WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.000 Sometimes technology can seem a bit dystopian and sad but it also gives us little gadgets with 00:00:06.000 --> 00:00:08.720 switches and clicky buttons and those and those are fun to you know. 00:00:10.480 --> 00:00:12.560 So as long as those are around I think we'll be fine. 00:00:13.920 --> 00:00:20.560 DeepSeq R1, the Chinese AI model that matches OpenAI's O1 for a fraction of the cost, 00:00:20.560 --> 00:00:25.760 has the entire AI world panicking, partially because it costs a fraction of what it takes to 00:00:25.840 --> 00:00:29.760 run O1 and it's open weights so you can run it locally. 00:00:29.760 --> 00:00:34.960 But investors really started to freak out when DeepSeq surged to the top of the free 00:00:34.960 --> 00:00:41.440 apps list on the iOS app store, passing chat GPT, threads and even block blast. 00:00:41.440 --> 00:00:47.680 As a victory lap, DeepSeq also dropped a multimodal model this morning called Motown. 00:00:47.680 --> 00:00:55.840 Nope, just wanted to keep the M's going. It's called Janus Pro which they say beats OpenAI's Dolly 3 on a couple of benchmarks 00:00:55.840 --> 00:01:03.120 that apparently still means something. The whole thing has investors shook, leading to massive drops in tech stocks across the board. 00:01:03.120 --> 00:01:10.720 Even NVIDIA dropped by a whopping 16% as confused, non-techy investors struggled to figure out 00:01:10.720 --> 00:01:16.080 whether this means companies still need literal shiploads worth of GPUs from Team Green. 00:01:17.040 --> 00:01:23.920 NVIDIA tried to explain through Bloomberg that AI models are still going to have to run on something, 00:01:23.920 --> 00:01:27.840 although it's unclear whether it's going to be DeepSeq R1 for much longer. 00:01:27.840 --> 00:01:32.800 The company says it's weathering a cyber attack, so it's limiting new signups, 00:01:32.800 --> 00:01:36.560 which were apparently only being allowed for users with a Chinese phone number, 00:01:36.560 --> 00:01:44.000 but that notice is now gone. Whether it comes back or not, DeepSeq has given American AI companies a kick in the pants, 00:01:44.000 --> 00:01:49.600 with Meta reportedly setting up war rooms to analyze DeepSeq's tech. 00:01:49.600 --> 00:01:55.200 Zuck needs to know how they did this. Did they learn Jujitsu and try to make Joe Rogan like them? 00:01:55.200 --> 00:02:02.400 What's their secret? Intel has released their highly anticipated second field update for their core Ultra 200S 00:02:02.400 --> 00:02:07.200 desktop processors, which the company promised would deliver a massive performance boost 00:02:07.200 --> 00:02:13.280 to the troubled Aero Lake lineup. To get the fix, you have to update to both a BIOS with Intel's new fixes, 00:02:13.280 --> 00:02:16.720 as well as update Windows 11 to the correct version. 00:02:16.720 --> 00:02:19.600 Making me wonder, who really did all the work here? 00:02:20.640 --> 00:02:26.480 Thankfully, KitGuru has already tested it out, and they first asked us to check ourselves. 00:02:26.480 --> 00:02:32.400 Because in Cinebench Multicore, the Core 9 Ultra 285K is right where it always was 00:02:32.400 --> 00:02:40.560 at the top of the chart, and I didn't know that. It also got a massive boost in Cyberpunk 2077, where it's actually better than its 14th gen 00:02:40.560 --> 00:02:47.440 predecessor now. Wow. It just goes to show that, oh, but it barely got better in other games, 00:02:47.440 --> 00:02:50.160 and in some of them the older chips actually improved more. 00:02:53.360 --> 00:03:00.960 Good news for everyone then. Gplay, a Bulgarian PC retailer, has revealed some interesting details about the mystery 00:03:00.960 --> 00:03:10.240 of AMD's Radeon RX9070 pseudo-launched. Gplay confirmed they do have RX9070 XTs in stock, 00:03:10.240 --> 00:03:13.600 despite AMD recently saying the cards would launch in March. 