WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.160 Yes! Ooh! Mm, mm, mm. 00:00:03.160 --> 00:00:06.560 Ha ha ha ha. Oh, damn. Bam, sucker. 00:00:06.560 --> 00:00:09.600 Oh, wow. Yeah. 00:00:09.600 --> 00:00:12.800 AMD has finally properly unveiled their new 00:00:12.800 --> 00:00:16.480 Radeon RX9070 and 9070XT graphics cards. 00:00:16.480 --> 00:00:21.160 And honestly, I'm glad they waited this long. The vibes were off at CES. 00:00:21.160 --> 00:00:25.760 And going through NVIDIA's dumpster fire of an RTX 50 series launch in the meantime, 00:00:25.760 --> 00:00:32.960 really makes you appreciate this launch more. Because the RX9070 will start at $550 U.S. dollars 00:00:32.960 --> 00:00:36.280 with the 9070XT starting at 600. 00:00:36.280 --> 00:00:42.080 Although it's pretty apparent that even after a two month delay, AMD was still unsure 00:00:42.080 --> 00:00:47.340 about the final prices. Their presentation stream has obvious audio replacements 00:00:47.340 --> 00:00:52.920 anytime they mention it. By our DNA4 is able to deliver fantastic performance 00:00:52.920 --> 00:00:58.400 for $150 less. But that price means that despite the 9070XT 00:00:58.400 --> 00:01:02.640 performing about 2% worse than the RTX 5070Ti, 00:01:02.640 --> 00:01:07.920 with Team Red's card, you get 23% more performance per dollar. 00:01:07.920 --> 00:01:11.720 And there are overclocked versions that perform much better, 00:01:11.720 --> 00:01:15.320 which will be available for way more than 600 bucks. 00:01:15.320 --> 00:01:19.200 But listen, these aren't like NVIDIA's Melty GPUs, okay? 00:01:19.200 --> 00:01:22.400 They'll all use standard eight pin power connectors. 00:01:22.400 --> 00:01:25.680 Although the Sapphire 9070XT Nitro Plus 00:01:25.680 --> 00:01:28.800 has a 12 volt two by six plug in the back, okay? 00:01:28.800 --> 00:01:32.840 That one gets its freak on a little bit, okay? But the rest are normal. 00:01:32.840 --> 00:01:36.040 According to AMD's benchmarks and slides and whatnot, 00:01:36.040 --> 00:01:39.720 their new FSR for upscaling tech is way better 00:01:39.720 --> 00:01:42.760 and will work with more than 30 games at launch. 00:01:42.760 --> 00:01:45.840 Although it is exclusive to the new 00:01:45.840 --> 00:01:49.440 RDNA4 based 90 series cards, boo. 00:01:49.440 --> 00:01:53.640 But there's lots to be excited about here, better encoding, better ray tracing, 00:01:53.640 --> 00:01:59.400 better AI capabilities. And both cards come with a healthy 16 gigabytes of VRAM. 00:01:59.400 --> 00:02:02.880 Check out the LTT video, I guess, for a more thorough breakdown 00:02:02.880 --> 00:02:07.520 and sit tight for proper reviews before the 90 series actually launches 00:02:07.520 --> 00:02:13.600 next Thursday, March 6th. And also maybe sit tight for an RX 9060, 00:02:13.600 --> 00:02:19.320 because as spotted by video cards with a Z, AMD reps said during their Chinese launch event, 00:02:19.360 --> 00:02:23.960 that card will be coming in Q2. And I had Dennis confirm it. 00:02:23.960 --> 00:02:27.920 Hmm, do I trust him? Also, there might be a higher end XTX model. 00:02:27.920 --> 00:02:35.360 We're getting carried away here, okay? Let's calm down. OpenAI finally launched the heavily teased GPT 4.5, 00:02:35.640 --> 00:02:38.720 but despite being their biggest model ever, 00:02:38.720 --> 00:02:42.400 the company described it as not a frontier model 00:02:42.400 --> 00:02:45.400 before removing that from the official documentation. 00:02:45.400 --> 00:02:50.240 AI people are kind of struggling to grok this release, 00:02:50.240 --> 00:02:57.480 because in some math and science benchmarks, GPT 4.5 does worse than XAI's grok 3. 00:02:57.480 --> 00:03:00.600 The new model doesn't seem very good on paper, 00:03:00.600 --> 00:03:04.360 but some users are agreeing with Sam Altman's claim 00:03:04.360 --> 00:03:08.160 that it's more emotionally intelligent. 00:03:08.160 --> 00:03:13.080 It's about the vibes, man. In the race to build a hyper-intelligent machine god, 00:03:13.080 --> 00:03:16.400 right now we're at the stage where we build a chatbot that's comfortable 00:03:16.400 --> 00:03:19.460 passing the duchy pond the left-hand side. 00:03:20.840 --> 00:03:24.120 Okay, but really, Sam, what gives? Why the low numbers? 00:03:24.120 --> 00:03:27.880 His answer, straight up, we're out of GP use. 00:03:27.880 --> 00:03:33.280 We don't know where they went. And other AI companies are giving excuses too. 00:03:33.280 --> 00:03:37.640 In a memo to employees, Google co-founder Sergey Brin wrote 00:03:37.640 --> 00:03:44.760 that we could totally have artificial general intelligence, or AGI, if you guys just worked 60 hours a week. 00:03:44.760 --> 00:03:48.800 He called it the sweet spot of productivity. Brin went on to say, 00:03:48.800 --> 00:03:52.160 don't work more than 60 hours a week, 00:03:52.160 --> 00:03:58.240 but also make sure you don't work less, or you could end up demoralizing your coworkers. 00:03:58.240 --> 00:04:01.280 And then we definitely won't make it to AGI. 00:04:01.280 --> 00:04:04.360 A term that Google DeepMind boss Demis Hasabis 00:04:04.360 --> 00:04:07.560 just admitted is becoming kind of a meaningless term 00:04:07.560 --> 00:04:11.720 while still somehow remaining very important. 