WEBVTT 00:00:00.240 --> 00:00:05.759 YouTube. H Oh, it's tech news again. >> You wrote the script. 00:00:04.000 --> 00:00:08.480 >> Well, yeah. It's just I thought, you know, I don't know. Maybe the computer 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 00:00:11.920 --> 00:00:18.000 it's like a glitch or oh ate my homework file or you know like um 00:00:17.279 --> 00:00:22.960 >> what >> YouTube started rolling out that July 00:00:20.400 --> 00:00:27.359 15th update that everyone thought was about demonetizing all AI content or 00:00:25.359 --> 00:00:31.920 reaction channels, but no, that's all still fair game. The update was actually 00:00:29.599 --> 00:00:36.640 about better identifying mass-produced and repetitious content, which as 00:00:34.480 --> 00:00:42.160 pointed out by Garbage Day's Ryan Broadick, very often means AI slop, like 00:00:39.920 --> 00:00:47.520 the videos posted by this account, which includes multiple reposts of AI baby 00:00:44.800 --> 00:00:51.680 videos, which are reposted from another AI slop account. I don't know, maybe the 00:00:50.079 --> 00:00:54.719 person who runs that channel actually had their baby accidentally launched 00:00:53.280 --> 00:00:58.480 into space and this is their way of processing the trauma. Who can say? But 00:00:56.800 --> 00:01:02.559 that account is gaining hundreds of thousands of subscribers every day. So, 00:01:01.039 --> 00:01:07.200 it's a good thing YouTube is stepping in. The platform is making a minor 00:01:04.720 --> 00:01:12.640 update to their repetitious content policy to make it clear that when they 00:01:09.360 --> 00:01:15.280 say repetitious content, that means 00:01:12.640 --> 00:01:20.880 content that is repetitive or mass- prodduced. You see, now when they said 00:01:17.680 --> 00:01:23.280 repetitious, they meant repetitive. Why 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 00:01:25.119 --> 00:01:32.799 about repetitious content, they're renaming the policy from the repetitious 00:01:29.840 --> 00:01:37.439 content policy to the inauthentic content policy. I think an AI wrote 00:01:35.360 --> 00:01:42.720 this. Great news, guys. Another company is jumping on the anti-PAM bandwagon, 00:01:40.000 --> 00:01:46.479 too. And hilariously, it's Meta. They gave an update on their efforts to 00:01:44.479 --> 00:01:51.920 combat spam, which they originally announced in April. Since then, they've 00:01:48.799 --> 00:01:55.280 taken action on around 500,000 spammy 00:01:51.920 --> 00:01:57.680 accounts and took down around 10 million 00:01:55.280 --> 00:02:02.719 profiles impersonating notable people and brands, which is impressive because 00:02:00.719 --> 00:02:08.879 Facebook doesn't seem to have gotten better at all. XAI says that Grock won't 00:02:05.759 --> 00:02:11.360 do that whole Mecca Hitler thing anymore 00:02:08.879 --> 00:02:15.680 or check to see what Elon said before giving its opinion on controversial 00:02:13.440 --> 00:02:20.319 topics following some tweaks to the chatbot system prompt. And that's good 00:02:18.000 --> 00:02:26.160 because Grock has got a prestigious new government job now in the form of a $200 00:02:22.879 --> 00:02:28.640 million XAI contract with the Pentagon. 00:02:26.160 --> 00:02:33.280 We need like a modern Ernest joins the military, but it's Grock. Please blow up 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 00:02:36.800 --> 00:02:44.800 released a new companions feature for Grock, which lets you interact with 3D 00:02:42.000 --> 00:02:50.319 avatars, including an anime girl with a not safe for work mode. Grock's Twitter 00:02:47.440 --> 00:02:55.120 account advertised how that avatar Annie can speak Japanese, leading at least one 00:02:52.879 --> 00:02:58.879 person to ask the important question of how this will help Japan have more 