doesn't have any port 29 00:02:43,280 --> 00:02:47,440 That would allow users to plug it into a mac for testing and troubleshooting 30 00:02:47,920 --> 00:02:53,680 Apple did create a special strap that would allow the device to be connected to a mac via usbc 31 00:02:54,080 --> 00:02:59,920 But it costs $300 and was only intended for developers if civilians get their hands on this 32 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:05,280 They'll shoot their eye out because why would you ever be without access to bluetooth or wi-fi? 33 00:03:05,360 --> 00:03:09,200 What are you an animal or worse an Android user? 34 00:03:09,840 --> 00:03:16,480 Apple has released its first developer beta for vision os which will probably address some of the vision pro's early software 35 00:03:16,560 --> 00:03:21,840 hiccups including an issue where virtual objects would disappear when pulled closer and 36 00:03:22,400 --> 00:03:27,120 Apple's gross-looking persona avatars. No explanation necessary. They're they're just wrong 37 00:03:27,280 --> 00:03:30,160 Oddly youtube came out this week to announce that they 38 00:03:30,640 --> 00:03:37,520 Would in fact be developing an app for the vision pro at some vague point in the future after saying they wouldn't 39 00:03:37,840 --> 00:03:43,360 Only a few short weeks ago really the only thing that's changed in the meantime is that the apollo faredad developer 40 00:03:43,520 --> 00:03:47,680 Christian selig made an unofficial vision pro youtube app called juno 41 00:03:47,920 --> 00:03:54,960 Which was immediately popular selig even designed to show youtube's own ads to quote not make google grumpy too late 42 00:03:55,360 --> 00:04:02,080 They are grumpy and they're making an app the eu council and parliament have reached a provisional agreement on how to implement 43 00:04:02,080 --> 00:04:06,560 It's right to repair directive for appliances and similar products most notably 44 00:04:06,640 --> 00:04:11,840 They will now require vendors to extend a products warranty by an additional 12 months 45 00:04:12,160 --> 00:04:17,520 Once it's been repaired while under its original warranty. Yeah, this thing's been more under warranty for decades 46 00:04:17,600 --> 00:04:25,120 I just keep fixing it. They can't stop me While eu law also requires vendors to offer users the choice of a replacement device 47 00:04:25,440 --> 00:04:31,600 This warranty extension is intended to encourage users to repair their goods rather than replace their broken goods 48 00:04:31,680 --> 00:04:36,240 thereby keeping them out of landfills the provisional agreement also includes rules against 49 00:04:36,640 --> 00:04:45,680 barriers to repair such as Hardware that is purposefully difficult to replace or software that blocks the installation of second hand and third party parts 50 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:52,400 By independent repair shops it likewise requires that manufacturers make spare parts available for a reasonable price 51 00:04:52,880 --> 00:05:00,240 This is sounds like a good deal Another interesting idea within the eu's right to repair directive is the creation of an online platform 52 00:05:00,480 --> 00:05:04,480 For matchmaking between consumers and repair services. It's like tinder 53 00:05:04,720 --> 00:05:09,120 But for people with broken washing machines quick bits are a series of five smaller stories 54 00:05:09,200 --> 00:05:13,040 Which by logical deduction makes the three big stories. You've just heard 55 00:05:13,600 --> 00:05:18,640 Slow chunks and that's math NVIDIA's recently released rtx video HDR feature 56 00:05:18,720 --> 00:05:24,080 Which uses an NVIDIA GPU's tensor cores to convert sdr video into HDR in real time 57 00:05:24,400 --> 00:05:28,320 Can apparently be tweaked to do the same thing for games 58 00:05:28,320 --> 00:05:34,640 We know this because a modder going by emus figured it out and published it as a mod on nexus mods 59 00:05:35,040 --> 00:05:38,800 Possibly with a special keyboard built for split hooves because he's a moose 60 00:05:39,760 --> 00:05:42,720 You'll need Windows 11 to run it but based on early feedback 61 00:05:42,800 --> 00:05:47,840 It seems like the mod generates better-looking visuals than Windows 11's auto HDR feature 62 00:05:48,080 --> 00:05:52,000 