1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:05,720 What the freak is up, mother truckers? There's so much crazy shoot happening in tech today, 2 00:00:05,720 --> 00:00:08,880 you might just pee pee yourself with excitement, heck. 3 00:00:08,880 --> 00:00:13,360 If you're wondering what that was all about, YouTube has innovated yet another way 4 00:00:13,360 --> 00:00:18,680 to make the platform worse for its creators. A large number of creators in the gaming community right now 5 00:00:18,680 --> 00:00:22,080 are upset with recent changes to the platform. 6 00:00:22,080 --> 00:00:25,080 In November, YouTube updated their ad guidelines 7 00:00:25,080 --> 00:00:30,920 surrounding violence and inappropriate language, stating that standard gameplay where gory injuries 8 00:00:30,920 --> 00:00:34,040 are present must occur after the first eight seconds 9 00:00:34,040 --> 00:00:37,240 of a video or it may be demonetized. 10 00:00:37,240 --> 00:00:41,000 You also can't use profanities within that oddly specific time frame, 11 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:45,840 but hey, hell and damn aren't swear words anymore, hell yeah. 12 00:00:45,840 --> 00:00:50,520 Man, wouldn't it be weird if YouTube specifically stated they were allowing for profanity 13 00:00:50,520 --> 00:00:53,520 in the first 30 seconds of a video as recently as April, 14 00:00:53,680 --> 00:01:00,280 2021? Oh, they did? YouTube's gonna be so upset when they hear what YouTube said. 15 00:01:00,280 --> 00:01:04,000 Now, YouTube has made policy changes like this before, 16 00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:09,960 but what makes this update particularly egregious is how quietly it was rolled out. 17 00:01:09,960 --> 00:01:14,320 No one really knew about it until their video started getting demonetized. 18 00:01:14,320 --> 00:01:20,720 After reaching out to YouTube about a recent video that was age restricted, Daniel Condren of RT Game 19 00:01:20,720 --> 00:01:23,800 said multiple videos, including at least one from 2020 20 00:01:23,800 --> 00:01:29,880 and a private video from 11 years ago, were subsequently mass flagged as well. 21 00:01:29,880 --> 00:01:33,320 This stealth rollout has become quite a bit of a trend 22 00:01:33,320 --> 00:01:40,720 since YouTube's experiments with upping the number of ads on a video and locking 4K behind a premium subscription. 23 00:01:40,720 --> 00:01:43,760 I mean, better ask for forgiveness than ask for permission. 24 00:01:43,760 --> 00:01:46,840 But they didn't ask for either of those. Curse. 25 00:01:46,840 --> 00:01:50,040 An issue with the computer system causes all US flights 26 00:01:50,080 --> 00:01:54,520 to be grounded because flights getting screwed up is a pretty popular meme right now. 27 00:01:54,520 --> 00:01:57,680 Also, they said a no-no word to their mom. You can't come out for two weeks. 28 00:01:57,680 --> 00:02:03,800 Early this morning, the FAA announced their notice to air missions, which alerts pilots of potential hazards 29 00:02:03,800 --> 00:02:07,360 along flight routes suffered some kind of malfunction 30 00:02:07,360 --> 00:02:12,000 and ordered a pause on all domestic departures until 9 a.m. Eastern time. 31 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:16,080 The White House stated officially on Twitter that there was no evidence of a cyber attack, 32 00:02:16,080 --> 00:02:19,400 stopped thinking about it. The computers that we depend on 33 00:02:19,400 --> 00:02:23,280 to make sure jet-propelled tuna cans packed full of people cans 34 00:02:23,280 --> 00:02:27,400 can continue to travel safely through the air. They're just bad computers. 