{"video_id":"fp_MDFRMrtkXG","title":"YouTube policy update, Govt/NSFW Grok, Steam bans, age verification + more!","channel":"TechLinked","show":"TechLinked","published_at":"2025-07-17T05:10:00.050Z","duration_s":474,"segments":[{"start_s":0.0,"end_s":2.4,"text":"YouTube ha oh, it's tech news again","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":3.68,"end_s":8.32,"text":"Yeah, it's just I thought you know, I don't know maybe the computer would do something to it","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":8.32,"end_s":12.92,"text":"You know like how stupid computers like change things sometimes like it's like there's like a glitch or","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":13.48,"end_s":16.42,"text":"Eat my homework file or you know like some","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":17.92,"end_s":23.08,"text":"YouTube started rolling out that July 15th update that everyone thought was about","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":23.52,"end_s":28.04,"text":"Demonetizing all AI content 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change things sometimes like it's like there's like a glitch or Eat my homework file or you know like some YouTube started rolling out that July 15th update that everyone thought was about Demonetizing all AI content or reaction channels, but no that's all still fair game The update was actually about better identifying mass-produced and repetitious content Which as pointed out by garbage days Ryan Broderick very often means AI slop like the videos posted by this account Which includes multiple reposts of AI baby videos which are reposted from another AI slop account I don't know maybe the person who runs that channel actually had their baby accidentally launched into space And this is their way of processing the trauma who can say but that account is gaining hundreds of thousands of subscribers Every day so it's a good thing YouTube is stepping in the platform is making a minor update to their Repetitious content policy to make it clear that when they say repetitious content that means Content that is repetitive or mass-produced you see now when they said repetitious they meant Repetitive why do we have both of those words and to make it extra clear that we're talking about repetitious content They're renaming the policy from the repetitious content policy to the inauthentic content policy I think an AI wrote this great news guys another company is jumping on the anti spam bandwagon 2 and Hilariously, it's meta they gave an update on their efforts to combat spam which they originally announced in April Since then they've taken action on around 500,000 spammy accounts and took down around 10 million profiles impersonating notable people and brands which is impressive because Facebook doesn't seem to have gotten better at all XAI says that grok won't do that whole Mecca Hitler thing anymore or Check to see what Elon said before giving its opinion on controversial topics following some tweaks to the chatbot system prompt And that's good because grok has got a prestigious new government job now in the form of a 200 million dollar XAI contract with the Pentagon We need like a modern Ernest joins the military, but it's grok Please blow up the comments if you get that reference, so I don't feel a hundred and three years old XAI also released a new Companions feature for grok which lets you interact with 3d avatars including an anime girl with a not safe for work mode grok's twitter account Advertised how that avatar Annie can speak Japanese Leading at least one person to ask the important question of how this will help Japan have more children Something that's very important to Elon or it used to be as grok admits this might even exacerbate the issue But but at least we're all done with the Hitler thing So valve has delisted hundreds of adult only games from steam after updating its developer rules to include a Ban on content that may violate the rules and standards set forth by steams payment processors Which traditionally do not have genitals, so it makes sense payment processor seems like games that are about sibling connections and Non-consensual stuff is the main target of the bandwave But overall the rules here are unclear this being the first major restriction of adult content on steam Since fully uncensored games were first allowed on the platform back in 2018 now It's not necessarily related But another big factor contributing to content gating like this is the UK's online safety act going into effect earlier this year Which has led reddit to announce it will now verify the age of its UK users and has forced other Platforms into putting age checks in place by the end of this month reddit insists It will only verify users age not identity Although it does involve sending a picture of your government ID or a selfie to the third-party age verification provider Pandora, but reddit won't see it Pandora will hold it safely in a box that I'm sure no one will be incredibly tempted to open Look, I didn't want to do two sponsor spots But I'll make it up to you by doing the quick bits which I was already going to do anyways Xbox games previously only available on console can now be streamed to the Xbox PC app But only by Xbox insiders with a game pass ultimate subscription and only for games that they own By which I mean games that they have purchased a licensed to use which could be revoked at any time This is pretty cool and also yet another reason no one needs an actual Xbox console Microsoft mad that people keep buying them Stop that get a PS5. It's better Google is updating search with upgraded models in AI mode and the ability to call Businesses on behalf of all users in the US. This might seem familiar to you If you remember Google duplex a feature of Google assistant announced at the IO conference in 2018 the audience loved it, but like Google glass. It was a little ahead of its time now It's 2025 and Google is also adding AI summaries to news stories in the home feed of the Google app on iOS and Android Helpfully feeding you AI slop before you've even searched anything So I think the time is right the US appears to be lifting restrictions on the sale of AI chips to China According to NVIDIA who claimed the government has assured them that licenses will be granted Good luck and AMD also said. Oh, yeah us too. Yeah, we're tall We're count us in Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick confirmed that this is all part of the trade deal with China in exchange for Exports of rare earth minerals to resume although with Lutnick's track record He may totally just be guessing is part of the China deal I think that's what they were saying major global automaker Stellantis is ending development of its hydrogen-powered vehicles because the infrastructure and technology just posed too many problems to solve Compared to EV's even considering how cool it would feel to be driving around a tiny wheeled version of the Hindenburg And even though that would still probably be safer than stepping foot in a cyber truck and a youtuber is facing the possibility of paying fines Or going to jail for up to three years for covering Android handhelds Which apparently constitutes promoting pirated copyrighted materials by the Italian government the youtuber once were nerd Who is from Italy which you can tell by the way that his shirt is had officials show up at his home in April and sees more than 30 Android consoles made by companies like and Bernick and And Bernick I don't know the issue appears to be that many of these handhelds sometimes come with micro sd cards Pre-filled with copyrighted ROMs, which is piracy But I mean come on an Italian pirate What would that even sound like? YAR MIMATISIMO PREPARE TO WACK THE BLANK AFTER YOU TASTE ME MUMMY SPICY MEATBALLS like they'd give you a good last meal first Hey, that was the last meal of this episode, but thankfully in all likelihood you will still be alive on Friday So come on back for more tech news and hey, maybe I'll whip up some of me mama's spicy meatballs, too You know just for me though cuz This is a video mark you can have some too"}