00:03:13.600 --> 00:03:19.040 They also hinted at the original pricing, which, when translated and calculated by 00:03:19.040 --> 00:03:28.080 videocards.com with a Z, indicates the RX9070 XT had an original MSRP of around $900, 00:03:28.080 --> 00:03:32.880 while the RX9070 non-XT would have been around $750, with an originally planned 00:03:32.880 --> 00:03:39.600 launch date of January 23rd before Intel and then NVIDIA came with low-priced competitor cards and 00:03:39.600 --> 00:03:44.560 just f**ked it all up. It's kind of what we all expected, but it just hits different being 00:03:44.560 --> 00:03:50.000 calmly explained by a Bulgarian in plaid. Here's a bone for the AMD fanboys, though. 00:03:50.000 --> 00:03:55.760 Team Red says the integrated GPU in their Ryzen AI Max 395 laptop APUs 00:03:55.760 --> 00:04:04.800 demolish the mobile versions of NVIDIA's RTX 4070 by up to 68%. Awesome! Can I plug it into my PC, 00:04:04.800 --> 00:04:09.840 though? No. So, now I get to press the quick bits button. 00:04:16.320 --> 00:04:23.360 Meta says their Meta AI chatbot will now personalize its responses using users' Facebook and 00:04:23.360 --> 00:04:28.880 Instagram account data, so it'll be able to give you activity recommendations based on things like 00:04:28.880 --> 00:04:35.360 the home city listed in your profile and photos that you've uploaded, whether you want it to or 00:04:35.360 --> 00:04:42.320 not. Yeah, Meta told TechCrunch that users won't be able to opt out of giving their AI a more 00:04:42.320 --> 00:04:48.640 personal touch. But Meta AI can also now remember things that you've explicitly told it in messages, 00:04:48.720 --> 00:04:54.880 and you can ask it to forget those things, like say you've already told Meta AI that you're vegan. 00:04:54.880 --> 00:05:03.120 You can delete that because it's so fun to keep reminding people. Google has taken down almost three years' worth of firmware images for the Pixel 4a 00:05:03.120 --> 00:05:07.760 previously hosted on a support page, only providing the most recent firmware, 00:05:07.760 --> 00:05:13.760 which many 4a users say has tanked their devices' batteries. Google did announce earlier this month 00:05:13.760 --> 00:05:19.760 that the update, which is required to improve stability, basically kills the battery. So 00:05:19.760 --> 00:05:26.320 they offered free battery replacements, or a payment of 50 bucks USD, or a $100 discount 00:05:26.320 --> 00:05:31.760 on the purchase of another Pixel phone, which is fine. I would just love to know what horrible 00:05:31.760 --> 00:05:36.480 risk Google is mitigating through basically forcing people to stop using a lot of otherwise 00:05:36.480 --> 00:05:41.360 perfectly good phones. All they have to say is that it's haunted and I'll be fine. 00:05:41.360 --> 00:05:46.640 Michigan has officially passed a bill into law requiring the American state's high schools 00:05:46.640 --> 00:05:51.680 to offer at least one in-person computer science class. It's a great step forward for 00:05:51.680 --> 00:05:58.080 technological literacy. It's just maybe a bit late, given that soon we're not going to have 00:05:58.080 --> 00:06:03.280 to use computers at all because open source Chinese AI is going to do all of our work for us. 00:06:04.000 --> 00:06:07.600 As long as we don't ask it about Tiananmen Square. Good job, Michigan. 00:06:07.600 --> 00:06:15.440 And a hardware modder going by Crastinator Pro has shown off his custom steam brick, 00:06:15.440 --> 00:06:20.320 so-called, because it's a steam deck with everything except the internals removed. 00:06:20.880 --> 00:06:24.880 He says he did this because A, the steam deck didn't fit in his backpack, 00:06:24.880 --> 00:06:30.880 and B, he is not a smart man. His words, not mine. The real reason is this guy only ever used a 00:06:30.880 --> 00:06:36.800 device made for handheld gaming by plugging it into a TV or his smart glasses. Now if you have 00:06:36.800 --> 00:06:41.200 any suggestions for stuff he should add to the brick, I'm going to stop you right there. He says 00:06:41.200 --> 00:06:47.840 it's not about adding, it's about removing. But he is considering giving it an assortment of hats. 00:06:47.840 --> 00:06:52.960 And I hope you wear the Techlinked Viewer hat once again on Wednesday because you'll come back 00:06:52.960 --> 00:06:58.320 for more tech news and you're not allowed to watch unless you wear the hat. What do you mean 00:06:58.320 --> 00:07:02.160 you haven't been wearing it this whole time? What are we doing?