1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,120 Look, I wish I could say that Apple announced a sentient robot 2 00:00:03,120 --> 00:00:09,880 that can do perfect Tim Cook impression, so I don't have to, but no, it's iPads. 3 00:00:10,240 --> 00:00:16,040 Apple made a series of big announcements today, most notably the launch of the new M4 chip, 4 00:00:16,040 --> 00:00:19,720 which the company says is designed to be an AI powerhouse. 5 00:00:19,720 --> 00:00:23,960 So obviously Apple will be launching it first in their new iPad Pro. 6 00:00:23,960 --> 00:00:28,040 So your mom's next tablet, it's gonna be jacked. 7 00:00:28,040 --> 00:00:31,560 That is unless she goes with the new M2 powered iPad Air, 8 00:00:31,560 --> 00:00:36,000 which bizarrely is ever so slightly heavier and thicker 9 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:39,680 than either the 11 inch or 13 inch Pro models. 10 00:00:39,680 --> 00:00:43,640 What are we doing here? The M4 is a three nanometer chip 11 00:00:43,640 --> 00:00:49,260 with four performance cores and six efficiency cores, plus an upgraded neural engine that Apple says 12 00:00:49,260 --> 00:00:54,100 is quote, more powerful than any AI PC available today. 13 00:00:54,100 --> 00:00:58,260 But the Snapdragon X laptops aren't out yet, and that sounds like fear. 14 00:00:58,260 --> 00:01:04,620 I can smell it. The M4's GPU has also been upgraded, and it means that the new iPad Pro will be the first iPad 15 00:01:04,620 --> 00:01:07,860 to feature ray tracing and hardware accelerated mesh shading. 16 00:01:07,860 --> 00:01:12,380 So you heard it here first PC gamers, time to throw your computer in the garbage, okay? 17 00:01:12,380 --> 00:01:17,060 I'll kick that. According to Apple, the new chip is 50% faster 18 00:01:17,060 --> 00:01:22,340 than the M2, which is always what they do. They were not comparing it to the M3, 19 00:01:22,340 --> 00:01:27,340 and it's twice as efficient. Apple also launched the new Pencil Pro, 20 00:01:27,340 --> 00:01:30,540 which they say is loaded with tech, 21 00:01:30,540 --> 00:01:33,540 packed to the gills, and it can do a barrel roll. 22 00:01:33,540 --> 00:01:36,700 Though I'm not sure why it would have to unless you're a graphic artist trying to work 23 00:01:36,700 --> 00:01:40,580 while taking enemy fire. Just kidding, that would be useful 24 00:01:40,580 --> 00:01:43,820 for altering the pen stroke as you work. 25 00:01:43,820 --> 00:01:48,780 Continuing another fine Apple tradition, the pen also has zero backwards compatibility 26 00:01:48,780 --> 00:01:51,980 and will only function with M4 model iPad Pros 27 00:01:51,980 --> 00:01:55,780 and M2 model iPad Airs. For what reason? 28 00:01:55,780 --> 00:02:01,140 But if you're not immediately looking to invest in an iPad, but you'd still like a taste of Apple's AI accelerated 29 00:02:01,140 --> 00:02:05,700 hardware, well, you're in luck. If you also happen to be an AI data center, 30 00:02:05,700 --> 00:02:10,540 Apple is apparently working on dedicated chips for commercial AI processing purposes. 31 00:02:10,540 --> 00:02:15,020 Okay, that's according to reporting from the Wall Street Journal, who I trust, 32 00:02:15,020 --> 00:02:18,120 because they're named after three of my favorite inanimate objects. 33 00:02:18,880 --> 00:02:22,520 Ah. Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah. 34 00:02:22,520 --> 00:02:27,160 OpenAI is reportedly developing a chat GPT powered search engine. 35 00:02:27,160 --> 00:02:30,640 This is according to a Bloomberg source familiar with the matter, 36 00:02:30,640 --> 00:02:35,920 but there's also been a recent registration for the domain search.chatgbt.com, 37 00:02:35,920 --> 00:02:39,400 which must mean something. A serious chat GPT search function 38 00:02:39,400 --> 00:02:43,820 could potentially rival Google search, so long as it doesn't share the same downsides 39 00:02:43,820 --> 00:02:49,800 as Google's own AI infused search features, which recently told internet funny man at drill 40 00:02:49,800 --> 00:02:54,400 that the best way to pass a kidney stone was to drink large volumes of piss. 41 00:02:54,400 --> 00:02:58,300 You don't know until you try it. Chat GPT can already pull up some search results 42 00:02:58,300 --> 00:03:03,740 for certain queries, such as weather info. However, this feature is only available to paid users 43 00:03:03,740 --> 00:03:09,580 and its current capabilities are extremely narrow. OpenAI hasn't confirmed this potential new search feature, 44 00:03:09,580 --> 00:03:14,160 but they have stated that they're developing a new tool called Media Manager, 45 00:03:14,160 --> 00:03:19,400 which will allow creators and content owners to flag their works as available or unavailable 46 00:03:19,400 --> 00:03:23,240 for use in AI training. The company will also be launching a tool 47 00:03:23,240 --> 00:03:26,680 that can detect images created by Dal E3. 