WEBVTT 00:00:01.199 --> 00:00:05.080 Tech news. 00:00:06.640 --> 00:00:12.559 Oh, almost hit that. 00:00:10.800 --> 00:00:16.280 Close one. That would have been bad. 00:00:17.440 --> 00:00:22.640 Intel CEO Lip Buan had some harsh truths 00:00:20.960 --> 00:00:27.279 to deliver to employees during a companywide address this week. As 00:00:24.800 --> 00:00:33.360 reported by the Oregonian, Tan stated, "We are not in the top 10 semiconductor 00:00:30.480 --> 00:00:37.920 companies." Intel, we're talking Intel. This is like a Michael Jordan switches 00:00:35.200 --> 00:00:42.239 to baseball moment. Tan also indicated it's not even worth trying to compete 00:00:40.320 --> 00:00:47.680 with NVIDIA in the market for advanced GPUs used for AI training, saying, "On 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 00:00:50.640 --> 00:00:57.520 Jojo song so badly on this show. No, not 00:00:53.920 --> 00:01:00.239 Siwa. The good one. Now, some like 00:00:57.520 --> 00:01:04.720 Gizmodo are pointing to Intel's weakness as a reason that Apple not feeling any 00:01:02.719 --> 00:01:11.040 kind of pressure is deciding to launch its next MacBook Pro with an M5 chip 00:01:07.760 --> 00:01:13.200 next year instead of this fall. At least 00:01:11.040 --> 00:01:18.560 they are, according to the star of hit young adult TV drama Germing Up Germ, 00:01:15.920 --> 00:01:23.759 Mark Gerbin of Bloomberg. It was either that or Boys and Germs. I I should save 00:01:21.520 --> 00:01:30.240 that. But the last MacBook Pro came out in October 2024. So early 2026 wouldn't 00:01:27.840 --> 00:01:35.280 even be the longest gap Apple has had between Pros. So the reason for the 00:01:32.880 --> 00:01:40.240 supposed delay is unclear. But you know what is clear? Intel XC CEO Pat 00:01:38.240 --> 00:01:45.600 Gellzinger could have turned this whole thing around. If not economically, then 00:01:42.880 --> 00:01:50.960 spiritually. He had vibes for days. And now his new company, Glue, has just 00:01:48.399 --> 00:01:55.840 launched the flourishing AI benchmark, which measures AI's capacity to help 00:01:53.280 --> 00:01:59.119 humans develop in the seven areas that contribute to human flourishing, which 00:01:57.439 --> 00:02:04.399 are of course good character, relationships, happiness, meaning 00:02:00.960 --> 00:02:07.040 spiritual growth, physical health, and 00:02:04.399 --> 00:02:10.959 finances. Very cool. Except which one does knowing how many Rs are in 00:02:08.800 --> 00:02:16.400 strawberry belong to? Someone will have to run that benchmark on Grock because 00:02:13.120 --> 00:02:18.959 Elon Musk's XAI did in fact release 00:02:16.400 --> 00:02:24.480 their updated Grock 4 chatbot on Wednesday night. The live stream was an 00:02:20.959 --> 00:02:27.280 hour late, but the team had some not so 00:02:24.480 --> 00:02:32.560 small bugs to deal with. Uh, check out our previous episode for the DL on that. 00:02:30.000 --> 00:02:36.959 Elon claimed that Gro 4 is so intelligent that he expects it to 00:02:34.800 --> 00:02:41.760 literally discover new technologies that are actually useful no later than next 00:02:39.120 --> 00:02:46.800 year. and maybe end of this year and it might discover new physics next year and 00:02:44.319 --> 00:02:52.080 within two years almost certainly. So just let that sink in. Oh, it has sunk. 00:02:50.400 --> 00:02:56.239 Coming from the guy that promised full self-driving next year for like a 00:02:54.239 --> 00:03:00.640 decade, this is almost like a promise that neither of those things will 00:02:58.160 --> 00:03:05.599 happen. Now, to be fair, by all accounts, Gro 4's performance is topof 00:03:03.280 --> 00:03:11.040 the line on a number of AI benchmarks, including humanity's last exam and Arc 00:03:08.319 --> 00:03:16.959 AGI. And it does something else no other chatbot does, too. It checks Elon's 00:03:14.159 --> 00:03:21.920 stance before giving its opinion on controversial topics. A behavior first 00:03:19.280 --> 00:03:27.599 spotted by Micah Airfan but quickly replicated by others which seems less 00:03:24.800 --> 00:03:33.599 maximally truth seeeking and more maximally dad glazing. 00:03:30.720 --> 00:03:37.760 Now Gro Ford does this specifically when asked about its own stance on a 00:03:35.920 --> 00:03:43.120 controversial topic. It seems to ignore Elon's opinion when asked about issues 00:03:39.680 --> 00:03:45.440 using a more passive voice. So what is 00:03:43.120 --> 00:03:50.080 going on here? Although Grock 3 previously said it was built by XAI to 00:03:48.080 --> 00:03:55.519 incorporate Elon's voice and public perspectives, it doesn't seem like Elon 00:03:52.959 --> 00:04:00.480 or XAI specifically coded this behavior in as it's not in the system prompt. 