WEBVTT 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, 00:00:05.720 --> 00:00:08.880 you might just pee pee yourself with excitement, heck. 00:00:08.880 --> 00:00:13.360 If you're wondering what that was all about, YouTube has innovated yet another way 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 00:00:18.680 --> 00:00:22.080 are upset with recent changes to the platform. 00:00:22.080 --> 00:00:25.080 In November, YouTube updated their ad guidelines 00:00:25.080 --> 00:00:30.920 surrounding violence and inappropriate language, stating that standard gameplay where gory injuries 00:00:30.920 --> 00:00:34.040 are present must occur after the first eight seconds 00:00:34.040 --> 00:00:37.240 of a video or it may be demonetized. 00:00:37.240 --> 00:00:41.000 You also can't use profanities within that oddly specific time frame, 00:00:41.000 --> 00:00:45.840 but hey, hell and damn aren't swear words anymore, hell yeah. 00:00:45.840 --> 00:00:50.520 Man, wouldn't it be weird if YouTube specifically stated they were allowing for profanity 00:00:50.520 --> 00:00:53.520 in the first 30 seconds of a video as recently as April, 00:00:53.680 --> 00:01:00.280 2021? Oh, they did? YouTube's gonna be so upset when they hear what YouTube said. 00:01:00.280 --> 00:01:04.000 Now, YouTube has made policy changes like this before, 00:01:04.000 --> 00:01:09.960 but what makes this update particularly egregious is how quietly it was rolled out. 00:01:09.960 --> 00:01:14.320 No one really knew about it until their video started getting demonetized. 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 00:01:20.720 --> 00:01:23.800 said multiple videos, including at least one from 2020 00:01:23.800 --> 00:01:29.880 and a private video from 11 years ago, were subsequently mass flagged as well. 00:01:29.880 --> 00:01:33.320 This stealth rollout has become quite a bit of a trend 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. 00:01:40.720 --> 00:01:43.760 I mean, better ask for forgiveness than ask for permission. 00:01:43.760 --> 00:01:46.840 But they didn't ask for either of those. Curse. 00:01:46.840 --> 00:01:50.040 An issue with the computer system causes all US flights 00:01:50.080 --> 00:01:54.520 to be grounded because flights getting screwed up is a pretty popular meme right now. 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. 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 00:02:03.800 --> 00:02:07.360 along flight routes suffered some kind of malfunction 00:02:07.360 --> 00:02:12.000 and ordered a pause on all domestic departures until 9 a.m. Eastern time. 00:02:12.000 --> 00:02:16.080 The White House stated officially on Twitter that there was no evidence of a cyber attack, 00:02:16.080 --> 00:02:19.400 stopped thinking about it. The computers that we depend on 00:02:19.400 --> 00:02:23.280 to make sure jet-propelled tuna cans packed full of people cans 00:02:23.280 --> 00:02:27.400 can continue to travel safely through the air. They're just bad computers. 00:02:27.400 --> 00:02:31.160 They're bad. Sorry. The flight tracker, FlightAware, 00:02:31.160 --> 00:02:34.760 listed that over 17,000 flights were delayed, 00:02:34.760 --> 00:02:38.800 which isn't actually that strange based on the number of delayed flights from Sunday. 00:02:38.800 --> 00:02:42.360 Man, air travel sucks. But if you look at the number of delays 00:02:42.360 --> 00:02:45.920 within, into, or out of the United States today, 00:02:45.920 --> 00:02:48.920 it is almost twice as high as normal. 00:02:48.920 --> 00:02:51.920 And the number of cancellations is 10 times as high. 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. 00:02:56.960 --> 00:03:02.880 USA. Which brings two to your eye. And Microsoft is going cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs. 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 00:03:09.560 --> 00:03:13.400 called VAL-E that can mimic someone's voice 00:03:13.400 --> 00:03:17.000 using only a three-second sample of that person talking. 00:03:17.000 --> 00:03:20.120 Would it always make some sound like they're asking a question? 00:03:20.120 --> 00:03:23.960 Oh, it doesn't? Oh, VAL-E. That's very good. 00:03:23.960 --> 00:03:27.040 VAL-E can even preserve the speaker's emotional tone 00:03:27.040 --> 00:03:29.120 and simulate their acoustic environment. 00:03:30.040 --> 00:03:35.520 Her face was against his breast. We have to reduce the number of plastic bags. 00:03:35.520 --> 00:03:39.720 Number 10, Fresh Nelly's waiting on you. Good night, husband. 