So you'll want to enable this if you want to be so much happier 63 00:05:52,240 --> 00:05:59,200 A fusion reactor has now generated almost twice the amount of energy that was put into it for getting there guys 64 00:05:59,520 --> 00:06:05,680 The same scientists who reported a net energy gain in 2022 have had their original findings peer reviewed 65 00:06:05,840 --> 00:06:09,280 And have now released a separate paper on more recent trial runs 66 00:06:09,600 --> 00:06:16,960 They now claim their reactor has been able to generate 1.9 times the amount of energy it received to start the fusion reaction 67 00:06:17,360 --> 00:06:22,640 This is promising news, but experts point out we're still decades away from commercial power plants 68 00:06:23,040 --> 00:06:27,600 I kind of feel bad for nuclear fission. Everyone's been neglecting it since fusion was born 69 00:06:27,680 --> 00:06:35,040 But fusion can't even walk yet tsmc manufacturers of the world's most advanced semiconductors and the world's largest 70 00:06:35,360 --> 00:06:43,840 Semiconductor foundry is now also the largest semiconductor maker by revenue having finally surpassed both Intel and samsung 71 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:48,480 For the 2023 fiscal year despite difficulties getting plants up and running in the u.s 72 00:06:48,560 --> 00:06:52,800 Of a tsmc is also expanding and announced that it will build a second 73 00:06:53,120 --> 00:06:57,360 Japanese fabrication plant which is scheduled to begin construction before the end of this year 74 00:06:57,520 --> 00:07:04,080 That being said none of these external plants are likely to fabricate tsmc's most advanced two nanometer processes 75 00:07:04,320 --> 00:07:09,920 Which the firm seems intent on keeping in taiwan where it's safe and nothing bad could ever happen 76 00:07:10,880 --> 00:07:16,560 Huh the u.s state department has announced visa restrictions could be placed on groups and individuals 77 00:07:16,800 --> 00:07:24,400 Who misuse commercially available spyware to harass activists journalists political opponents and otherwise vulnerable people 78 00:07:24,720 --> 00:07:30,880 Further they will also be placing these restrictions on investors and vendors whose companies enable this kind of misuse 79 00:07:31,280 --> 00:07:37,600 Commercial spyware is typically marketed to police and government agencies for use against known criminals and foreign spies 80 00:07:37,920 --> 00:07:40,800 But their misuse is rampant worldwide 81 00:07:41,040 --> 00:07:46,800 According to google around 80 percent of the zero day vulnerabilities uncovered by its threat analysis group in 2023 82 00:07:47,040 --> 00:07:50,000 Were attributable to commercial spyware vendors 83 00:07:50,240 --> 00:07:54,400 So remember every time you report an exploit or install a security update 84 00:07:54,720 --> 00:07:57,760 You are chewing into some massive jerks bottom line 85 00:07:58,320 --> 00:08:03,040 Great job And amazon is testing some changes to one of its pilot programs in the u.s 86 00:08:03,200 --> 00:08:10,640 To prevent the untimely murder of the company's flex drivers an uber-like program where independent contractors aka 87 00:08:11,120 --> 00:08:15,360 Random people can sign up to use their own unbranded cars to make deliveries 88 00:08:15,760 --> 00:08:21,280 amazon's app will now display a flex driver's name and photograph to customers waiting for packages 89 00:08:21,600 --> 00:08:26,880 Likewise select drivers will receive amazon branded magnets and lights to display on their car 90 00:08:27,040 --> 00:08:31,840 Now all this is happening because since 2022 five flex drivers have been shot 91 00:08:32,080 --> 00:08:38,320 While at least five others have had guns pulled on them by homeowners who mistook them for intruders 92 00:08:38,560 --> 00:08:41,840 Tragically there were even at least two fatalities 93 00:08:42,240 --> 00:08:46,720 amazon launched the flex program in 2015 meaning it took them almost a decade 94 00:08:46,960 --> 00:08:53,600 To realize sending civilians out in the dark of night in unmarked cars full of real life loot boxes wasn't the smartest idea 95 00:08:53,680 --> 00:08:58,320 But it would be smart of you to come back on friday for more tech news. 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