48 00:03:26,680 --> 00:03:30,120 Now, in other maybe, maybe not open AI news, 49 00:03:30,120 --> 00:03:36,160 the mysterious and extremely powerful AI model that briefly appeared on the LMSIS benchmarking site 50 00:03:36,160 --> 00:03:41,160 under the name GPT2 chatbot has apparently resurfaced 51 00:03:41,160 --> 00:03:45,080 under the names, I'm a good GPT2 chatbot 52 00:03:45,080 --> 00:03:48,480 and I'm also a good GPT2 chatbot. 53 00:03:48,480 --> 00:03:53,880 Don't get it mixed up. The first time GPT2 showed up, there was uncertainty about what the heck it was, 54 00:03:53,880 --> 00:03:57,360 but this time, a day before it reappeared, 55 00:03:57,360 --> 00:04:02,640 OpenAI CEO Sam Altman tweeted, I'm a good GPT2 chatbot, 56 00:04:02,640 --> 00:04:05,840 seemingly confirming that these are two new models 57 00:04:05,840 --> 00:04:10,560 that OpenAI is testing or possibly that Sam Altman has been 58 00:04:10,560 --> 00:04:14,160 an AI chatbot this entire time. Can't wait until they launch Sam Altman too. 59 00:04:14,200 --> 00:04:18,440 The original guy was just Sam Mann and then they kept iterating. 60 00:04:18,440 --> 00:04:24,480 ByteDance is suing the United States government over its decision to ban TikTok next January, 61 00:04:24,480 --> 00:04:29,320 unless ByteDance sells the app. According to the suit, Congress is using a nebulous 62 00:04:29,320 --> 00:04:34,240 and unproven threat to national security to justify what is otherwise an infringement 63 00:04:34,240 --> 00:04:37,600 upon American TikTok user's First Amendment rights. 64 00:04:37,600 --> 00:04:40,960 The American government insists that their law is not a ban, 65 00:04:40,960 --> 00:04:45,640 but rather a forced divestment. Of course, ByteDance probably can't sell TikTok 66 00:04:45,640 --> 00:04:49,800 even if they wanted to because the Chinese government would have to consent to the sale, 67 00:04:49,800 --> 00:04:53,440 which it's not going to. It's kind of a leave room for Jesus situation, 68 00:04:53,440 --> 00:04:56,680 but instead of the son of God, it's Xi Jinping. 69 00:04:56,680 --> 00:05:00,880 Accordingly, ByteDance argues that TikTok is being held to a different standard 70 00:05:00,880 --> 00:05:05,440 than other similar platforms, such as ex formerly known as Twitter, 71 00:05:05,440 --> 00:05:08,800 whose second largest investor is a Saudi prince. 72 00:05:08,800 --> 00:05:12,440 And look, I know Saudi Arabia is technically a US ally, 73 00:05:12,440 --> 00:05:16,160 but just because someone's supposed to be your friend doesn't mean they're not also 74 00:05:16,160 --> 00:05:19,360 a brutal authoritarian dictatorship. I mean, we didn't know. 75 00:05:19,360 --> 00:05:23,880 The US does have a history of restricting foreign ownership of TV and radio stations, 76 00:05:23,880 --> 00:05:28,480 but there's some argument that a private platform featuring user-generated content 77 00:05:28,480 --> 00:05:32,200 isn't quite the same thing. American TikTok users could always switch 78 00:05:32,200 --> 00:05:37,000 to another similar platform, or they could always throw their smartphone into the sea 79 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:40,040 and finally be free of the curse of modernity. 80 00:05:40,040 --> 00:05:45,400 Mirror, mirror, on the wall. Whose bits are the quickest of them all? 81 00:05:46,320 --> 00:05:51,560 Snow White. Oh, she gets all the mirror stuff. 82 00:05:51,560 --> 00:05:57,800 ASUS may have leaked the new naming scheme for AMD's mobile chips, and it's bad. 83 00:05:57,800 --> 00:06:01,000 According to a now-deleted page of ASUS' website, 84 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:04,480 the company's upcoming VivoBook 16 OLED laptops 85 00:06:04,480 --> 00:06:09,480 will be powered by a Ryzen AI9 HX170. 86 00:06:10,880 --> 00:06:15,160 A CPU whose name seems to have more subtitles than Daenerys Targaryen. 87 00:06:15,160 --> 00:06:21,520 Some outlets are comparing the AI part of the name to Intel's Ultra branding, but it seems more obvious 88 00:06:21,520 --> 00:06:26,080 that it's a continuation of the ongoing trend to put AI in everything. 