35 00:02:27,400 --> 00:02:31,160 They're bad. Sorry. The flight tracker, FlightAware, 36 00:02:31,160 --> 00:02:34,760 listed that over 17,000 flights were delayed, 37 00:02:34,760 --> 00:02:38,800 which isn't actually that strange based on the number of delayed flights from Sunday. 38 00:02:38,800 --> 00:02:42,360 Man, air travel sucks. But if you look at the number of delays 39 00:02:42,360 --> 00:02:45,920 within, into, or out of the United States today, 40 00:02:45,920 --> 00:02:48,920 it is almost twice as high as normal. 41 00:02:48,920 --> 00:02:51,920 And the number of cancellations is 10 times as high. 42 00:02:51,920 --> 00:02:56,960 Truly, this is a terrible time for air travel, but a great time for airport liquor stores. 43 00:02:56,960 --> 00:03:02,880 USA. Which brings two to your eye. And Microsoft is going cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs. 44 00:03:02,880 --> 00:03:09,560 The Cocoa Puffs in this scenario is AI. The company has developed a new neural codec language model 45 00:03:09,560 --> 00:03:13,400 called VAL-E that can mimic someone's voice 46 00:03:13,400 --> 00:03:17,000 using only a three-second sample of that person talking. 47 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:20,120 Would it always make some sound like they're asking a question? 48 00:03:20,120 --> 00:03:23,960 Oh, it doesn't? Oh, VAL-E. That's very good. 49 00:03:23,960 --> 00:03:27,040 VAL-E can even preserve the speaker's emotional tone 50 00:03:27,040 --> 00:03:29,120 and simulate their acoustic environment. 51 00:03:30,040 --> 00:03:35,520 Her face was against his breast. We have to reduce the number of plastic bags. 52 00:03:35,520 --> 00:03:39,720 Number 10, Fresh Nelly's waiting on you. Good night, husband. 53 00:03:39,720 --> 00:03:43,720 The demonstrations they've made public alternate between sounding like a voice changer 54 00:03:43,720 --> 00:03:46,980 from a spy movie and bad video game voice acting. 55 00:03:46,980 --> 00:03:53,180 But when it works, it very works. The tech uses Meta's end codec audio compression tech, 56 00:03:53,180 --> 00:03:57,020 which compresses high quality audio to very small sizes 57 00:03:57,020 --> 00:04:00,740 using AI. Apparently it's this tech that allows Microsoft 58 00:04:00,740 --> 00:04:07,300 to make text to speech synthesis that found more realistic with very short voice samples. 59 00:04:07,300 --> 00:04:12,220 And that's really cool when you aren't thinking of the terrifying ramifications. 60 00:04:12,220 --> 00:04:16,300 The software giant has even more plans for AI though. According to some insiders, 61 00:04:16,300 --> 00:04:20,220 Microsoft is planning on incorporating OpenAI's GPT 62 00:04:20,220 --> 00:04:24,140 into some Windows applications. Apparently they want to use the model 63 00:04:24,140 --> 00:04:28,900 to make outlook search results more accurate. Or you could just make your spam recognition better 64 00:04:28,900 --> 00:04:32,540 so actual emails are easier to find. One of the two. 65 00:04:32,540 --> 00:04:36,020 That's right, I still have a hotmail account. You could have used regular intelligence. 66 00:04:37,060 --> 00:04:40,300 Where'd I put those quick bits? Have you checked your butt? What? 67 00:04:40,300 --> 00:04:43,900 Windows 7 and 8.1 are officially on their own 68 00:04:43,900 --> 00:04:48,780 in the update list, Wildlands. Both operating systems stopped receiving security updates 69 00:04:48,780 --> 00:04:53,020 yesterday and in a few days, they won't even get updates to Microsoft Edge, 70 00:04:53,020 --> 00:04:58,700 which I'm sure will affect many person. Official support for Windows 7 ended three years ago, 71 00:04:58,700 --> 00:05:03,780 but businesses could pay for up to three years of additional support while they transitioned 72 00:05:03,780 --> 00:05:07,740 from 10 to 11. Microsoft didn't offer the same courtesy for 8.1 73 00:05:07,740 --> 00:05:09,820 because it was bad. No one asked. 