00:03:39.720 --> 00:03:43.720 The demonstrations they've made public alternate between sounding like a voice changer 00:03:43.720 --> 00:03:46.980 from a spy movie and bad video game voice acting. 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, 00:03:53.180 --> 00:03:57.020 which compresses high quality audio to very small sizes 00:03:57.020 --> 00:04:00.740 using AI. Apparently it's this tech that allows Microsoft 00:04:00.740 --> 00:04:07.300 to make text to speech synthesis that found more realistic with very short voice samples. 00:04:07.300 --> 00:04:12.220 And that's really cool when you aren't thinking of the terrifying ramifications. 00:04:12.220 --> 00:04:16.300 The software giant has even more plans for AI though. According to some insiders, 00:04:16.300 --> 00:04:20.220 Microsoft is planning on incorporating OpenAI's GPT 00:04:20.220 --> 00:04:24.140 into some Windows applications. Apparently they want to use the model 00:04:24.140 --> 00:04:28.900 to make outlook search results more accurate. Or you could just make your spam recognition better 00:04:28.900 --> 00:04:32.540 so actual emails are easier to find. One of the two. 00:04:32.540 --> 00:04:36.020 That's right, I still have a hotmail account. You could have used regular intelligence. 00:04:37.060 --> 00:04:40.300 Where'd I put those quick bits? Have you checked your butt? What? 00:04:40.300 --> 00:04:43.900 Windows 7 and 8.1 are officially on their own 00:04:43.900 --> 00:04:48.780 in the update list, Wildlands. Both operating systems stopped receiving security updates 00:04:48.780 --> 00:04:53.020 yesterday and in a few days, they won't even get updates to Microsoft Edge, 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, 00:04:58.700 --> 00:05:03.780 but businesses could pay for up to three years of additional support while they transitioned 00:05:03.780 --> 00:05:07.740 from 10 to 11. Microsoft didn't offer the same courtesy for 8.1 00:05:07.740 --> 00:05:09.820 because it was bad. No one asked. 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 00:05:16.220 --> 00:05:19.700 with the infrastructure to allow for gigabit broadband. 00:05:19.700 --> 00:05:23.680 But only in England. Hey Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales. 00:05:23.680 --> 00:05:27.300 I guess Rishi's Sunak doesn't know you exist yet. 00:05:27.300 --> 00:05:30.660 Have you tried being rich? I hear that gets his attention. 00:05:30.660 --> 00:05:34.340 Never fails. You flipped your kilt and it's just money underneath. 00:05:34.340 --> 00:05:39.860 Mercedes is officially the first automaker to offer level three self-driving in the US 00:05:39.860 --> 00:05:43.340 as Nevada has approved the company's drive pilot system. 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 00:05:49.180 --> 00:05:53.420 of under 37 miles per hour and on suitably traffic dense motorways. 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 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. 00:06:02.660 --> 00:06:05.900 But this is an Elidan ring. It isn't cool, I guess. 00:06:05.900 --> 00:06:10.460 Yet. Yoshi P, a producer for the upcoming Final Fantasy XVI. 00:06:10.460 --> 00:06:13.620 It's also Yoshi's rap name. The P stands for producer. 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. 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 00:06:23.300 --> 00:06:27.060 why people thought one would be coming out six months after the PS5 release. 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 00:06:32.660 --> 00:06:36.740 that said the game would be available on non-PS5 platforms six months after the launch, 00:06:36.740 --> 00:06:40.820 nothing has been said about a PC release six months after the game's launch. 00:06:40.860 --> 00:06:44.220 Yoshi doesn't know why you would think that. What's wrong with people? 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. 00:06:49.300 --> 00:06:52.900 Said lad, going by I am mandatory on Twitter. 00:06:52.900 --> 00:06:55.940 I thought that said I am mad, lad, mandatory, but anyways. 00:06:55.940 --> 00:07:00.580 Took time out of his busy schedule of teaching underprivileged youth how to skateboard 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. 00:07:05.500 --> 00:07:09.460 The system is looking for contributors to upload memes that are missing. 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. 00:07:14.140 --> 00:07:17.900 Move over priesthood, embrace the teachings of the memes. 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. 00:07:24.220 --> 00:07:27.260 Our communion is computer chips. 00:07:27.260 --> 00:07:30.620 It hurts your teeth. There's still one in there. They go down rough.