1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:05,759 YouTube. H Oh, it's tech news again. >> You wrote the script. 2 00:00:04,000 --> 00:00:08,480 >> Well, yeah. It's just I thought, you know, I don't know. Maybe the computer 3 00:00:07,120 --> 00:00:14,719 would would do something to it or you know, like how computers like change things sometimes like it's like there's 4 00:00:11,920 --> 00:00:18,000 it's like a glitch or oh ate my homework file or you know like um 5 00:00:17,279 --> 00:00:22,960 >> what >> YouTube started rolling out that July 6 00:00:20,400 --> 00:00:27,359 15th update that everyone thought was about demonetizing all AI content or 7 00:00:25,359 --> 00:00:31,920 reaction channels, but no, that's all still fair game. The update was actually 8 00:00:29,599 --> 00:00:36,640 about better identifying mass-produced and repetitious content, which as 9 00:00:34,480 --> 00:00:42,160 pointed out by Garbage Day's Ryan Broadick, very often means AI slop, like 10 00:00:39,920 --> 00:00:47,520 the videos posted by this account, which includes multiple reposts of AI baby 11 00:00:44,800 --> 00:00:51,680 videos, which are reposted from another AI slop account. I don't know, maybe the 12 00:00:50,079 --> 00:00:54,719 person who runs that channel actually had their baby accidentally launched 13 00:00:53,280 --> 00:00:58,480 into space and this is their way of processing the trauma. Who can say? But 14 00:00:56,800 --> 00:01:02,559 that account is gaining hundreds of thousands of subscribers every day. So, 15 00:01:01,039 --> 00:01:07,200 it's a good thing YouTube is stepping in. The platform is making a minor 16 00:01:04,720 --> 00:01:12,640 update to their repetitious content policy to make it clear that when they 17 00:01:09,360 --> 00:01:15,280 say repetitious content, that means 18 00:01:12,640 --> 00:01:20,880 content that is repetitive or mass- prodduced. You see, now when they said 19 00:01:17,680 --> 00:01:23,280 repetitious, they meant repetitive. Why 20 00:01:20,880 --> 00:01:27,439 do we have both of those words? And to make it extra clear that we're talking 21 00:01:25,119 --> 00:01:32,799 about repetitious content, they're renaming the policy from the repetitious 22 00:01:29,840 --> 00:01:37,439 content policy to the inauthentic content policy. I think an AI wrote 23 00:01:35,360 --> 00:01:42,720 this. Great news, guys. Another company is jumping on the anti-PAM bandwagon, 24 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:46,479 too. And hilariously, it's Meta. They gave an update on their efforts to 25 00:01:44,479 --> 00:01:51,920 combat spam, which they originally announced in April. Since then, they've 26 00:01:48,799 --> 00:01:55,280 taken action on around 500,000 spammy 27 00:01:51,920 --> 00:01:57,680 accounts and took down around 10 million 28 00:01:55,280 --> 00:02:02,719 profiles impersonating notable people and brands, which is impressive because 29 00:02:00,719 --> 00:02:08,879 Facebook doesn't seem to have gotten better at all. XAI says that Grock won't 30 00:02:05,759 --> 00:02:11,360 do that whole Mecca Hitler thing anymore 31 00:02:08,879 --> 00:02:15,680 or check to see what Elon said before giving its opinion on controversial 32 00:02:13,440 --> 00:02:20,319 topics following some tweaks to the chatbot system prompt. And that's good 33 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:26,160 because Grock has got a prestigious new government job now in the form of a $200 34 00:02:22,879 --> 00:02:28,640 million XAI contract with the Pentagon. 35 00:02:26,160 --> 00:02:33,280 We need like a modern Ernest joins the military, but it's Grock. Please blow up 36 00:02:31,680 --> 00:02:39,040 the comments if you get that reference so I don't feel 103 years old. XAI also 37 00:02:36,800 --> 00:02:44,800 released a new companions feature for Grock, which lets you interact with 3D 38 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:50,319 avatars, including an anime girl with a not safe for work mode. Grock's Twitter 39 00:02:47,440 --> 00:02:55,120 account advertised how that avatar Annie can speak Japanese, leading at least one 40 00:02:52,879 --> 00:02:58,879 person to ask the important question of how this will help Japan have more 41 00:02:57,200 --> 00:03:04,800 children. Something that's very important to Elon. Or it used to be, as 42 00:03:01,920 --> 00:03:10,000 Grock admits, this might even exacerbate the issue. But but at least we're all 43 00:03:07,760 --> 00:03:15,120 done with the Hitler thing. So Valve has delisted hundreds of adultonly games 44 00:03:12,640 --> 00:03:19,599 from Steam after updating its developer rules to include a ban on content that 45 00:03:17,599 --> 00:03:24,800 may violate the rules and standards set forth by Steam's payment processors, 46 00:03:22,640 --> 00:03:29,599 which traditionally do not have genitals. So it makes sense. Payment 47 00:03:27,440 --> 00:03:35,280 processor uh seems like games that are about uh sibling connections and 48 00:03:32,560 --> 00:03:40,640 non-consensual stuff is is the main target of the ban wave. But overall, the 49 00:03:38,239 --> 00:03:45,280 rules here are unclear. 