WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.040 Ah, another week, another tech news. 00:00:03.040 --> 00:00:06.680 Say, that reminds me of a song I learned in ComSci. 00:00:06.680 --> 00:00:12.400 Flip the switch and turn it on. Elon Musk's AI company called, what else? 00:00:12.400 --> 00:00:17.360 XAI has unveiled Grock, a competitor to open AI's chat GBT 00:00:17.360 --> 00:00:21.560 with real-time access to all posts on X, formally Twitter. 00:00:21.560 --> 00:00:26.600 Now that access turned Microsoft's Tay Chatbot into a racist psychopath back in 2016, 00:00:26.600 --> 00:00:31.340 but that doesn't matter, it's Musk time. Grock is named after science fiction writer 00:00:31.340 --> 00:00:37.220 Robert A. Heinlein's neologism, meaning to understand intuitively or by empathy. 00:00:37.220 --> 00:00:42.580 So naturally, according to Elon, Grock is based and loves sarcasm. 00:00:42.580 --> 00:00:48.100 XAI's announcement on their site, please with you, not to use it if you hate humor. 00:00:48.100 --> 00:00:52.700 Like the kind of raffle copter fuel found in its answers to what the company calls, 00:00:52.700 --> 00:00:56.240 spicy questions, like, tell me how to make cocaine. 00:00:56.240 --> 00:01:01.820 After all, Grock's mission is to help understand the universe and the universe entails 00:01:01.820 --> 00:01:07.620 all possible fake cocaine recipes. XAI says that despite being trained in a couple months 00:01:07.620 --> 00:01:12.620 on only 33 billion parameters, Grock performs better than Meta's Llama 2 00:01:12.620 --> 00:01:16.380 and Open AI's GBT 3.5, that's not the current version, 00:01:16.380 --> 00:01:21.020 but the older version, in a number of benchmarks. But you won't be able to verify that right now 00:01:21.020 --> 00:01:25.740 unless you're verified on X and you get into the early access program. 00:01:25.740 --> 00:01:32.360 Those people must be laughing so hard. Now, yes, it's true that Elon joined multiple calls 00:01:32.360 --> 00:01:36.840 from experts to pause AI development for the safety of humanity. 00:01:36.840 --> 00:01:42.300 But as he explained back in June, he, quote, didn't think anyone would actually agree 00:01:42.300 --> 00:01:48.300 to the pause. See, we absolutely cannot tip over ice cream trucks 00:01:48.300 --> 00:01:53.820 and slurp everything up inside for free. We cannot, oh, are we doing, we're doing it, we're doing it. 00:01:54.820 --> 00:01:59.780 This is wrong, unless everyone else is doing it, 00:01:59.780 --> 00:02:06.420 in which case it's fine. Then we'll see. Speaking of AI, Open AI proved they're a real tech giant 00:02:06.420 --> 00:02:09.500 by holding their first Dev Day event this morning. 00:02:09.500 --> 00:02:15.820 After licking the air like a lizard for some reason, CEO Sam Altman made a few fairly big announcements. 00:02:15.820 --> 00:02:22.100 First off, the company introduced what they're calling GPTs, custom versions of chat GPT 00:02:22.100 --> 00:02:28.980 built for specific purposes. That can be built, shared, and sold on the GPT store. 00:02:28.980 --> 00:02:33.380 Don't call them apps. Do not call them that. 00:02:33.380 --> 00:02:37.080 Sam says he's still figuring out how revenue sharing will work, 00:02:37.080 --> 00:02:40.980 but we do know building your own GPT 00:02:40.980 --> 00:02:46.720 won't require any coding knowledge. You can build GPTs using GPT, 00:02:46.720 --> 00:02:52.060 like parents editing their embryos genes, so the eventual child never disappoints them. 00:02:52.060 --> 00:02:55.100 Open AI also announced GPT for Turbo 00:02:55.100 --> 00:02:58.900 with a massive 128K context window, 00:02:58.900 --> 00:03:02.080 meaning it could accept prompts up to 300 pages long, 00:03:02.080 --> 00:03:05.100 an assistance API to help developers make series 00:03:05.100 --> 00:03:08.260 that don't suck, price decreases across the board, 00:03:08.260 --> 00:03:12.640 and perhaps most interesting to me, copyright shield, 00:03:12.640 --> 00:03:16.140 a commitment to pay legal costs for Open AI customers 00:03:16.140 --> 00:03:20.620 who get sued for copyright infringement over AI-generated works. 