WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.800 Hey guys, are you ready for the tech news? No? 00:00:03.800 --> 00:00:07.360 Too bad! Samsung held their Galaxy Unpacked event today, 00:00:07.360 --> 00:00:12.200 conveniently in Paris, where their 30,000 striking workers are not. 00:00:12.200 --> 00:00:15.680 Samsung launched the Galaxy Z Fold 6 and Flip 6, 00:00:15.680 --> 00:00:22.800 both of which are quite similar to their predecessors, but with a $100 price hike and new AI features. 00:00:22.800 --> 00:00:27.200 The Galaxy Watch 7 boasts a new processor and AI health tracking, 00:00:27.240 --> 00:00:31.560 while the Galaxy Watch Ultra looks so much like the Apple Watch Ultra 00:00:31.560 --> 00:00:36.280 that Samsung should probably order a paternity test. I don't know why, but I thought that I was going to hear 00:00:36.280 --> 00:00:41.160 like mori voices from over there. And you are not the father! 00:00:41.160 --> 00:00:47.680 The new design for the Galaxy Buds 3 and 3 Pro, likewise, take clear influence from Apple's AirPods 00:00:47.680 --> 00:00:51.240 in the same way that school kids occasionally take influence 00:00:51.240 --> 00:00:55.720 from their neighbors' answers during tests. Today also marked the official launch 00:00:55.720 --> 00:00:59.840 of Samsung's newest wearable smart device, the Galaxy Ring, 00:00:59.840 --> 00:01:03.680 which Samsung is primarily positioning as a health and fitness tracker. 00:01:03.680 --> 00:01:08.240 Think of it like a smartwatch, but smaller and it goes on your finger. 00:01:08.240 --> 00:01:13.800 This is far from the first smart ring on the market, but Samsung is the first major tech company to offer one, 00:01:13.800 --> 00:01:17.160 which raises the probability that someone will try to propose with a ring 00:01:17.160 --> 00:01:23.640 that tracks the user's heartbeat and menstrual cycle. You definitely shouldn't do that, but hey, you can now. 00:01:23.640 --> 00:01:28.720 Microsoft has stepped down from its short-lived observer seat on OpenAI's board. 00:01:28.720 --> 00:01:33.880 Apple, which only recently earned its right in a similar seat, will apparently be doing the same. 00:01:33.880 --> 00:01:37.520 A big motivator appears to be the increased regulatory scrutiny 00:01:37.520 --> 00:01:43.560 on the AI industry in general and on Microsoft's relationship with OpenAI in particular. 00:01:43.560 --> 00:01:48.080 While the European Commission dropped its probe into Microsoft and OpenAI back in June, 00:01:48.080 --> 00:01:51.880 that doesn't mean the danger of a full-blown antitrust investigation 00:01:51.920 --> 00:01:55.360 has entirely passed in the EU or the US. 00:01:55.360 --> 00:02:00.440 Of course, Microsoft has only stated that observer position is no longer necessary 00:02:00.440 --> 00:02:03.800 as OpenAI's new board has made significant progress 00:02:03.800 --> 00:02:09.520 since Microsoft's representative joined in November. Instead, OpenAI plans to hold regular meetings 00:02:09.520 --> 00:02:14.600 with all of its investors, which just so happens to include Apple and Microsoft. 00:02:14.600 --> 00:02:19.080 In another move, possibly intended to reduce regulatory scrutiny in the United States, 00:02:19.080 --> 00:02:22.800 OpenAI has blocked access to its services in China. 00:02:22.800 --> 00:02:28.200 To be clear, the Chinese government already had blocked OpenAI via its extensive firewall, 00:02:28.200 --> 00:02:33.200 but some Chinese developers were nonetheless accessing OpenAI tools using VPNs. 00:02:33.200 --> 00:02:37.080 It's like how your ex technically has you blocked on social media, 00:02:37.080 --> 00:02:40.600 but you've gotta be the one to block that sock puppet account 00:02:40.600 --> 00:02:46.440 that she uses to check whether you've started dating again. An online mob of Pennsylvania middle schoolers 00:02:46.440 --> 00:02:51.880 has been implicated in the mass cyberbullying of around 20 teachers at their school. 00:02:51.880 --> 00:02:56.120 It was discovered that the children had created 22 fake TikTok accounts 00:02:56.120 --> 00:03:01.920 impersonating their teachers using clips and images from those teachers' personal social media accounts. 00:03:01.920 --> 00:03:05.360 Many were edited to include lewd and offensive jokes 00:03:05.360 --> 00:03:10.000 and even implications of sexual misconduct and criminal behavior proving once again 00:03:10.000 --> 00:03:13.560 that eighth graders are the meanest people in the world. 00:03:13.560 --> 00:03:17.480 While some of these posts might be protected from government action under the children's 00:03:17.480 --> 00:03:23.280 right to free speech, undisclosed impersonation and parody is against TikTok's terms of service, 00:03:23.280 --> 00:03:28.080 and thus the accounts were quickly taken down. Several students were temporarily suspended 00:03:28.080 --> 00:03:32.560 and worse, their parents were notified. At least some of the affected teachers 00:03:32.560 --> 00:03:36.600 claim that the incident has made them question their career and education and the effect 00:03:36.600 --> 00:03:40.160 that social media has had on the children's capacity for empathy. 