1 00:00:01,199 --> 00:00:05,080 Tech news. 2 00:00:06,640 --> 00:00:12,559 Oh, almost hit that. 3 00:00:10,800 --> 00:00:16,280 Close one. That would have been bad. 4 00:00:17,440 --> 00:00:22,640 Intel CEO Lip Buan had some harsh truths 5 00:00:20,960 --> 00:00:27,279 to deliver to employees during a companywide address this week. As 6 00:00:24,800 --> 00:00:33,360 reported by the Oregonian, Tan stated, "We are not in the top 10 semiconductor 7 00:00:30,480 --> 00:00:37,920 companies." Intel, we're talking Intel. This is like a Michael Jordan switches 8 00:00:35,200 --> 00:00:42,239 to baseball moment. Tan also indicated it's not even worth trying to compete 9 00:00:40,320 --> 00:00:47,680 with NVIDIA in the market for advanced GPUs used for AI training, saying, "On 10 00:00:45,120 --> 00:00:53,920 training, I think it is too late for us." Ah, I've never wanted to play a 11 00:00:50,640 --> 00:00:57,520 Jojo song so badly on this show. No, not 12 00:00:53,920 --> 00:01:00,239 Siwa. The good one. Now, some like 13 00:00:57,520 --> 00:01:04,720 Gizmodo are pointing to Intel's weakness as a reason that Apple not feeling any 14 00:01:02,719 --> 00:01:11,040 kind of pressure is deciding to launch its next MacBook Pro with an M5 chip 15 00:01:07,760 --> 00:01:13,200 next year instead of this fall. At least 16 00:01:11,040 --> 00:01:18,560 they are, according to the star of hit young adult TV drama Germing Up Germ, 17 00:01:15,920 --> 00:01:23,759 Mark Gerbin of Bloomberg. It was either that or Boys and Germs. I I should save 18 00:01:21,520 --> 00:01:30,240 that. But the last MacBook Pro came out in October 2024. So early 2026 wouldn't 19 00:01:27,840 --> 00:01:35,280 even be the longest gap Apple has had between Pros. So the reason for the 20 00:01:32,880 --> 00:01:40,240 supposed delay is unclear. But you know what is clear? Intel XC CEO Pat 21 00:01:38,240 --> 00:01:45,600 Gellzinger could have turned this whole thing around. If not economically, then 22 00:01:42,880 --> 00:01:50,960 spiritually. He had vibes for days. And now his new company, Glue, has just 23 00:01:48,399 --> 00:01:55,840 launched the flourishing AI benchmark, which measures AI's capacity to help 24 00:01:53,280 --> 00:01:59,119 humans develop in the seven areas that contribute to human flourishing, which 25 00:01:57,439 --> 00:02:04,399 are of course good character, relationships, happiness, meaning 26 00:02:00,960 --> 00:02:07,040 spiritual growth, physical health, and 27 00:02:04,399 --> 00:02:10,959 finances. Very cool. Except which one does knowing how many Rs are in 28 00:02:08,800 --> 00:02:16,400 strawberry belong to? Someone will have to run that benchmark on Grock because 29 00:02:13,120 --> 00:02:18,959 Elon Musk's XAI did in fact release 30 00:02:16,400 --> 00:02:24,480 their updated Grock 4 chatbot on Wednesday night. The live stream was an 31 00:02:20,959 --> 00:02:27,280 hour late, but the team had some not so 32 00:02:24,480 --> 00:02:32,560 small bugs to deal with. Uh, check out our previous episode for the DL on that. 33 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:36,959 Elon claimed that Gro 4 is so intelligent that he expects it to 34 00:02:34,800 --> 00:02:41,760 literally discover new technologies that are actually useful no later than next 35 00:02:39,120 --> 00:02:46,800 year. and maybe end of this year and it might discover new physics next year and 36 00:02:44,319 --> 00:02:52,080 within two years almost certainly. So just let that sink in. Oh, it has sunk. 37 00:02:50,400 --> 00:02:56,239 Coming from the guy that promised full self-driving next year for like a 38 00:02:54,239 --> 00:03:00,640 decade, this is almost like a promise that neither of those things will 39 00:02:58,160 --> 00:03:05,599 happen. Now, to be fair, by all accounts, Gro 4's performance is topof 40 00:03:03,280 --> 00:03:11,040 the line on a number of AI benchmarks, including humanity's last exam and Arc 41 00:03:08,319 --> 00:03:16,959 AGI. And it does something else no other chatbot does, too. It checks Elon's 42 00:03:14,159 --> 00:03:21,920 stance before giving its opinion on controversial topics. A behavior first 43 00:03:19,280 --> 00:03:27,599 spotted by Micah Airfan but quickly replicated by others which seems less 44 00:03:24,800 --> 00:03:33,599 maximally truth seeeking and more maximally dad glazing. 