00:02:57.200 --> 00:03:04.800 children. Something that's very important to Elon. Or it used to be, as 00:03:01.920 --> 00:03:10.000 Grock admits, this might even exacerbate the issue. But but at least we're all 00:03:07.760 --> 00:03:15.120 done with the Hitler thing. So Valve has delisted hundreds of adultonly games 00:03:12.640 --> 00:03:19.599 from Steam after updating its developer rules to include a ban on content that 00:03:17.599 --> 00:03:24.800 may violate the rules and standards set forth by Steam's payment processors, 00:03:22.640 --> 00:03:29.599 which traditionally do not have genitals. So it makes sense. Payment 00:03:27.440 --> 00:03:35.280 processor uh seems like games that are about uh sibling connections and 00:03:32.560 --> 00:03:40.640 non-consensual stuff is is the main target of the ban wave. But overall, the 00:03:38.239 --> 00:03:45.280 rules here are unclear. This being the first major restriction of adult content 00:03:42.799 --> 00:03:50.159 on Steam since fully uncensored games were first allowed on the platform back 00:03:47.200 --> 00:03:54.640 in 2018. 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The US 00:07:06.319 --> 00:07:12.639 appears to be lifting restrictions on the sale of AI chips to China, according 00:07:10.800 --> 00:07:19.199 to NVIDIA, who claimed the government has assured them that licenses will be 00:07:15.680 --> 00:07:21.199 granted. Uh, good luck. Uh, and AMD also 00:07:19.199 --> 00:07:26.240 said, "Oh, yeah, us too. Yeah, we're to we're count us in. Commerce Secretary 00:07:24.000 --> 00:07:30.639 Howard Lutnik confirmed that this is all part of the trade deal with China in 00:07:28.479 --> 00:07:35.280 exchange for exports of rare earth minerals to resume. Although with 00:07:32.800 --> 00:07:39.680 Lutnik's track record, he may totally just be guessing is part of the China 00:07:37.680 --> 00:07:44.240 deal. I think that's what they were saying. Major global automaker 00:07:41.840 --> 00:07:48.479 Stellantis is ending development of its hydrogen-powered vehicles because the 00:07:46.400 --> 00:07:54.080 infrastructure and technology just pose too many problems to solve compared to 00:07:51.120 --> 00:07:58.240 EVs. Even considering how cool it would feel to be driving around a tiny wheeled 00:07:56.319 --> 00:08:01.919 version of the Hindenburg. And even though that would still probably be 00:07:59.840 --> 00:08:06.639 safer than stepping foot in a cyber truck. And a YouTuber is facing the 00:08:04.000 --> 00:08:11.280 possibility of paying fines or going to jail for up to 3 years for covering 00:08:09.199 --> 00:08:15.840 Android handhelds, which apparently constitutes promoting pirated 00:08:13.360 --> 00:08:21.120 copyrighted materials by the Italian government. The YouTuber Once were nerd, 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 00:08:24.319 --> 00:08:32.159 show up at his home in April and seize more than 30 Android consoles made by 00:08:29.520 --> 00:08:36.000 companies like Anne Bernick and Anne Bernick, I don't know. The issue appears 00:08:34.240 --> 00:08:41.360 to be that many of these handhelds sometimes come with micro SD cards 00:08:38.560 --> 00:08:47.839 pre-filled with copyrighted ROMs, which is piracy. But I mean, come on. An 00:08:45.120 --> 00:08:54.320 Italian pirate. What would that even sound like? Y misimo. 00:08:51.839 --> 00:08:58.720 Prepare to walk the plank after you taste me mommy's spicy meatballs. Like 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 00:09:00.560 --> 00:09:06.959 episode. But thankfully, in all likelihood, you will still be alive on 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 00:09:08.959 --> 00:09:17.600 of me mama's spicy meatballs, too. You know, just for me though, because 00:09:14.959 --> 00:09:17.600 this is a video.