00:03:40.160 --> 00:03:45.320 However, some of us here remember going to school in the 90s and early 2000s in order to inform them 00:03:45.720 --> 00:03:51.160 that 13 year olds have always been monsters and are rarely restrained by the laws of God or man. 00:03:51.160 --> 00:03:55.480 Well, what's a quick bit? Well, the QU stands for quantum. 00:03:55.480 --> 00:04:00.400 Well, the rest stands for ick bits. Multiple governments have secretly restricted 00:04:00.400 --> 00:04:04.840 the export of quantum computers with identical regulations. 00:04:04.840 --> 00:04:09.560 It's likely because quantum mechanics involves a mysterious force that politicians fear 00:04:09.560 --> 00:04:13.480 because they don't understand it. I believe it's called math. 00:04:13.480 --> 00:04:18.120 Though if you ask some of the countries that have these restrictions, like the UK, Spain, Canada, 00:04:18.120 --> 00:04:21.480 and more, they'll tell you that it's a national security 00:04:21.480 --> 00:04:25.120 concern, a powerful technology that could benefit society. 00:04:25.120 --> 00:04:29.680 But in the wrong hands, it could cause massive harm to nations and their citizens. 00:04:29.680 --> 00:04:34.000 Fair enough, multiple governments, but did you hear about this AI thing though? 00:04:34.000 --> 00:04:37.520 I can't wait till middle schoolers are using quantum computers to bully their teachers. 00:04:37.520 --> 00:04:41.840 Hell yeah. This folding keyboard contains an entire Ryzen 7 PC 00:04:41.840 --> 00:04:45.080 thanks to a Chinese company and doorbell on a monopia. 00:04:45.080 --> 00:04:49.120 Ling long. While you can plug in any display with USB-C, 00:04:49.120 --> 00:04:52.800 the manufacturer apparently recommends AR or VR glasses. 00:04:52.800 --> 00:04:57.480 The onboard Ryzen 7 8840U is powerful enough for some gaming, 00:04:57.480 --> 00:05:00.600 but the battery can take only about four hours of that. 00:05:00.600 --> 00:05:06.320 It's not available yet, but just imagine the power move it'll be in the future to pull out a pair of AR glasses 00:05:06.320 --> 00:05:10.920 and a full keyboard when someone tries to initiate conversation on the bus. 00:05:10.960 --> 00:05:16.400 According to a new Business Insider report, Tesla apparently gives special weight to training data 00:05:16.400 --> 00:05:19.720 of its self-driving cars when it comes to certain VIPs, 00:05:19.720 --> 00:05:24.160 including YouTubers, online influencers, and Elon Musk himself. 00:05:24.160 --> 00:05:27.960 Moreover, both current and former Tesla employees claim 00:05:27.960 --> 00:05:32.800 that they were told to focus more resources on routes frequently driven by these VIPs, 00:05:32.800 --> 00:05:38.960 meaning that Tesla's autopilot probably navigates those routes much better than it does on the average road. 00:05:38.960 --> 00:05:43.360 This means that as a Tesla owner, one of your best ways to improve your driving experience 00:05:43.360 --> 00:05:46.920 is to secretly live in Elon Musk's attic or become an influencer. 00:05:46.920 --> 00:05:51.320 It's been a rocky rollout for Google's Find My Device Network with its users complaining 00:05:51.320 --> 00:05:56.280 that it isn't great at finding stuff, but Google claims that their network only sucks 00:05:56.280 --> 00:06:01.560 because of a one-of-a-kind default privacy protection option called not actually tracking you, 00:06:01.560 --> 00:06:06.800 or in nerd words, aggregation by default. This means that trackers only ping locations 00:06:06.800 --> 00:06:10.440 when connected to many devices instead of just one 00:06:10.440 --> 00:06:15.560 to prevent unwanted tracking. Noble for sure, but that doesn't help with Google's reputation 00:06:15.560 --> 00:06:21.680 of being completely useless when it comes to search. And UK politician slash real human Mark Matlock 00:06:21.680 --> 00:06:24.840 wants to know that he is not AI. 00:06:24.840 --> 00:06:31.200 A tweet went viral questioning the humanness of his gorgeous smooth skin, thick, wiry hair, 00:06:31.200 --> 00:06:34.600 and musky baby trapped inside the flesh of a grown man. 00:06:34.600 --> 00:06:39.480 Good looks. Not helping the AI allegations, he was a no-show at the election. 00:06:39.480 --> 00:06:43.120 Turns out he is real, but he was homesick with pneumonia, 00:06:43.120 --> 00:06:46.480 which he claims was treated with vitamins and exercise. 00:06:46.480 --> 00:06:51.520 Ironically, the exact kind of horrible health advice I'd expect to be given from chat GPT. 00:06:51.520 --> 00:06:55.880 In defense of the original tweet, there was an actual AI candidate who ran 00:06:55.880 --> 00:07:00.960 on Brighton named AI Steve. Unsurprisingly, AI Steve was not elected 00:07:00.960 --> 00:07:05.280 and received fewer votes than the citizen skeweth of the monster-raving Looney party. 00:07:05.280 --> 00:07:10.600 And frankly, you'd have to be a monster-raving Looney to not come back on Friday for more tech news. 00:07:10.600 --> 00:07:12.560 Have a good day, bye, subscribe, like.