WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.320 Hi everybody! 00:00:03.320 --> 00:00:06.840 Are you ready for tech news? 00:00:06.840 --> 00:00:11.000 Great! Ha ha ha! 00:00:11.000 --> 00:00:15.880 Steam was the subject of a spat between the world's biggest Valve critic slash epic game 00:00:15.880 --> 00:00:21.880 CEO, Tim Sweeney, and gamers at large, over games that use generative AI. 00:00:21.880 --> 00:00:28.080 Currently, developers of such games must disclose how they used AI on their game's Steam page, 00:00:28.080 --> 00:00:34.600 but in a reply to a tweet from Game Dev turned AI lobbyist Matt Workman, Sweeney agreed that 00:00:34.600 --> 00:00:40.840 this is dumb, because AI is the future of games anyway, and if we label the games now, 00:00:40.840 --> 00:00:44.240 the clankers will be upset later. Oh no! 00:00:44.240 --> 00:00:49.840 I said it. Sweeney's remarks came after another reply to the same tweet from an artist at Valve, 00:00:49.840 --> 00:00:56.960 Ayi Sanchez, who pointed out that transparency on the use of AI or anything else really shouldn't 00:00:56.960 --> 00:01:03.800 be considered a bad thing in this context. Now Workman is concerned that labeling games hurt their sales. 00:01:03.800 --> 00:01:08.880 Meanwhile, Arc Raiders has such a label, and it's hotter than a jet turbine strapped to 00:01:08.880 --> 00:01:12.160 the side of a data center. Got him! 00:01:12.160 --> 00:01:18.000 Sanchez theorizes that the only devs afraid of an AI label, quote, are the ones that know 00:01:18.000 --> 00:01:21.240 their product is low effort. 00:01:21.240 --> 00:01:25.000 That's where- that's where- there, there. 00:01:25.000 --> 00:01:30.240 But oop, here comes Tim Sweeney again to ask why we would stop at labels for AI. 00:01:30.240 --> 00:01:35.080 Might as well force devs to disclose what shampoo brand the developer uses. 00:01:35.080 --> 00:01:40.360 And to be fair, if a developer did find some way to develop a game using shampoo, I would 00:01:40.360 --> 00:01:45.440 want to know that. Maybe they're born with it, maybe it's programmed. 00:01:45.440 --> 00:01:52.640 Maybe it's head and shoulders. The memory crisis has gotten so bad that NVIDIA has reportedly stopped including VRAM on the 00:01:52.640 --> 00:01:57.520 GPU modules it sells to some of its board partners, according to reasonably reliable 00:01:57.520 --> 00:02:05.120 rumor monger, Golden Pig Upgrade. Now not including VRAM is apparently standard procedure for NVIDIA's sales to the biggest 00:02:05.120 --> 00:02:10.840 GPU vendors, but that's not the case for smaller board partners with fewer memory industry 00:02:10.840 --> 00:02:17.000 connections who will now have to wait outside a 7-Eleven panhandling for spare RAM. 00:02:17.000 --> 00:02:21.200 But if they can't score any memory chips that way, if they're kept at a 7-Eleven in 00:02:21.200 --> 00:02:26.280 Korea, they could buy memory-themed chips. 00:02:26.280 --> 00:02:31.400 Because the convenience store chain collabed with memory company SK Hynex to launch a snack 00:02:31.400 --> 00:02:39.240 called HBM Chips, which simultaneously stands for High Bandwidth Memory and Honey Banana 00:02:39.240 --> 00:02:47.640 Mat, Mat being the Korean word for flavor. Now this is extremely confusing to me, possibly because I'm not Korean enough, but 7-Eleven 00:02:47.640 --> 00:02:54.280 apparently wants to do stuff like this, to create unexpected, fun purchasing experiences 00:02:54.280 --> 00:02:59.960 for younger consumers, who are just bouncing off the walls with hype over the next hot 00:02:59.960 --> 00:03:09.640 new snack from their favorite semiconductor manufacturer. 00:03:09.640 --> 00:03:14.160 The European Union has agreed on new rules that would hold tech companies liable for 00:03:14.160 --> 00:03:21.040 scams hosted on their platforms. Once the EU Parliament and Council adopt the new rules, payment service providers like 00:03:21.040 --> 00:03:26.520 PayPal and Stripe, but also social media companies like Meta and TikTok, will be punished if 00:03:26.520 --> 00:03:29.960 they fail to remove scams that have been reported. 00:03:29.960 --> 00:03:34.000 So I guess the EU is still doing stuff to keep big tech in check. 00:03:34.000 --> 00:03:40.960 As long as it's not AI related. The Blocks Digital Services Act, Digital Markets Act and its still developing AI Act 00:03:41.120 --> 00:03:45.360 have all been put in jeopardy by pressure from the US government who would like Europe 00:03:45.360 --> 00:03:50.720 to stop telling American companies what they can or can't do in Europe. 00:03:50.720 --> 00:03:57.680 That's communism! Correct me if I'm wrong. One particular European who doesn't like the American approach is French President 00:03:57.680 --> 00:04:03.760 Emmanuel Macron, who accused Brussels of being too afraid to push back. 00:04:03.760 --> 00:04:09.280 One of our writers points out that there has to be a joke here about macaroni and Brussels 00:04:09.280 --> 00:04:16.880 sprouts, and I would argue that no, there doesn't. 00:04:16.880 --> 00:04:19.880 Have you seen where those pesky quick bits went? 00:04:19.880 --> 00:04:22.920 We might need the help of a friend to figure it out. 00:04:22.920 --> 00:04:33.080 Backpack? Backpack? Apple is reportedly in talks to have Intel manufacture the lower end of an upcoming M-Chip 00:04:33.080 --> 00:04:36.240 series in the US by mid-2027. 