00:04:11.720 --> 00:04:16.160 I don't know, there's just a vibe about it. Mozilla has once again changed language 00:04:16.160 --> 00:04:19.320 in their terms of service that really makes it sound 00:04:19.320 --> 00:04:24.640 like the company owns and will sell the personal data of Firefox users. 00:04:24.640 --> 00:04:29.160 Why would anyone think that when all they did was delete an explicit promise 00:04:29.160 --> 00:04:34.560 to never sell users personal data? Ah, you know what, I see it now. 00:04:34.560 --> 00:04:37.880 This isn't the first time that language in Mozilla's documentation 00:04:37.880 --> 00:04:41.560 has caused concern, but as in previous instances, 00:04:41.560 --> 00:04:44.760 it seems like Mozilla might just be really bad 00:04:44.760 --> 00:04:49.480 at doing words good. In responses on forums and to news outlets, 00:04:49.480 --> 00:04:54.080 the company has tried to clarify that they don't own Firefox user data. 00:04:54.080 --> 00:04:57.160 They aren't selling personally identifiable information 00:04:57.160 --> 00:05:01.560 and the non-exclusive royalty-free worldwide license 00:05:01.560 --> 00:05:07.360 to information gathered through Firefox is necessary for basic functionality, 00:05:07.360 --> 00:05:13.360 but many users remain skeptical, somewhat justifiably, given all that language. 00:05:13.360 --> 00:05:18.280 Oh, you already thought it was good and then QuickBits was through the hoop 00:05:18.280 --> 00:05:21.800 for the buzzer beater overtime snack? 00:05:21.800 --> 00:05:26.760 Ha, ha, ha, yeah. Instagram Reels users were surprised this week 00:05:26.760 --> 00:05:30.520 when many of their feeds turned into a never-ending scroll 00:05:30.520 --> 00:05:34.760 through gruesome videos of violence and dead bodies. 00:05:34.760 --> 00:05:40.640 After enough people were traumatized, Meta revealed that this wasn't a fun takeover collab 00:05:40.640 --> 00:05:45.320 with 4chan, but an error for which the tech giant apologized 00:05:45.320 --> 00:05:49.240 in a statement given to 404 Media and other outlets. 00:05:49.240 --> 00:05:53.560 Oopsies, hope your kid didn't grab your phone that day. 00:05:53.560 --> 00:05:59.040 What the? Microsoft has announced they're shutting down venerable video calling app Skype 00:05:59.080 --> 00:06:03.200 for good. Oh, well. 00:06:03.200 --> 00:06:07.960 Anyway, Meta, oh, they're back. They've shown off a second-gen prototype 00:06:07.960 --> 00:06:12.440 of their Aria smart glasses, which could lead to next-gen Meta ray bands 00:06:12.440 --> 00:06:18.120 with state-of-the-art sensors, including six degrees of freedom slam cameras. 00:06:18.120 --> 00:06:22.560 I don't know what those are. I just knew I wanted to say slam cameras at some point today, 00:06:22.560 --> 00:06:27.880 but Meta could face competition from an AI company called Sesame, 00:06:27.920 --> 00:06:31.960 who's creating their own smart glasses to host their own voice assistant, 00:06:31.960 --> 00:06:36.320 which is currently blowing journalists' minds with how natural it sounds 00:06:36.320 --> 00:06:39.320 and how much it wants to hear more about what they think. 00:06:40.400 --> 00:06:45.440 Easily pleased. This week, Warner Brothers shut down Monolith Productions, 00:06:45.440 --> 00:06:50.800 the studio behind the Shadow of Mordor franchise, which was loved for its nemesis system 00:06:50.800 --> 00:06:54.720 that generated unique orc villains that actually remembered 00:06:54.720 --> 00:06:59.400 how you frickin' embarrassed them in front of their orc buddies multiple times. 00:06:59.400 --> 00:07:06.120 But rather than let other studios use that system, WB just locked it behind a patent until 2036. 00:07:06.120 --> 00:07:09.760 And for the sake of contrast, EA just released the source code 00:07:09.760 --> 00:07:12.880 for four classic Command and Conquer games 00:07:12.880 --> 00:07:16.200 because, you know, they're insecure and need to hear praise. 00:07:16.200 --> 00:07:22.120 You're not tricking me, EA. And someone has invented Tastovision yet again. 00:07:22.120 --> 00:07:26.960 A team of international researchers published a study showing their prototype device 00:07:26.960 --> 00:07:34.520 called what else, eTaste. It could successfully reproduce complex flavor combinations 00:07:34.520 --> 00:07:38.160 by dispatching gels through an electromagnetic pump. 00:07:38.160 --> 00:07:43.960 This could allow you to try menu items before you order or taste the ocean salt 00:07:43.960 --> 00:07:48.240 off of Mario's torso. Ah, what, ah, I'm sorry, ah, I'm sorry. 00:07:48.240 --> 00:07:52.840 I'm sorry, that image just never left my brain. Why did Nintendo do that? 00:07:52.880 --> 00:07:57.440 Look, just come back on Monday for more tech news and let's just forget I ever said anything, okay? 00:07:57.440 --> 00:08:02.920 Any of it. As far as anyone else is concerned, we just both stood here and made facial expressions. 00:08:05.320 --> 00:08:06.960 There are some really good ones.