00:03:58.400 --> 00:04:04.879 What is there is an instruction to search for sources that represent all 00:04:02.959 --> 00:04:10.319 parties/stakeholders, which yeah, Elon's a pretty big one of 00:04:08.159 --> 00:04:14.720 those. And as it notes during its thinking process, if the user is asking 00:04:12.319 --> 00:04:19.199 for an opinionated response, not a neutral one, I mean, who better to get 00:04:16.560 --> 00:04:23.840 opinions from than your meat daddy. Wow, why did I do this? Crafton, the 00:04:21.519 --> 00:04:29.600 publisher of highly anticipated survival game Subnotica 2, is embroiled in a 00:04:26.800 --> 00:04:34.720 messy fight with the two co-founders and the CEO of the game's developer, Unknown 00:04:32.400 --> 00:04:39.840 Worlds. The three execs were fired earlier this month, but have now 00:04:36.320 --> 00:04:42.560 announced they're suing Craftton. So, 00:04:39.840 --> 00:04:46.240 it's mutiny then. If that's what you call throwing the captain overboard and 00:04:44.560 --> 00:04:50.479 then he climbs back on the ship and sues you. See, this week Bloomberg reported 00:04:48.479 --> 00:04:56.320 that Cfton was supposed to pay the Unknown Worlds devs a bonus totaling 00:04:52.880 --> 00:04:58.960 $250 million if they hit pre-specified 00:04:56.320 --> 00:05:02.560 revenue targets by the end of 2025, which they might have hit if they were 00:05:01.120 --> 00:05:08.320 allowed to launch the game in early access later this year as planned. But 2 00:05:05.680 --> 00:05:13.440 days ago, Craftton delayed the launch to 2026, citing feedback from early tests, 00:05:11.759 --> 00:05:17.360 leading many to suspect they were just trying to avoid paying the devs. But 00:05:15.520 --> 00:05:21.759 according to a popup now appearing on the Craftton homepage, this is not the 00:05:19.919 --> 00:05:27.680 case and the state of the game really was that bad. And also the ousted studio 00:05:24.320 --> 00:05:29.759 leads were behaving badly. Obviously, 00:05:27.680 --> 00:05:34.400 the community is siding with the devs here, showering the latest Subnotica 2 00:05:32.479 --> 00:05:38.080 gameplay trailer with comments about the game, predicting that an evil 00:05:36.320 --> 00:05:45.600 corporation would steal money and resources from an unknown world. Oh, cuz 00:05:41.759 --> 00:05:47.039 that's that's the plot of the game. 00:05:45.600 --> 00:05:53.840 I haven't had time to play it. I've been making this show. 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They're like the other bits, 00:06:39.759 --> 00:06:46.560 but shorter. Belcon announced they're shutting down all smart home devices 00:06:43.919 --> 00:06:51.360 under the Wimo brand on January 31st, 2026, saying that some customers with 00:06:48.960 --> 00:06:55.919 Weimo devices that are under warranty may be eligible for a partial refund. 00:06:54.000 --> 00:06:59.680 It's the latest example of smart home companies bricking their own devices. I 00:06:58.400 --> 00:07:03.120 mean, what are they supposed to continually put resources into 00:07:01.520 --> 00:07:06.000 maintaining support for gadgets that most people purchased with the 00:07:04.560 --> 00:07:10.720 expectation that the company would do that? Yes, Google is currently rolling 00:07:08.240 --> 00:07:14.880 out its second software update this year that will nerf the battery of a Pixel 00:07:12.479 --> 00:07:20.479 phone to the point of it being unusable. Like the Pixel 4a, Google says that the 00:07:17.440 --> 00:07:22.800 batteries in some Pixel 6As have defects 00:07:20.479 --> 00:07:26.960 that could make them explode or something, whatever. But Google has a 00:07:24.960 --> 00:07:31.680 support page you can use to check if yours is an impacted device and register 00:07:29.440 --> 00:07:35.919 to get a battery replacement or if that's not available in your country, 00:07:33.360 --> 00:07:39.520 cash or a gift card, which won't stop your phone from exploding. So, just be 00:07:37.680 --> 00:07:43.520 aware. At least they're being upfront about what's happening this time with 00:07:41.039 --> 00:07:47.680 the Pixel 4a. The whole vibe was a lot more like, "Listen, your phone don't 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 00:07:48.880 --> 00:07:57.039 Vinnie here and then shut your fish mouth?" The FBI has taken down NSW2U, 00:07:54.800 --> 00:08:01.199 which is surprisingly not a website promoting tourism in the Australian site 00:07:59.199 --> 00:08:05.680 of New South Wales, but rather one of the most popular websites used to 00:08:03.360 --> 00:08:09.039 distribute pirated Switch games. Great to see that America's esteemed law 00:08:07.599 --> 00:08:14.000 enforcement agencies have their priorities all in order. This is 00:08:11.759 --> 00:08:18.560 probably the best thing they could focus their efforts on. and security 00:08:16.000 --> 00:08:23.360 researchers Ian Carroll and Sam Curry were able to access a database with the 00:08:20.879 --> 00:08:27.919 personal information of 64 million McDonald's job applicants by logging 00:08:25.840 --> 00:08:34.240 into the web portal for the company's MCHire chatbot using the username and 00:08:30.720 --> 00:08:36.240 password 1 2 3 4 5 6. After disclosing 00:08:34.240 --> 00:08:41.760 the issue to McDonald's, the company behind the chatbot, Paradox AI, promptly 00:08:39.360 --> 00:08:47.040 investigated the issue and resolved it within a few hours of being notified. Is 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 00:08:49.839 --> 00:08:55.360 good thing they fixed it because having the applicant's personal information 00:08:53.120 --> 00:09:00.240 leak would have been the cherry on top after the infuriatingly dense chatbot 00:08:57.839 --> 00:09:04.240 gave them all a free Mick Anneurism. That is my name. Hey, you know what 00:09:02.480 --> 00:09:09.040 would put a cherry on top of this whole episode? You promising me that you'll 00:09:06.800 --> 00:09:14.800 come back on Monday for more tech news. It would just it would just really make 00:09:11.600 --> 00:09:17.959 my day. So, say it. Okay. Say you'll 00:09:14.800 --> 00:09:17.959 come back. 00:09:18.080 --> 00:09:21.320 Say it.