89 00:06:26,080 --> 00:06:29,320 AI, I put that on everything. 90 00:06:29,320 --> 00:06:33,000 Unironically, that's what's happening. Where's the beef? 91 00:06:35,160 --> 00:06:38,120 Boeing has admitted that employees had been skipping 92 00:06:38,160 --> 00:06:41,800 inspections of their 787 Dreamliner airplanes, 93 00:06:41,800 --> 00:06:45,440 but marking the work as complete anyway. 94 00:06:45,440 --> 00:06:49,280 While a worker at Boeing was praised for reporting the issue to the company 95 00:06:49,280 --> 00:06:52,440 in an email to employees, a report from safety experts 96 00:06:52,440 --> 00:06:58,520 in February found Boeing had major issues with its safety culture, claiming that many employees feared 97 00:06:58,520 --> 00:07:04,120 retaliation for reporting safety concerns. Hopefully, Boeing can fix their culture soon, 98 00:07:04,120 --> 00:07:08,960 since they're trying to launch a spacecraft to the ISS. Also, maybe Boeing should try mastering airplanes 99 00:07:08,960 --> 00:07:11,960 before moving on to the final boss of non-terrestrial travel. 100 00:07:11,960 --> 00:07:16,240 I don't know, just an idea. Intel and Qualcomm have been forbidden 101 00:07:16,240 --> 00:07:19,280 from exporting any of their chips to Huawei. 102 00:07:19,280 --> 00:07:24,600 On Tuesday, the US government revoked both companies' licenses to export what few processors 103 00:07:24,600 --> 00:07:28,400 they were still allowed to sell to the beleaguered Chinese tech giant. 104 00:07:28,400 --> 00:07:32,160 But economics are a funny thing. The move actually looks like it will hurt 105 00:07:32,160 --> 00:07:35,680 Intel's bottom line. While Huawei seems to be doing just fine, 106 00:07:35,680 --> 00:07:38,800 thanks to China investing heavily in chip development 107 00:07:38,800 --> 00:07:42,560 in response to US trade restrictions. Restriction, restriction, restriction. 108 00:07:42,560 --> 00:07:46,240 I'm Sean Connery. We started with banning chip sales to China, 109 00:07:46,240 --> 00:07:50,400 and then we tried to ban TikTok, and it really should have been the other way around. 110 00:07:50,400 --> 00:07:53,500 Micron and Lenovo have released the first laptops 111 00:07:53,500 --> 00:07:56,960 compatible with the new LP-CAM 2 standard, 112 00:07:56,960 --> 00:08:01,280 a new memory format that's significantly faster, more efficient, and more compact 113 00:08:01,280 --> 00:08:06,720 than the old Sodim RAM modules were all used to. It's also a lot easier to replace or upgrade 114 00:08:06,720 --> 00:08:12,000 compared to soldered RAM. iFixit called it awesome, and they were so excited, 115 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:14,520 they even said the word heck. 116 00:08:16,160 --> 00:08:20,320 Micron is currently shipping their first modules, which can either be bought individually 117 00:08:20,320 --> 00:08:25,360 or as part of Lenovo's seventh gen ThinkPad P1 workstation laptop. 118 00:08:25,360 --> 00:08:30,320 Though I'm not sure why you'd buy it on its own without the only device it's currently compatible with. 119 00:08:30,320 --> 00:08:33,240 Maybe just a look at it. Jessica really likes it. 120 00:08:33,440 --> 00:08:38,480 It's pretty. It's beautiful. And Microsoft has provided US spy agencies 121 00:08:38,480 --> 00:08:42,200 with a generative AI model based on GPT-4 122 00:08:42,200 --> 00:08:45,960 that can be run locally, according to a report from Bloomberg. 123 00:08:45,960 --> 00:08:51,680 Every service based on OpenAI's models other than this one has to call the company servers to function. 124 00:08:51,680 --> 00:08:58,080 Bloomberg quotes a senior executive at Microsoft as saying, it's the first time a major large language model 125 00:08:58,080 --> 00:09:03,320 has operated fully separated from the internet, completely ignoring Meta's Lama models 126 00:09:03,320 --> 00:09:07,920 in what I can only assume is an attempt to start a diss track battle with Mark Zuckerberg. 127 00:09:07,920 --> 00:09:11,480 Good luck. I can't wait. The Kendrick and Drake thing have slowed down. 128 00:09:11,480 --> 00:09:15,680 I need my fix. And we might have to start a diss track battle with you 129 00:09:15,680 --> 00:09:21,080 if you don't come back on Friday for more tech news. And let's be honest, neither of us wants that. 130 00:09:21,080 --> 00:09:24,840 I've been doing some research and I got a lot of dirt on you. Okay, let's be smart here.