00:03:20.620 --> 00:03:23.620 Similar promises are made by IBM, Microsoft, Adobe, 00:03:23.620 --> 00:03:27.060 and more at the same time that some of those same companies 00:03:27.060 --> 00:03:31.980 are trying to make sure copyright holders aren't screwed over by generative AI, 00:03:31.980 --> 00:03:36.340 which is now so pervasive, you can use it in freaking Microsoft paint. 00:03:36.340 --> 00:03:40.340 Honestly, I don't care if Lil Mateo didn't know what he was generating 00:03:40.340 --> 00:03:45.020 on the family computer, he's going to jail. Google went to court today to defend itself 00:03:45.020 --> 00:03:50.260 from Epic Games, who accused Google of anti-competitive behavior concerning the Play Store 00:03:50.300 --> 00:03:55.340 way back in August, 2020. After three years of dramatic tension, 00:03:55.340 --> 00:03:58.420 I can only hope this ends in a passionate make out, but we'll see. 00:03:58.420 --> 00:04:03.340 If this sounds familiar, it's because Epic went through this whole song and dance with Apple already, 00:04:03.340 --> 00:04:06.580 only to pretty much lose. 00:04:06.580 --> 00:04:13.420 And if you have no idea what I'm talking about, I made a tech longer on it, just save that for later. 00:04:13.420 --> 00:04:17.120 Epic Games may have a slightly stronger case with Google though, 00:04:17.120 --> 00:04:23.100 as there's loads of evidence Google has gone out of their way to wall off their supposedly open garden. 00:04:23.100 --> 00:04:26.320 But I don't know, Google did publish a blog post on Thursday, 00:04:26.320 --> 00:04:30.900 essentially explaining how they're actually right, and they definitely don't make deals with companies 00:04:30.900 --> 00:04:36.000 to stop Epic's attempts to compete with the Play Store. So it's right, it's right there. 00:04:36.000 --> 00:04:40.060 On the other hand, another thing that might help Epic get what it wants is once again, 00:04:40.060 --> 00:04:45.860 leveraging the power of gamers. Fortnite re-released the original island map on the weekend, 00:04:45.860 --> 00:04:48.980 breaking its own records for concurrent players. 00:04:48.980 --> 00:04:53.620 We need those guys on deck again, to flood the trials calling line once more, 00:04:53.620 --> 00:04:57.780 and implore the judge to subscribe to their YouTube channels. 00:04:57.780 --> 00:05:01.820 It's the only way. Your honor, I'm base. 00:05:01.820 --> 00:05:06.820 You don't get it, Judge Epic is based on love sarcasm. 00:05:06.820 --> 00:05:09.980 My family has been using the same quick bitch recipe 00:05:09.980 --> 00:05:16.700 since 1964, except we took out all of the asbestos and lead. 00:05:17.260 --> 00:05:21.780 We did take it out, right? It'll stick to your ribs, it's good for you. 00:05:21.780 --> 00:05:25.740 And your lungs. Intel announced a while back that they were changing 00:05:25.740 --> 00:05:29.980 the naming scheme for their core processors, and now leaks have given us a taste 00:05:29.980 --> 00:05:33.060 of how much getting used to that is going to suck. 00:05:33.060 --> 00:05:37.700 Leaker Momomo US posted benchmarks from Crossmark on Twitter, 00:05:37.700 --> 00:05:44.260 I'll still call it that sometimes, showing chips with names like Intel Core Ultra 9185H, 00:05:44.740 --> 00:05:49.460 which is thought to be the flagship notebook chip in the Meteor Lake family. 00:05:49.460 --> 00:05:54.340 But don't get that confused with the Intel Core Ultra 150U, 00:05:54.340 --> 00:05:58.180 which is part of the Raptor Lake U family refresh. 00:05:58.180 --> 00:06:05.700 Both chips are part of what Intel is now calling first gen core, after the 14th gen released. 00:06:05.700 --> 00:06:09.540 And while I might agree that having less digits in the name is better, 00:06:09.540 --> 00:06:13.580 I'm hoping this doesn't become a Xbox One, One X, 00:06:13.580 --> 00:06:18.580 Series X situation, just please be better Intel. 