1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,600 I've surrendered my humanity and have transcended mortal form. 2 00:00:04,600 --> 00:00:08,720 I am no longer a man, but a conduit of tech news. 3 00:00:08,720 --> 00:00:15,760 Feast upon tech news! Android developers are revolting against Ghoul's upcoming side-loading restrictions, 4 00:00:15,760 --> 00:00:19,600 organizing a campaign at KeepAndroidOpen.org. 5 00:00:19,600 --> 00:00:26,320 The fight is over Android tightening rules around the installation of unverified or side-loaded apps, 6 00:00:26,400 --> 00:00:30,640 specifically regarding developer verification and app installation. 7 00:00:30,640 --> 00:00:34,240 Google's Developer Verification Program, which was announced last year, 8 00:00:34,240 --> 00:00:39,120 will require anyone distributing apps outside of the Play Store to register their identity, 9 00:00:39,120 --> 00:00:45,360 upload signing keys, and pay a $25 fee, which was then followed by Google's unveiling of 10 00:00:45,360 --> 00:00:49,840 Advanced Flow to let power users still install unverified apps. 11 00:00:49,840 --> 00:00:54,480 The flow requires the user to go through a cumbersome one-time approval process, 12 00:00:54,480 --> 00:01:02,400 then wait 24 hours before side-loading anything. According to Android, these changes are designed to thwart high-pressured scam tactics that cyber 13 00:01:02,400 --> 00:01:07,600 criminals often use. Detractors, however, are calling it a rug-pull on Android's original 14 00:01:07,600 --> 00:01:12,320 promise as an open alternative to Apple's iOS. And fDroid, which is the open-source 15 00:01:12,320 --> 00:01:17,360 alternative to the Play Store, says the whole framework could kill the open-source marketplace. 16 00:01:17,360 --> 00:01:22,240 Cybersecurity firms, on the other hand, are calling it a reasonable compromise that protects users 17 00:01:22,240 --> 00:01:27,840 from social engineering attacks. What's next? Two-factor authentication to change your ringtone? 18 00:01:27,840 --> 00:01:33,520 YouTube is doubling down on AI with Ask YouTube, a conversational search feature currently in 19 00:01:33,520 --> 00:01:38,320 testing because scrolling through search results obviously takes a ton of work. My fingers are 20 00:01:38,320 --> 00:01:43,520 hurting. I don't know about yours. The feature delivers a step-by-step mix of text, videos, 21 00:01:43,520 --> 00:01:48,800 and shorts directly addressing your search query. The demo explores how you can ask YouTube for help 22 00:01:48,800 --> 00:01:54,640 planning a three-day road trip from San Fran to Santa Barbara. And it will actually give you a whole 23 00:01:54,640 --> 00:01:59,680 multimedia itinerary. You could then ask a follow-up question like, where can I find good coffee? 24 00:01:59,680 --> 00:02:04,400 It's currently only available to US-based YouTube premium subscribers who are over the age of 18, 25 00:02:04,400 --> 00:02:10,080 but they're working on expanding it to non-premium users in the future. Don't expect total accuracy, 26 00:02:10,080 --> 00:02:14,960 though. A Verge writer actually asked about the Steam controller, and the AI confidently claimed 27 00:02:14,960 --> 00:02:20,000 that the device has no joysticks, which would be a surprise to the videos it pulled up since 28 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:25,040 they all clearly show a joystick. Maybe Ask YouTube should have… oh, you know what, 29 00:02:25,040 --> 00:02:29,520 they should have asked YouTube. The US Department of Commerce has ordered US companies to halt 30 00:02:29,520 --> 00:02:35,280 shipments to Chinese chipmaker Hua Hong as it's been helping the blacklisted Huawei-produced AI 31 00:02:35,280 --> 00:02:42,000 chips. This move extends the ongoing chip-based game of will they, won't they, that the US and 32 00:02:42,080 --> 00:02:46,960 China have been playing. This whole thing started in November, when the US blocked NVIDIA from selling 33 00:02:46,960 --> 00:02:52,320 AI chips to China. Then in January, it conditionally approved the H200 sales and slapped a 25% tariff on 34 00:02:52,320 --> 00:02:57,440 them. Then China blocked the imports of those chips. Then the US capped how many chips it would 35 00:02:57,440 --> 00:03:02,880 expect. Then in March, everyone chilled out and came back into an agreement. Then last week, 36 00:03:02,880 --> 00:03:06,720 Commerce Secretary and World's oiliest man Howard Lutnik said China was blocking chip imports. 