1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,000 Bonjour, bienvenue, it is good to see you again. 2 00:00:03,000 --> 00:00:08,960 Je l'ai prepair, c'est usual, c'est ét corse technuse, magnifique. 3 00:00:08,960 --> 00:00:12,400 Two days after Twitch allowed artistic nudity 4 00:00:12,400 --> 00:00:17,280 on the platform, the company has reversed that decision. To the shock of no one. 5 00:00:17,280 --> 00:00:22,160 Two days too long. To catch you up, only fans model MorgPie went viral 6 00:00:22,160 --> 00:00:27,160 for supposedly streaming topless, taking part in what was turning out to be an emerging meta. 7 00:00:27,160 --> 00:00:32,840 While MorgPie claims she was wearing a shirt, just out of frame, we have our doubts. 8 00:00:32,840 --> 00:00:38,880 There's a clip, it's not in our sources, stop looking for it. And we won't claim to be experts on their female form, 9 00:00:38,880 --> 00:00:45,080 but one of us studied physics. And let's just say the footage was gravitationally anomalous. 10 00:00:45,080 --> 00:00:48,680 Jacob had a lot of context for this. Anyway, MorgPie got banned, 11 00:00:48,680 --> 00:00:53,920 but after debates broke out over whether she had technically broken TOS or not, 12 00:00:53,920 --> 00:00:59,040 Twitch decided to update their sexual content policy for clarity, spelling out an allowance for content 13 00:00:59,040 --> 00:01:02,280 like MorgPie's that deliberately highlighted breasts, 14 00:01:02,280 --> 00:01:06,320 buttocks, or pelvic region, as well as fictionalized nudity. 15 00:01:06,320 --> 00:01:11,460 So like drawn or animated of any kind, so long as it was correctly labeled. 16 00:01:11,460 --> 00:01:16,040 What followed was a biblical deluge of explicit art. 17 00:01:16,040 --> 00:01:22,040 Or what Twitch called in today's blog post, a great deal of new content that was under the updated policy. 18 00:01:22,040 --> 00:01:27,800 Our community loves this new content. So Twitch reversed the policy and acknowledged their mistake. 19 00:01:27,800 --> 00:01:33,080 A mistake they could have avoided altogether, if anyone who worked there knew how the internet works. 20 00:01:33,080 --> 00:01:36,160 What do you think this is? A church lunch? Like what? 21 00:01:36,160 --> 00:01:39,520 All right, pastor, I have a crazy idea to boost attendance. 22 00:01:39,520 --> 00:01:42,920 Intel launched their new core ultra mobile processors, 23 00:01:42,920 --> 00:01:46,080 their first consumer CPUs with built-in neural processing 24 00:01:46,080 --> 00:01:49,600 units during the company's AI everywhere event. 25 00:01:49,600 --> 00:01:54,520 What if you don't want AI to be everywhere? Too bad. The H series are designed for thin and light 26 00:01:54,520 --> 00:01:58,840 gaming workstation laptops, while the U series is meant for ultra books. 27 00:01:58,840 --> 00:02:02,480 Apparently there has been a massive improvement in the integrated graphics, 28 00:02:02,480 --> 00:02:05,560 though Intel's previous attempts on the IGPU front 29 00:02:05,560 --> 00:02:10,840 have set a pretty low bar. They had a higher bar to clear with their new fifth gen Xeon processors 30 00:02:10,840 --> 00:02:15,040 since they will be competing against AMD's excellent Epic platform. 31 00:02:15,040 --> 00:02:19,160 Team Blue is really pushing the AI angle here with the data center chips, 32 00:02:19,160 --> 00:02:26,160 emphasizing the baked in AI acceleration and calling the new Xeons the best CPU for AI hands down. 33 00:02:26,160 --> 00:02:29,440 But Big Papa Pat Gelsinger didn't name the event AI 34 00:02:29,440 --> 00:02:33,400 most places is, and that's why he also announced Gaudi 3, 35 00:02:33,400 --> 00:02:36,680 an AI chip meant to compete with NVIDIA's H100. 