00:06:19.580 --> 00:06:22.780 MediaTek has announced its new flagship mobile processor, 00:06:22.780 --> 00:06:25.980 the Dimensity 9300, or as I like to call it, 00:06:25.980 --> 00:06:29.380 the density 9300, because unlike other chips 00:06:29.380 --> 00:06:33.580 that use a combination of big performance cores and smaller efficiency cores, 00:06:33.580 --> 00:06:38.020 the Dimensity 9300 will only use four big cores 00:06:38.020 --> 00:06:42.060 and four ultra large cores for its processor. 00:06:42.060 --> 00:06:47.540 Chonky though it may be, MediaTek still claims a 15% increase in single core performance, 00:06:47.540 --> 00:06:54.100 a 40% increase in multi-core performance, and 33% greater efficiency over its predecessor, 00:06:54.100 --> 00:06:58.740 the Dimensity 9200. The idea is to allow more AI processing 00:06:58.740 --> 00:07:04.140 to stay on the chip rather than the cloud, in which case bigger, might just be better. 00:07:04.140 --> 00:07:09.620 Oh Lord, he coming. Oh Lordy Corrin. 00:07:09.620 --> 00:07:15.860 Xbox has announced a multi-year partnership with InWorld AI, a company with an AI character engine 00:07:15.860 --> 00:07:20.340 they claim makes multimodal characters, meaning they can react to your speech 00:07:20.340 --> 00:07:26.140 and to visuals in-game. The two companies plan to build a multi-platform AI tool set 00:07:26.140 --> 00:07:31.300 for games that will include Shocker, an AI co-pilot to assist with development, 00:07:31.300 --> 00:07:35.660 and an AI character runtime engine that will allow you to import AI characters 00:07:35.660 --> 00:07:40.180 into any game client from Unreal Engine 5 to Roblox. 00:07:40.180 --> 00:07:43.340 Is it also called co-pilot 365? 00:07:43.340 --> 00:07:46.860 Cause I've had enough. How many co-pilots can you have 00:07:46.860 --> 00:07:52.060 until they're just crew members? We're all piloting together. 00:07:52.060 --> 00:07:56.820 Now developers of all ages can hire the worst voice actors for their games. 00:07:56.820 --> 00:08:02.540 Western Digital is splitting up their flash and hard drive businesses into two independent companies, 00:08:02.540 --> 00:08:05.660 but that doesn't mean they love you any less than they did before. 00:08:05.660 --> 00:08:09.660 Yeah, cause they didn't love you before. They've always hated you. 00:08:09.660 --> 00:08:12.740 Just a number. It seems that Western Digital's flash company 00:08:12.740 --> 00:08:15.820 has been suffering from demand shortage. 00:08:15.820 --> 00:08:19.300 Which is a funny way of saying no one wants it. And since they couldn't get Kyoksia 00:08:19.300 --> 00:08:25.500 to give them a place to stay and regular business, WD is kicking out their two-time and flash segment 00:08:25.500 --> 00:08:29.500 and increasing their own stock prices by 10% for the trouble. 00:08:29.500 --> 00:08:33.460 However, there has been no word on how this will affect alimony payments. 00:08:34.380 --> 00:08:39.980 Attendees at Ape Fest, the board Ape Yacht Club's annual NFT event in Hong Kong 00:08:39.980 --> 00:08:43.220 reported severe eye pain, visual impairment, 00:08:43.220 --> 00:08:47.260 and skin damage similar to sunburns after the event. 00:08:47.260 --> 00:08:52.380 While it's tempting to assume that Zeus Almighty finally did something about crypto, 00:08:52.380 --> 00:08:56.620 this parallels a previous incident in Hong Kong in 2017 00:08:56.620 --> 00:08:59.940 where contractors installed disinfecting UV lights 00:08:59.980 --> 00:09:03.140 instead of stage lights leading to an effect 00:09:03.140 --> 00:09:08.780 similar to staring into the sun. Organizers claimed that fewer than 1% of attendees 00:09:08.780 --> 00:09:12.220 were affected only to get roasted by an ophthalmologist 00:09:12.220 --> 00:09:15.980 for blasting ultraviolet light directly into people's faces 00:09:15.980 --> 00:09:21.060 and destroying their corneas. Don't worry Apes, the doctor says it'll grow back. 00:09:21.060 --> 00:09:24.580 You can look at more stupid variations 00:09:24.580 --> 00:09:27.620 of the same image in the future. 00:09:27.660 --> 00:09:31.580 And we promise fewer than 0.1% of you will be blinded 00:09:31.580 --> 00:09:36.900 if you come back on Wednesday for more tech news. But hey, those are pretty good odds. 00:09:36.900 --> 00:09:40.860 I mean, not every channel can say that.