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This is pretty cool. And also yet another 87 00:06:20,160 --> 00:06:26,560 reason no one needs an actual Xbox console. Microsoft's mad that people 88 00:06:24,880 --> 00:06:31,919 keep buying them. They're saying, "Ah, stop that. Get a PS5. It's better. 89 00:06:29,440 --> 00:06:37,759 Google is updating search with upgraded models in AI mode and the ability to 90 00:06:34,720 --> 00:06:40,000 call businesses on behalf of all users 91 00:06:37,759 --> 00:06:44,240 in the US. This might seem familiar to you if you remember Google Duplex, a 92 00:06:42,479 --> 00:06:50,560 feature of Google Assistant announced at the IO conference in 2018. The audience 93 00:06:47,840 --> 00:06:55,520 loved it, but like Google Glass, it was a little ahead of its time. Now, it's 94 00:06:52,880 --> 00:06:59,199 2025 and Google is also adding AI summaries to news stories in the home 95 00:06:57,280 --> 00:07:04,000 feed of the Google app on iOS and Android, helpfully feeding you AI slop 96 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:08,080 before you've even searched anything. So, I think the time is right. The US 97 00:07:06,319 --> 00:07:12,639 appears to be lifting restrictions on the sale of AI chips to China, according 98 00:07:10,800 --> 00:07:19,199 to NVIDIA, who claimed the government has assured them that licenses will be 99 00:07:15,680 --> 00:07:21,199 granted. Uh, good luck. Uh, and AMD also 100 00:07:19,199 --> 00:07:26,240 said, "Oh, yeah, us too. Yeah, we're to we're count us in. Commerce Secretary 101 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:30,639 Howard Lutnik confirmed that this is all part of the trade deal with China in 102 00:07:28,479 --> 00:07:35,280 exchange for exports of rare earth minerals to resume. Although with 103 00:07:32,800 --> 00:07:39,680 Lutnik's track record, he may totally just be guessing is part of the China 104 00:07:37,680 --> 00:07:44,240 deal. I think that's what they were saying. Major global automaker 105 00:07:41,840 --> 00:07:48,479 Stellantis is ending development of its hydrogen-powered vehicles because the 106 00:07:46,400 --> 00:07:54,080 infrastructure and technology just pose too many problems to solve compared to 107 00:07:51,120 --> 00:07:58,240 EVs. Even considering how cool it would feel to be driving around a tiny wheeled 108 00:07:56,319 --> 00:08:01,919 version of the Hindenburg. And even though that would still probably be 109 00:07:59,840 --> 00:08:06,639 safer than stepping foot in a cyber truck. And a YouTuber is facing the 110 00:08:04,000 --> 00:08:11,280 possibility of paying fines or going to jail for up to 3 years for covering 111 00:08:09,199 --> 00:08:15,840 Android handhelds, which apparently constitutes promoting pirated 112 00:08:13,360 --> 00:08:21,120 copyrighted materials by the Italian government. The YouTuber Once were nerd, 113 00:08:18,720 --> 00:08:26,960 who is from Italy, which you can tell by the way that his shirt is, had officials 114 00:08:24,319 --> 00:08:32,159 show up at his home in April and seize more than 30 Android consoles made by 115 00:08:29,520 --> 00:08:36,000 companies like Anne Bernick and Anne Bernick, I don't know. The issue appears 116 00:08:34,240 --> 00:08:41,360 to be that many of these handhelds sometimes come with micro SD cards 117 00:08:38,560 --> 00:08:47,839 pre-filled with copyrighted ROMs, which is piracy. But I mean, come on. An 118 00:08:45,120 --> 00:08:54,320 Italian pirate. What would that even sound like? Y misimo. 119 00:08:51,839 --> 00:08:58,720 Prepare to walk the plank after you taste me mommy's spicy meatballs. Like 120 00:08:56,480 --> 00:09:02,399 they'd give you a good last meal first. Hey, that was the last meal of this 121 00:09:00,560 --> 00:09:06,959 episode. But thankfully, in all likelihood, you will still be alive on 122 00:09:04,480 --> 00:09:11,440 Friday. So come on back for more tech news. And hey, maybe I'll whip up some 123 00:09:08,959 --> 00:09:17,600 of me mama's spicy meatballs, too. You know, just for me though, because 124 00:09:14,959 --> 00:09:17,600 this is a video.