WEBVTT 00:00:00.199 --> 00:00:07.080 if you find TechLink to be an enrichment in your life I invite you to write a 00:00:04.880 --> 00:00:11.639 kind little comment below when I'm all snuggled up in bed tonight I'll read 00:00:09.480 --> 00:00:17.320 some of them to my cat then he'll have to respect me in the wake of an Oxford 00:00:14.639 --> 00:00:22.000 study that suggested barely anyone uses AI tools on a daily basis three major AI 00:00:20.400 --> 00:00:26.439 companies have rolled out feature updates for their chatbots in an attempt 00:00:24.000 --> 00:00:31.119 to make them useful for someone other than coders and Tech Bros left over from 00:00:28.880 --> 00:00:35.960 the crypto bubble opening I's ostensibly less evil cousin anthropic announced 00:00:33.600 --> 00:00:41.559 tool use for Claude allowing it to perform tasks and manipulate data AI 00:00:38.800 --> 00:00:46.239 search engine perplexity announced Pages which will create research reports on 00:00:43.879 --> 00:00:51.559 any topic that can be customized shared or presumably handed into your teacher 00:00:48.680 --> 00:00:57.320 and open aai just gave free chat GPT users the ability to upload images and 00:00:53.800 --> 00:00:59.640 files and use custom gpts those features 00:00:57.320 --> 00:01:05.439 were previously paywalled which as this fan points out obviously points towards 00:01:02.760 --> 00:01:11.759 something special coming for for paying users maybe chat GPT could be our Mom 00:01:10.320 --> 00:01:19.159 they're going to give us something so special like an AI mom open AI also just 00:01:15.040 --> 00:01:21.280 announced chat GPT u e edu which 00:01:19.159 --> 00:01:24.960 basically gives schools an education discount to convince them to use it and 00:01:23.400 --> 00:01:29.280 it comes on the heels of a report claiming the company finally signed that 00:01:27.079 --> 00:01:33.880 rumored Apple deal to put their aite Tech in the next iPhone that same report 00:01:31.680 --> 00:01:39.960 claims Sam ultman has discussed transforming open AI from a wacky capped 00:01:37.320 --> 00:01:44.079 profit controlled by a nonprofit into either a b Corporation allowed to care 00:01:42.560 --> 00:01:49.479 about something other than benefiting shareholders or a regular old for-profit 00:01:47.600 --> 00:01:53.560 company but it's only because that might be necessary to achieve a Utopia 00:01:51.600 --> 00:01:58.039 designed by Sam's machine God and populated by sentient robots after 00:01:55.360 --> 00:02:01.799 they've killed us all off okay it's a trust him it's worth it Tik Tok is 00:01:59.920 --> 00:02:06.399 working on a modified version of its recommendation algorithm that would not 00:02:04.240 --> 00:02:11.760 share any backend with its Chinese counterpart Duan and thus potentially 00:02:09.239 --> 00:02:16.480 save the app from being banned in the US that's all according to Insider sources 00:02:13.760 --> 00:02:21.800 who spoke to Reuters but not according to Tik Tok who immediately tweeted that 00:02:18.760 --> 00:02:25.000 the report is misleading and inaccurate 00:02:21.800 --> 00:02:27.680 but seemed to be referring specifically 00:02:25.000 --> 00:02:33.080 to the claim that a US Centric algorithm would enable by dance to sell ticket 00:02:30.040 --> 00:02:35.120 talk they didn't explicitly deny they're 00:02:33.080 --> 00:02:39.400 working on such an algorithm in fact Crystal who the reports co-author says 00:02:37.640 --> 00:02:45.480 that when she reached out for comment on the story Tik Tok told her the info was 00:02:43.080 --> 00:02:49.000 correct to be fair they probably didn't read the whole thing before getting 00:02:46.680 --> 00:02:52.959 bored and swiping up but even if Tik Tok survives in the US it may have to deal 00:02:50.840 --> 00:02:58.080 with upcoming bills like this one from New York's Governor that could ban 00:02:55.280 --> 00:03:01.599 smartphones in schools and then how will kids ignore their history class to watch 00:03:00.000 --> 00:03:09.280 another kid tell them that Helen Keller wasn't real or play 00:03:04.560 --> 00:03:12.680 chess on Tik Tok on their phones 00:03:09.280 --> 00:03:14.840 oh yeah Google has confirmed that this 00:03:12.680 --> 00:03:19.680 week's massive document leak revealing key details about how its search 00:03:16.599 --> 00:03:21.319 algorithm works is real after taking two 00:03:19.680 --> 00:03:25.120 days to cover their ears and pretend everything's fine as required by law the 00:03:23.280 --> 00:03:28.879 tech giant didn't get into specifics they only cautioned against making 00:03:27.040 --> 00:03:33.480 inaccurate assumptions about search based on out of context outdated or 00:03:31.280 --> 00:03:37.760 incomplete information suggesting that the public trust Googles demonstrably 00:03:35.640 --> 00:03:41.319 inaccurate public statements instead Google also took a moment to put up a 00:03:39.239 --> 00:03:46.760 blog post explaining why Google searches new AI overviews told people it was okay 00:03:44.480 --> 00:03:51.560 to put glue in pizza sauce