45 00:03:30,720 --> 00:03:37,760 Now Gro Ford does this specifically when asked about its own stance on a 46 00:03:35,920 --> 00:03:43,120 controversial topic. It seems to ignore Elon's opinion when asked about issues 47 00:03:39,680 --> 00:03:45,440 using a more passive voice. So what is 48 00:03:43,120 --> 00:03:50,080 going on here? Although Grock 3 previously said it was built by XAI to 49 00:03:48,080 --> 00:03:55,519 incorporate Elon's voice and public perspectives, it doesn't seem like Elon 50 00:03:52,959 --> 00:04:00,480 or XAI specifically coded this behavior in as it's not in the system prompt. 51 00:03:58,400 --> 00:04:04,879 What is there is an instruction to search for sources that represent all 52 00:04:02,959 --> 00:04:10,319 parties/stakeholders, which yeah, Elon's a pretty big one of 53 00:04:08,159 --> 00:04:14,720 those. And as it notes during its thinking process, if the user is asking 54 00:04:12,319 --> 00:04:19,199 for an opinionated response, not a neutral one, I mean, who better to get 55 00:04:16,560 --> 00:04:23,840 opinions from than your meat daddy. Wow, why did I do this? Crafton, the 56 00:04:21,519 --> 00:04:29,600 publisher of highly anticipated survival game Subnotica 2, is embroiled in a 57 00:04:26,800 --> 00:04:34,720 messy fight with the two co-founders and the CEO of the game's developer, Unknown 58 00:04:32,400 --> 00:04:39,840 Worlds. The three execs were fired earlier this month, but have now 59 00:04:36,320 --> 00:04:42,560 announced they're suing Craftton. So, 60 00:04:39,840 --> 00:04:46,240 it's mutiny then. If that's what you call throwing the captain overboard and 61 00:04:44,560 --> 00:04:50,479 then he climbs back on the ship and sues you. See, this week Bloomberg reported 62 00:04:48,479 --> 00:04:56,320 that Cfton was supposed to pay the Unknown Worlds devs a bonus totaling 63 00:04:52,880 --> 00:04:58,960 $250 million if they hit pre-specified 64 00:04:56,320 --> 00:05:02,560 revenue targets by the end of 2025, which they might have hit if they were 65 00:05:01,120 --> 00:05:08,320 allowed to launch the game in early access later this year as planned. But 2 66 00:05:05,680 --> 00:05:13,440 days ago, Craftton delayed the launch to 2026, citing feedback from early tests, 67 00:05:11,759 --> 00:05:17,360 leading many to suspect they were just trying to avoid paying the devs. But 68 00:05:15,520 --> 00:05:21,759 according to a popup now appearing on the Craftton homepage, this is not the 69 00:05:19,919 --> 00:05:27,680 case and the state of the game really was that bad. And also the ousted studio 70 00:05:24,320 --> 00:05:29,759 leads were behaving badly. Obviously, 71 00:05:27,680 --> 00:05:34,400 the community is siding with the devs here, showering the latest Subnotica 2 72 00:05:32,479 --> 00:05:38,080 gameplay trailer with comments about the game, predicting that an evil 73 00:05:36,320 --> 00:05:45,600 corporation would steal money and resources from an unknown world. Oh, cuz 74 00:05:41,759 --> 00:05:47,039 that's that's the plot of the game. 75 00:05:45,600 --> 00:05:53,840 I haven't had time to play it. I've been making this show. Also, I can show you 76 00:05:48,960 --> 00:05:56,400 our sponsor, the MSI MPG A1000GS PCIe5 77 00:05:53,840 --> 00:06:01,199 power supply. It supports NVIDIA GeForce RTX 50 series graphics cards. Even 78 00:05:58,800 --> 00:06:07,360 better than you'd expect, thanks to two native 12volt 2x6 connectors and a dual 79 00:06:04,479 --> 00:06:12,479 color 12vt 2x6 cable for some extra pizzazz. 