74 00:05:11,060 --> 00:05:16,220 The UK government has announced big internet news. Any new homes that are built must be fitted 75 00:05:16,220 --> 00:05:19,700 with the infrastructure to allow for gigabit broadband. 76 00:05:19,700 --> 00:05:23,680 But only in England. Hey Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales. 77 00:05:23,680 --> 00:05:27,300 I guess Rishi's Sunak doesn't know you exist yet. 78 00:05:27,300 --> 00:05:30,660 Have you tried being rich? I hear that gets his attention. 79 00:05:30,660 --> 00:05:34,340 Never fails. You flipped your kilt and it's just money underneath. 80 00:05:34,340 --> 00:05:39,860 Mercedes is officially the first automaker to offer level three self-driving in the US 81 00:05:39,860 --> 00:05:43,340 as Nevada has approved the company's drive pilot system. 82 00:05:43,340 --> 00:05:49,180 Level three self-driving, in case you forgot, means the machine can pilot the car at speeds 83 00:05:49,180 --> 00:05:53,420 of under 37 miles per hour and on suitably traffic dense motorways. 84 00:05:53,420 --> 00:05:57,700 Motorways, I could put it way in Europe. I had assumed that owners would have to battle 85 00:05:57,700 --> 00:06:02,660 their self-driving cars for control of the vehicle and that the level meant how much harder the fight would be. 86 00:06:02,660 --> 00:06:05,900 But this is an Elidan ring. It isn't cool, I guess. 87 00:06:05,900 --> 00:06:10,460 Yet. Yoshi P, a producer for the upcoming Final Fantasy XVI. 88 00:06:10,460 --> 00:06:13,620 It's also Yoshi's rap name. The P stands for producer. 89 00:06:13,620 --> 00:06:18,580 Doesn't understand why people think that a PC version of a game will be coming out. 90 00:06:18,580 --> 00:06:23,300 During a live stream, Yoshi claimed nobody said anything about a PC release and that he didn't know 91 00:06:23,300 --> 00:06:27,060 why people thought one would be coming out six months after the PS5 release. 92 00:06:27,060 --> 00:06:32,660 He's completely right. Other than the trailer that said the game would also be available on PC and the trailer 93 00:06:32,660 --> 00:06:36,740 that said the game would be available on non-PS5 platforms six months after the launch, 94 00:06:36,740 --> 00:06:40,820 nothing has been said about a PC release six months after the game's launch. 95 00:06:40,860 --> 00:06:44,220 Yoshi doesn't know why you would think that. What's wrong with people? 96 00:06:44,220 --> 00:06:49,300 That's why he's the big P. And some mad lad decided to build a meme search engine. 97 00:06:49,300 --> 00:06:52,900 Said lad, going by I am mandatory on Twitter. 98 00:06:52,900 --> 00:06:55,940 I thought that said I am mad, lad, mandatory, but anyways. 99 00:06:55,940 --> 00:07:00,580 Took time out of his busy schedule of teaching underprivileged youth how to skateboard 100 00:07:00,580 --> 00:07:05,500 to build a tool that would allow people to search for those memes they only half remember. 101 00:07:05,500 --> 00:07:09,460 The system is looking for contributors to upload memes that are missing. 102 00:07:09,460 --> 00:07:14,140 So if you're looking to dedicate yourself to a divine cause, I think you found it. 103 00:07:14,140 --> 00:07:17,900 Move over priesthood, embrace the teachings of the memes. 104 00:07:17,900 --> 00:07:24,220 And you should embrace our teachings on Friday when we upload another episode from the church of Techlinked. 105 00:07:24,220 --> 00:07:27,260 Our communion is computer chips. 106 00:07:27,260 --> 00:07:30,620 It hurts your teeth. There's still one in there. They go down rough.