00:04:36.240 --> 00:04:42.680 A huge shake-up considering Apple's M-Series chips are currently built overseas by TSMC. 00:04:42.680 --> 00:04:46.960 According to Apple's supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, if this happens, Intel will 00:04:46.960 --> 00:04:53.680 use the 18AP advanced node to help MacBooks and iPads get made in USA Silicon while Apple 00:04:53.680 --> 00:04:57.040 keeps its top-end chips being produced at TSMC. 00:04:57.040 --> 00:05:01.260 Apple began transitioning away from Intel processors in 2020, but with everybody scrounging 00:05:01.260 --> 00:05:05.080 to get chips manufactured these days, it looks like the two tech giants have been brought 00:05:05.200 --> 00:05:08.840 back together by a force that has rekindled many a relationship. 00:05:08.840 --> 00:05:13.840 Desperation. Let's have a baby. That'll save our marriage. 00:05:13.840 --> 00:05:21.320 MIT researchers say their iceberg index simulation of the US labor market shows that 11.7% of 00:05:21.320 --> 00:05:24.920 US jobs could already be handled by current AI. 00:05:24.920 --> 00:05:30.880 No problem. Importantly, the tool is meant to flag vulnerable roles, not to predict layoffs. 00:05:30.880 --> 00:05:36.360 At least jobs appear safe from AI at NVIDIA, where CEO Jensen Huang told an all-hands meeting 00:05:36.360 --> 00:05:40.880 that AI will not replace them, and asked managers who have been telling their employees 00:05:40.880 --> 00:05:44.160 to use less AI. Are you insane? 00:05:44.160 --> 00:05:49.240 Meanwhile, NVIDIA tried to calm financial analysts, worried about the company's books 00:05:49.240 --> 00:05:56.240 by insisting in a leaked memo that they are not Enron. 00:05:56.240 --> 00:06:00.600 The poster child for accounting fraud. I'm not sure if that's going to calm anyone down. 00:06:00.600 --> 00:06:04.840 A business bringing up Enron feels a bit like saying Macbeth in the theater. 00:06:04.840 --> 00:06:12.320 Of course, if you do that, then Dbrand steals your soul. 00:06:12.320 --> 00:06:18.640 404 media reporter Joseph Cox has reported that his iDevices bizarrely began suddenly 00:06:18.640 --> 00:06:23.680 opening random podcasts all on their own, some with silent audio, which is even more 00:06:23.680 --> 00:06:27.920 creepy, and others linking to pages that could be considered malicious. 00:06:27.920 --> 00:06:32.800 Security researcher Patrick Wardle was able to replicate the phenomenon, but qualified 00:06:32.800 --> 00:06:39.440 that it isn't a full-blown hack yet. However, it would be a great delivery system if a real flaw exists. 00:06:39.440 --> 00:06:44.600 A few outlets reached out to Apple for clarification, and in true Apple fashion, they haven't 00:06:44.600 --> 00:06:47.840 commented yet, and probably won't because f**k you. 00:06:47.840 --> 00:06:53.400 Taiwanese authorities have raided the home of former TSMC senior VP Lo Wei Zhen, who is 00:06:53.400 --> 00:06:59.120 accused of leaking trade secrets to his new employer, Intel, who insists Lo didn't hand 00:06:59.120 --> 00:07:02.200 over anything sensitive, just the normal stuff. 00:07:02.200 --> 00:07:07.720 But investigators still searched his Taipei and Sinchu residences and froze assets as 00:07:07.720 --> 00:07:13.480 part of a national security probe tied to TSMC's cutting-edge chip tech, which Taiwan views 00:07:13.480 --> 00:07:16.680 as incredibly important to their security and sovereignty. 00:07:16.680 --> 00:07:23.760 Intel thinks the whole thing is overblown, though. And if they had gotten secrets, you'd definitely see their chips running a little bit faster 00:07:23.760 --> 00:07:28.960 by now. And scientists at Tulane University have made a major breakthrough this week in finding 00:07:28.960 --> 00:07:39.200 a literal pain switch in the brain, an enzyme called VLK that neurons launch outside the 00:07:39.200 --> 00:07:42.560 cell to crank up pain signals after injury. 00:07:42.560 --> 00:07:48.360 Mice, without VLK, barely felt post-surgery pain and still moved normally, suggesting 00:07:48.360 --> 00:07:52.320 that future meds could target this switch without the messy side effects of current 00:07:52.320 --> 00:08:00.040 pain relief medications. If this study holds up and the same is found to be true in humans, then who we, pain relief, 00:08:00.040 --> 00:08:03.160 may have just gotten a whole lot less painful. 00:08:03.160 --> 00:08:08.360 Pain switch in the brain, pain switch in the brain! 00:08:08.360 --> 00:08:14.200 Backpack! Hey, thanks for exploring the wild and wacky world of tech news with me today. 00:08:14.200 --> 00:08:17.840 What was your favorite part? 00:08:18.520 --> 00:08:22.240 Fantastico! Remember, come back on Monday for another Riley adventure. 00:08:22.240 --> 00:08:26.360 And if TSMC raids your home, remember to repeat after me. 00:08:26.360 --> 00:08:30.080 Swipe or no swiping! Hasta luego, amigos!