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Belcon announced they're shutting down all smart home devices 87 00:06:43,919 --> 00:06:51,360 under the Wimo brand on January 31st, 2026, saying that some customers with 88 00:06:48,960 --> 00:06:55,919 Weimo devices that are under warranty may be eligible for a partial refund. 89 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:59,680 It's the latest example of smart home companies bricking their own devices. I 90 00:06:58,400 --> 00:07:03,120 mean, what are they supposed to continually put resources into 91 00:07:01,520 --> 00:07:06,000 maintaining support for gadgets that most people purchased with the 92 00:07:04,560 --> 00:07:10,720 expectation that the company would do that? Yes, Google is currently rolling 93 00:07:08,240 --> 00:07:14,880 out its second software update this year that will nerf the battery of a Pixel 94 00:07:12,479 --> 00:07:20,479 phone to the point of it being unusable. Like the Pixel 4a, Google says that the 95 00:07:17,440 --> 00:07:22,800 batteries in some Pixel 6As have defects 96 00:07:20,479 --> 00:07:26,960 that could make them explode or something, whatever. But Google has a 97 00:07:24,960 --> 00:07:31,680 support page you can use to check if yours is an impacted device and register 98 00:07:29,440 --> 00:07:35,919 to get a battery replacement or if that's not available in your country, 99 00:07:33,360 --> 00:07:39,520 cash or a gift card, which won't stop your phone from exploding. So, just be 100 00:07:37,680 --> 00:07:43,520 aware. At least they're being upfront about what's happening this time with 101 00:07:41,039 --> 00:07:47,680 the Pixel 4a. The whole vibe was a lot more like, "Listen, your phone don't 102 00:07:45,599 --> 00:07:50,479 work no more. Why don't you be a good little schmuck and hand it over to 103 00:07:48,880 --> 00:07:57,039 Vinnie here and then shut your fish mouth?" The FBI has taken down NSW2U, 104 00:07:54,800 --> 00:08:01,199 which is surprisingly not a website promoting tourism in the Australian site 105 00:07:59,199 --> 00:08:05,680 of New South Wales, but rather one of the most popular websites used to 106 00:08:03,360 --> 00:08:09,039 distribute pirated Switch games. Great to see that America's esteemed law 107 00:08:07,599 --> 00:08:14,000 enforcement agencies have their priorities all in order. This is 108 00:08:11,759 --> 00:08:18,560 probably the best thing they could focus their efforts on. and security 109 00:08:16,000 --> 00:08:23,360 researchers Ian Carroll and Sam Curry were able to access a database with the 110 00:08:20,879 --> 00:08:27,919 personal information of 64 million McDonald's job applicants by logging 111 00:08:25,840 --> 00:08:34,240 into the web portal for the company's MCHire chatbot using the username and 112 00:08:30,720 --> 00:08:36,240 password 1 2 3 4 5 6. After disclosing 113 00:08:34,240 --> 00:08:41,760 the issue to McDonald's, the company behind the chatbot, Paradox AI, promptly 114 00:08:39,360 --> 00:08:47,040 investigated the issue and resolved it within a few hours of being notified. Is 115 00:08:44,720 --> 00:08:51,440 this a joke? How many vibe coders does it take to change a password? Uh, it's a 116 00:08:49,839 --> 00:08:55,360 good thing they fixed it because having the applicant's personal information 117 00:08:53,120 --> 00:09:00,240 leak would have been the cherry on top after the infuriatingly dense chatbot 118 00:08:57,839 --> 00:09:04,240 gave them all a free Mick Anneurism. That is my name. Hey, you know what 119 00:09:02,480 --> 00:09:09,040 would put a cherry on top of this whole episode? You promising me that you'll 120 00:09:06,800 --> 00:09:14,800 come back on Monday for more tech news. It would just it would just really make 121 00:09:11,600 --> 00:09:17,959 my day. So, say it. Okay. Say you'll 122 00:09:14,800 --> 00:09:17,959 come back. 123 00:09:18,080 --> 00:09:21,320 Say it.