37 00:03:06,960 --> 00:03:12,720 Oh, so yesterday, he shut it all down again. Couldn't I have just said that part instead of 38 00:03:12,720 --> 00:03:21,200 everything? Okay. These interruptions, however, don't seem to be slowing China's AI progress, 39 00:03:21,200 --> 00:03:27,440 as it just announced its first CPU-only Exascale supercomputer, which it claims is made with 40 00:03:27,440 --> 00:03:32,720 zero foreign components. Who knows what will happen next in this Ross and Rachel-style relationship 41 00:03:32,720 --> 00:03:37,440 that the US and China are in. My money, I think, is on them having a kid in Season 8 that the 42 00:03:37,440 --> 00:03:42,320 writers forget about by the finale. Luckily, our writers didn't forget to write in this segue to 43 00:03:42,320 --> 00:03:48,080 our sponsor. Now feast upon these quick bits. I kind of imagined the editor putting lightning, 44 00:03:48,080 --> 00:03:51,440 but now they're probably not going to put lightning, so it's going to look even cringier. 45 00:03:51,440 --> 00:03:54,640 Google's upcoming Tensor G6 chip for the Pixel 11- 46 00:03:56,560 --> 00:03:59,600 Google's upcoming Tensor G6 chip for the Pixel 11 47 00:03:59,600 --> 00:04:05,600 might have a shiny new CPU, but an embarrassing old GPU, according to a new leak. A redacted 48 00:04:05,600 --> 00:04:12,480 spec image on the Mystic Leaks Telegram channel points to ARM's latest C1 CPU cores paired with a 49 00:04:12,480 --> 00:04:19,040 PowerVR graphics chip from 2021. Potentially a trade-off for thermals and AI efficiency, 50 00:04:19,040 --> 00:04:24,480 meaning the Pixel 11 should fly through Gemini prompts, but tap out the second you open Genshin 51 00:04:25,040 --> 00:04:30,240 A Virginia bank robber is trying to beat his conviction by arguing in the Supreme Court that 52 00:04:30,240 --> 00:04:36,880 Geofence warrants are unconstitutional. Geofence warrants let cops draw a border around a crime 53 00:04:36,880 --> 00:04:42,800 scene and demand data from Google on every phone inside of it. Critics say they're invasive, 54 00:04:42,800 --> 00:04:46,480 and the bank robber is claiming it's violated his Fourth Amendment rights, 55 00:04:46,480 --> 00:04:51,280 which since I've never actually read the Constitution myself, I'm guessing is the right 56 00:04:51,280 --> 00:04:57,120 to rob a bank. Google Translate is celebrating its 20th birthday by rolling out AI pronunciation 57 00:04:57,120 --> 00:05:02,560 practice on Android for US and Indian users in English, Spanish, and Hindi. Talking to your 58 00:05:02,560 --> 00:05:07,760 phone and the AI gives you instant feedback on which sounds you butchered and how to fix them. 59 00:05:07,760 --> 00:05:11,120 That would have been really helpful in the last frickin' prompt I had. Thank you. 60 00:05:11,120 --> 00:05:18,640 Chinese chipmaker. Haha. It works very similar to Duolingo. Now, I was gonna make a joke about 61 00:05:18,640 --> 00:05:24,560 the Duolingo owl, but I gotta tell you folks, that owl frightens me. He frightens me deeply, 62 00:05:24,560 --> 00:05:31,200 and I will not be doing that. Please don't hurt me. A new paper from Imperial College London, 63 00:05:31,200 --> 00:05:37,600 Stanford, and the Internet Archive found that 35% of new websites since JATGPT's launch 64 00:05:37,600 --> 00:05:45,520 are AI-generated or at least AI-assisted, with 17.6% being fully AI-written. Surprisingly, 65 00:05:45,520 --> 00:05:51,680 the AI flood is actually making everything semantically samey, and 107% more positively toned. 66 00:05:51,680 --> 00:05:58,160 Here I was worried about AI Skynet. Turns out AI just wants to cosplay as an overly enthusiastic CEO 67 00:05:58,160 --> 00:06:04,800 at a corporate retreat, which is somehow worse. An open AI's open-source Codex system prompt 68 00:06:04,800 --> 00:06:10,960 reveals an oddly specific rule regarding creatures. Never talk about goblins, gremlins, raccoons, 69 00:06:10,960 --> 00:06:17,040 trolls, ogres, and pigeons. And less absolutely relevant. Which apparently was a big issue. 70 00:06:17,040 --> 00:06:22,560 A Google employee posted logs of his JATGPT 5.5-powered open-claw agent, 71 00:06:22,560 --> 00:06:27,600 repeatedly using the word goblin multiple times in a single day. I'm laughing because this is my 72 00:06:27,600 --> 00:06:33,440 first time reading this. This is really funny. Sorry. The same prompt also tells Codex it has a 73 00:06:33,440 --> 00:06:39,120 vivid inner life, one that clearly involves pretending to be Norman Osborn. Oh dear god, 74 00:06:39,120 --> 00:06:45,840 I'm back. Oh thank god it's over. This vessel may not rest yet, but you, dear viewer may 75 00:06:46,480 --> 00:06:50,160 return Friday for more tech news. The heck was that?