WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.440 Oh boy, there are some stories today. You won't believe these stories. 00:00:03.440 --> 00:00:06.480 There are stories, and we're gonna tell you about them. And let me just say, 00:00:07.480 --> 00:00:11.720 when Apple opened pre-orders for the Vision Pro this morning, demand was so high, 00:00:11.720 --> 00:00:16.000 it seems to have exceeded available supply. Shipping estimates for each of the headset's 00:00:16.000 --> 00:00:19.360 three storage options have now moved from February 2nd 00:00:19.360 --> 00:00:23.000 to mid-March. But if you're sad, you have to wait an extra month 00:00:23.000 --> 00:00:28.280 for your face MacBook, maybe don't be since the device is shipping without a Netflix app 00:00:28.280 --> 00:00:32.440 of any kind, literally unplayable, not chill. 00:00:32.440 --> 00:00:36.360 We're not just talking about a native VisionOS app, mind you, back in September, 00:00:36.360 --> 00:00:41.360 Apple claimed nearly all iPad and iPhone apps can run on VisionOS, unmodified. 00:00:41.360 --> 00:00:46.000 But Netflix has confirmed to Bloomberg that they're not making theirs compatible at all, 00:00:46.000 --> 00:00:49.960 despite the process sounding much easier than, well, buying a Vision Pro. 00:00:49.960 --> 00:00:53.120 And Netflix isn't the only app absent from the platform. 00:00:53.120 --> 00:00:59.080 Bloomberg also was told by YouTube, it will not allow its iPad app to work on Vision Pro 00:00:59.080 --> 00:01:04.160 while a person familiar with Spotify's plans said their app wouldn't show up either. 00:01:04.160 --> 00:01:08.280 And according to Mac Stories, many other popular apps have also manually opted out 00:01:08.280 --> 00:01:13.320 of making their existing apps usable on the platform. But no one is saying why, 00:01:13.320 --> 00:01:18.680 leaving us to assume the only logical explanation is that they're all making their own $3,500 headsets. 00:01:18.680 --> 00:01:21.200 This music looks amazing. 00:01:22.120 --> 00:01:27.200 Amazon is planning to launch a paid subscription for its voice assistant later this year, 00:01:27.200 --> 00:01:30.240 according to leaked internal documents and sources. 00:01:30.240 --> 00:01:34.760 We leaked these sources everywhere. They have a tentative and very original name 00:01:34.760 --> 00:01:37.880 for the upgraded version of ALEXA. 00:01:37.880 --> 00:01:44.200 They're calling it ALEXA Plus. Apparently Ms. Plus will have more chatGPT style features 00:01:44.200 --> 00:01:48.120 to give it better conversational and reasoning skills so you can get better input 00:01:48.120 --> 00:01:51.560 on what specific toilet paper you should order with same day shipping. 00:01:51.560 --> 00:01:55.160 ChatGPT doesn't even use toilet paper. Same day wiping. Even better than that, 00:01:55.160 --> 00:02:00.440 the upgraded assistant will allegedly be able to tell the difference between when you are finished speaking 00:02:00.440 --> 00:02:04.120 and when you're just pausing. So it doesn't cut you off. 00:02:05.800 --> 00:02:09.200 The Plus model could launch as soon as June 30th, 00:02:09.200 --> 00:02:13.760 but there are some roadblocks for starters. While the new assistant is a better conversation list, 00:02:13.760 --> 00:02:18.480 it's not very good at assisting. It gives overly long answers, 00:02:18.480 --> 00:02:22.560 makes factual errors and frequently hallucinates. Like a toddler on acid. 00:02:22.560 --> 00:02:26.840 On top of those pretty severe issues, there's also reports of internal conflict at Amazon 00:02:26.840 --> 00:02:30.260 with some employees feeling they shouldn't charge for the upgrade. 00:02:30.260 --> 00:02:35.940 It's almost like customers already paying Amazon's multitude of other subscriptions might not want another one. 00:02:35.940 --> 00:02:39.340 Okay guys, this is too many, too many features. 00:02:39.340 --> 00:02:42.920 Don't buy it. TSMC says it anticipates further delays 00:02:42.920 --> 00:02:48.500 in getting their second Arizona FAB up and running. Initially projected to be up and running in 2026, 00:02:48.500 --> 00:02:53.940 Chairman Mark Liu now says it will probably take until 2027 or even 2028. 00:02:53.940 --> 00:02:59.860 When we won't exist. My toddler's doing acid by then. Once again, blaming all of those gosh darn skilled workers 00:02:59.860 --> 00:03:03.600 for apparently non-existing. Just as he did when the company announced a similar delay 00:03:03.600 --> 00:03:08.900 for their other Arizona factory. Making things even worse, the chip's output by factory two may end up 00:03:08.900 --> 00:03:12.700 less advanced than planned. TSMC wanted their first factory to produce 00:03:12.700 --> 00:03:16.740 four nanometer chips while the second factory made chips using three nanometer tech. 00:03:16.740 --> 00:03:22.660 But now the company says that three nanometer capability is dependent on funding promised by the US government 00:03:22.660 --> 00:03:27.420 through their CHIPS Act. However, TSMC hasn't received their promised grant yet. 00:03:27.420 --> 00:03:33.860 Instead, the Biden administration gave first funding to BAE systems, BAE systems. 00:03:33.860 --> 00:03:37.020 A military supplier that makes chips for fighter jets, 00:03:37.020 --> 00:03:40.540 which are admittedly a lot sexier than computers and phones. 00:03:40.540 --> 00:03:43.620 However, even if TSMC can make a three nanometer FAB, 00:03:43.620 --> 00:03:50.060 this delay could mean the factory is a whole generation of silicon tech behind before it even opens its doors. 