and eat rocks last week step one it's good for you it 00:03:49.319 --> 00:03:56.840 gave those answers simply because prior to those screenshots going viral 00:03:54.120 --> 00:04:01.159 practically no one asked Google how many rocks they should eat how would Google 00:03:59.239 --> 00:04:05.680 search know that it wasn't okay to eat one Little Rock if it had never thought 00:04:03.040 --> 00:04:10.360 about it before H Google says AI overviews cited a satirical article 00:04:08.000 --> 00:04:14.319 recommending eating rocks because of a data void issue there's just hardly any 00:04:12.799 --> 00:04:18.680 info on the web about whether eating rocks is okay formatted as an answer to 00:04:16.720 --> 00:04:23.600 the question of how many rocks one should eat we we can all chuckle at this 00:04:22.479 --> 00:04:27.479 understandable error what would be even more 00:04:25.960 --> 00:04:32.160 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purchasers well uh nothing some who 00:05:49.639 --> 00:05:55.560 complained were offered a few months of Spotify Premium but wouldn't you know it 00:05:53.840 --> 00:06:00.639 the company suddenly started offering refunds not long after a class action 00:05:58.199 --> 00:06:03.680 lawsuit was filed accusing Spotify of misleading customers by selling a 00:06:02.199 --> 00:06:08.479 product that would quickly be rendered unusable but ah are they doing anything 00:06:06.080 --> 00:06:13.479 about all the e-w they're creating has the ocean or any of the fish hired a 00:06:11.400 --> 00:06:17.800 lawyer I didn't think so you say you're a fish prove it Google cloud has 00:06:15.440 --> 00:06:22.479 released a public explanation for how it wound up accidentally deleting a 00:06:19.800 --> 00:06:27.240 customer account two weeks ago namely somebody on Google's end accidentally 00:06:24.400 --> 00:06:31.599 left a parameter blank now that might not sound like an issue worthy of an 00:06:29.280 --> 00:06:36.360 Entre ire blog post from a multi-billion dollar company but the customer in 00:06:33.360 --> 00:06:39.919 question was Unis super an Australian 00:06:36.360 --> 00:06:43.479 pension fund charged with managing 135 00:06:39.919 --> 00:06:45.080 billion Australian dollar dues on the 00:06:43.479 --> 00:06:49.440 bright side the accounts have been successfully restored on the less bright 00:06:47.599 --> 00:06:53.919 side apparently your life savings can be wiped out in an instant if a dude named 00:06:51.479 --> 00:06:56.039 Robert droptable decides to sign up for a 00:06:57.720 --> 00:07:04.840 401k the internet Arch the organization that runs the Wayback machine was hit 00:07:02.440 --> 00:07:09.000 with a several day long dos attack involving tens of thousands of fake 00:07:06.919 --> 00:07:12.800 information request per second according to the archives director of Library 00:07:10.720 --> 00:07:17.280 Services while the exact motivation for the attack is unknown a group called SN 00:07:15.319 --> 00:07:20.960 black meta has taken credit for the assault by posting what appears to be 00:07:19.360 --> 00:07:24.800 the profile picture of an edgy 14-year-old from the early 2000s what 00:07:23.199 --> 00:07:31.039 who could possibly understand what's going on in his dark mind AI company the 00:07:27.960 --> 00:07:34.039 simulation has announced showrunner an 00:07:31.039 --> 00:07:37.639 app that wants to be the Netflix of AI 00:07:34.039 --> 00:07:39.800 with AI generated original series the TV 00:07:37.639 --> 00:07:44.720 shows are pretty creative there's one about super intelligent AI devices uh 00:07:42.840 --> 00:07:48.639 family drama about two siblings that create an AI version of their dead mom 00:07:47.080 --> 00:07:53.800 there's even a horror anime about a future where humans choose to physically 00:07:50.599 --> 00:07:55.520 augment themselves with AI technology 00:07:53.800 --> 00:08:00.720 even worse they want Watchers of these shows to generate their own episodes yes 00:07:59.120 --> 00:08:05.280 because the thing that will surely make AI generated TV shows better is 00:08:03.000 --> 00:08:10.280 fanfiction and a Creator on Chinese video site Billy Billy has gone viral on 00:08:07.840 --> 00:08:15.080 social media thanks to an incredibly intricate custom tank Simulator for 00:08:12.639 --> 00:08:20.759 World of Tanks using soda bottles for shells uh meta Quest 2 as a periscope a 00:08:18.400 --> 00:08:26.159 Logitech driving wheel and some kind of crank situation to control the main gun 00:08:24.000 --> 00:08:29.800 it looks fing awesome and frankly if we could take all the resources currently 00:08:27.800 --> 00:08:33.640 being used to generate AI slot for the internet and build more stuff like this 00:08:32.360 --> 00:08:38.760 I wouldn't have to fish for nice comments to read to my cat to be happy I 00:08:36.200 --> 00:08:42.279 was joking I don't have a cat what I actually require to be happy is that you 00:08:40.479 --> 00:08:47.959 come back on Monday for more Tech news okay or I will 00:08:44.240 --> 00:08:47.959 cry no pressure