36 00:02:36,680 --> 00:02:41,240 Don't ask about Gaudi 1 or 2. Actually, they're not just meant to compete. 37 00:02:41,240 --> 00:02:45,800 Pat wants CUDA to die. I mean, he actually said that the AI industry 38 00:02:45,800 --> 00:02:50,280 is motivated to move towards more open standards, but that's the most threatening 39 00:02:50,280 --> 00:02:56,040 this particular tech CEO is capable of being. Sweet, sweet baby, Big Papa Pat. 40 00:02:56,040 --> 00:03:01,320 A marketing company called Cox Media Group claims it can listen to consumers' ambient conversations 41 00:03:01,320 --> 00:03:06,560 through microphones in devices like smartphones to gather data for ad targeting. 42 00:03:06,560 --> 00:03:10,680 Even worse, they thought saying that was a solid business strategy. 43 00:03:10,680 --> 00:03:13,960 The company advertised active listening on their site 44 00:03:13,960 --> 00:03:19,520 as a marketing strategy for potential clients, calling it a marketing technique fit for the future 45 00:03:19,520 --> 00:03:23,160 available today. They mixed up their marketing textbook with 1984. 46 00:03:23,160 --> 00:03:27,200 Yeah, there it is. Cox Media have since removed the page from their site, 47 00:03:27,200 --> 00:03:32,040 probably because it's not a good look, and also they might actually be lying. 48 00:03:32,040 --> 00:03:36,320 Conclusive proof for the common suspicion that our phones are listening to everything we say 49 00:03:36,320 --> 00:03:41,840 has been very difficult to find. Even if Cox Media could listen to people through their phones, 50 00:03:41,840 --> 00:03:45,200 most models today indicate when the microphone is being used. 51 00:03:45,200 --> 00:03:48,760 Actually, that's a feature exclusive to iPhones, 52 00:03:48,760 --> 00:03:51,960 according to Apple Insider. I mean, I thought privacy indicators were added 53 00:03:51,960 --> 00:03:56,000 back in Android 12, and so did Google based on their official support page. 54 00:03:56,000 --> 00:03:59,560 But who am I to argue with a headline? Very compelling. Hey, I have an idea. 55 00:03:59,560 --> 00:04:02,800 What if you deliver the QuickBits this time? 56 00:04:02,800 --> 00:04:07,640 Are you gonna? Okay, fine, I'll do it. Google Chrome will finally start blocking 57 00:04:07,640 --> 00:04:13,080 third-party cookies next year, merely years after every other browser. 58 00:04:13,080 --> 00:04:16,760 In a post on their official blog, the company will start testing their tracking 59 00:04:16,760 --> 00:04:23,080 protection feature on January 4th, starting with just 1% of global Chrome users. 60 00:04:23,080 --> 00:04:27,960 Google says they will reach every Chrome user at some point in the second half of next year. 61 00:04:27,960 --> 00:04:33,800 But cut them a break, these things take time. They still have to destroy all ad blockers everywhere first. 62 00:04:33,800 --> 00:04:38,720 In other Google news, the company has announced that it is changing how it handles maps data, 63 00:04:38,720 --> 00:04:43,080 so it will no longer be able to access users' individual location histories. 64 00:04:43,080 --> 00:04:48,800 The change appears to be designed to make it pointless for law enforcement to serve Google with geofence warrants. 65 00:04:48,800 --> 00:04:52,160 These cast a wide net to scoop up the data of everyone 66 00:04:52,160 --> 00:04:55,240 who was in the general vicinity when a crime took place. 