00:03:50.060 --> 00:03:54.180 The Arizona chips are gonna feel so old when they hear Taiwanese chips saying all this new slang, 00:03:54.180 --> 00:04:00.260 they don't understand. They're gonna be like, sweet dude. That's not based at all. 00:04:00.260 --> 00:04:04.540 Let's just get these pesky quipets out of my pocket so they're ready to, what? 00:04:04.540 --> 00:04:08.740 They're gone. What are we gonna do? Our show is dependent on the quipets. 00:04:08.740 --> 00:04:13.180 How are we gonna finish if there's not? Here in my other pocket, it's all good. 00:04:13.180 --> 00:04:16.180 Mark the Zuck, Zuckerberg has announced that MENA will be 00:04:16.180 --> 00:04:21.340 pursuing the creation of an artificial general intelligence, presumably so he can have member of his own kind 00:04:21.340 --> 00:04:24.900 to talk to on this planet. Part of Zuckerberg's vision is to make MENA's theoretical 00:04:24.900 --> 00:04:30.460 future AI relatively open source, similar to their LAMMA LLM rather than solely controlled 00:04:30.460 --> 00:04:34.940 by a few elite companies who know Jiu Jitsu. This of course, raised concerns that with the general public 00:04:34.940 --> 00:04:38.940 having access to tools roughly equivalent to human intelligence, right now the general public 00:04:38.940 --> 00:04:42.380 isn't intelligent at all. At press time, Zuckerberg was quoted as saying, 00:04:42.380 --> 00:04:45.860 grow my children, move fast and break things. 00:04:45.860 --> 00:04:49.420 BMW will be introducing general purpose humanoid robots 00:04:49.460 --> 00:04:52.900 from figure at a manufacturing plant in South Carolina. 00:04:52.900 --> 00:04:56.900 Figure CEO Brad Adcock, whose name is the complete sentence. 00:04:56.900 --> 00:05:01.380 I'm a professional. 00:05:01.380 --> 00:05:07.100 It's hard when the whole room is crying. Says that they're planning to ship their first figure 01 robot 00:05:07.100 --> 00:05:10.460 within the year. However, these bots will likely start with one task 00:05:10.460 --> 00:05:16.100 before expanding their repertoire, mostly repetitive, unappealing tasks like stacking pallets or unpacking boxes. 00:05:16.100 --> 00:05:20.100 So hard to read when there's tears in your eyes. There's plenty of room to expand 00:05:20.100 --> 00:05:24.460 because these robots can apparently learn complex actions like how to make a pot of coffee 00:05:24.460 --> 00:05:29.220 just by imitating videos of humans. Just nobody let it watch Westworld. 00:05:29.220 --> 00:05:32.420 That's what you want. Okay. I'm installing Adcock right now. 00:05:32.420 --> 00:05:37.940 Ha ha ha ha ha ha. A janitor's house that was being used as office space 00:05:37.940 --> 00:05:44.140 has been converted into an assistive smart home. The council of the English city of Sunderland 00:05:44.140 --> 00:05:48.580 undertook the project to allow occupational therapists and technologists as well as their customers 00:05:48.580 --> 00:05:53.260 and partners to have a space to train with assistive technology and to try out ideas 00:05:53.260 --> 00:05:57.540 to maximize independence for clients. They even used the space to help make gaming 00:05:57.540 --> 00:06:00.940 more accessible to kids. After all, being differently able shouldn't bar you 00:06:00.940 --> 00:06:04.260 from normal childhood activities like being bullied in Fortnite. 00:06:04.260 --> 00:06:10.420 This the council decrees. Microsoft has made an AI reading tutor available for free. 00:06:10.420 --> 00:06:13.500 Reading coach, that's the name. 00:06:13.500 --> 00:06:17.180 Generate stories for users to read while being equipped with guardrails 00:06:17.180 --> 00:06:20.820 to keep things appropriate. Users can make choices to alter the story's plot 00:06:20.820 --> 00:06:23.980 to help make learning more engaging while personalizing the experience 00:06:23.980 --> 00:06:27.260 by learning what words the learner is commonly mispronouncing. 00:06:27.260 --> 00:06:31.940 There's even a reward system that unlocks new elements and characters that can be used to generate new stories. 00:06:31.940 --> 00:06:35.540 And if that sounds too good to be true, that's because you're still gonna need 00:06:35.540 --> 00:06:38.620 a Microsoft account to access it. They got your kids. 00:06:38.620 --> 00:06:43.340 They got them now. And a handheld AI powered skin cancer detector 00:06:43.340 --> 00:06:47.300 has been approved by the FDA in an encouraging example of AI that's being used for something 00:06:47.300 --> 00:06:51.780 other than pumping the internet full of detritus. The derma sensor device actually identified 00:06:51.780 --> 00:06:56.180 skin cancer 96% of the time and correctly ruled it out 97% of the time 00:06:56.180 --> 00:06:59.780 in the FDA study, which is great news for the one in five Americans 00:06:59.780 --> 00:07:04.620 who will get some type of skin cancer by age 70. But just in case the story made you feel too good, 00:07:04.620 --> 00:07:07.900 I'm obligated to add that the derma sensor will be available to doctors 00:07:07.900 --> 00:07:13.300 through a subscription of $200 a month per five patients or 400 bucks a month for unlimited use. 00:07:13.300 --> 00:07:17.700 What a thing of the time savings though, you know? And those three out of a hundred people? 00:07:17.700 --> 00:07:22.180 Pranks, it was a prank, bro. I'm not sorry about giving you even more tech news 00:07:22.180 --> 00:07:26.540 if you come back on Monday. But if you don't come back, you just don't get tech news.