67 00:04:55,240 --> 00:05:01,400 Nearly all geofence warrants are directed at Google, but like a covert agent captured behind enemy lines, 68 00:05:01,400 --> 00:05:05,960 it can't be forced to tell what it doesn't know, even though it really, really wants to. 69 00:05:05,960 --> 00:05:11,040 In other, other Google news, the company has released an on-device diagnostic tool 70 00:05:11,040 --> 00:05:16,080 and repair manuals for Pixel phones, which they announced in a blog post just one day 71 00:05:16,080 --> 00:05:21,400 after Apple announced they were launching web-based diagnostic tools for iPhones. 72 00:05:21,400 --> 00:05:24,840 But Google went a step further by adding a repair mode setting 73 00:05:24,840 --> 00:05:27,840 they say can help protect your personal data 74 00:05:27,840 --> 00:05:31,160 from nosy repair shops. Honestly, Google doing all these things 75 00:05:31,160 --> 00:05:36,040 to protect my privacy kind of freaks me out. It's like if the popular girl suddenly asked me to prom. 76 00:05:36,040 --> 00:05:39,040 Frankly, I'm expecting a bucket of pigs blood. 77 00:05:39,040 --> 00:05:43,000 It's gonna show up at some point, it's an Amazon package. Here, I brought you your pigs blood. 78 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:46,920 Oh, my pigs blood's here! In other, other, other Google news, 79 00:05:46,920 --> 00:05:50,760 I'm sorry, there was a lot today. AI researchers at DeepMind claim 80 00:05:50,760 --> 00:05:55,960 that one of their large language models is the first one to discover new verifiable solutions 81 00:05:55,960 --> 00:06:00,920 for open problems in mathematics. The model, using a method called FunSearch 82 00:06:00,920 --> 00:06:05,800 in mockery of machine's current inability to feel enjoyment, was able to discover multiple 83 00:06:05,800 --> 00:06:12,120 never before seen solutions to the well-known cap-set math problem and the bin packing problem 84 00:06:12,120 --> 00:06:16,880 in computer science. Unlike biology or chemistry, these disciplines allow AI 85 00:06:16,880 --> 00:06:20,600 to make discoveries that can be tested without the risk of blowing up the lab 86 00:06:20,600 --> 00:06:24,240 or triggering a last of us situation. Math can't hurt you. 87 00:06:24,240 --> 00:06:31,560 It's not even real. Some of it's imaginary. And in non-Google news, finally, AI Startup Channel One 88 00:06:31,560 --> 00:06:34,600 has created a proof of concept pilot episode 89 00:06:34,600 --> 00:06:38,760 for a 24-7 news network featuring a team 90 00:06:38,760 --> 00:06:41,960 of fully generated and digital double news anchors 91 00:06:41,960 --> 00:06:45,640 and AI augmented news coverage. Ugh. 92 00:06:45,640 --> 00:06:50,520 Though the news stories therein are reportedly, at least partially, drawn from existing news sources 93 00:06:50,520 --> 00:06:55,760 and edited by human beings. In the example video, Channel One's square-jawed 94 00:06:55,760 --> 00:06:59,560 news homunculus directly contrasts an unaltered clip 95 00:06:59,560 --> 00:07:02,640 from a French broadcast of a man discussing damage from a storm. 96 00:07:02,640 --> 00:07:07,080 By 2 o'clock in the morning, I heard a big noise. Followed by an AI-translated version 97 00:07:07,080 --> 00:07:12,360 that has the same man speaking English in several different accents simultaneously. 98 00:07:12,360 --> 00:07:17,000 Into the air. And then, after 30 minutes, everything went crazy. 99 00:07:17,000 --> 00:07:20,360 It scattered all over the place. His AI counterpart is apparently 100 00:07:20,360 --> 00:07:25,480 from the Appalachian region of Sussex. And I don't care if you're Sus or if you're my ex. 101 00:07:25,480 --> 00:07:28,440 So long as you come back on Monday for more tech news. 102 00:07:32,200 --> 00:07:33,880 Just kidding, Ashley, stay away.