WEBVTT - Barbs Wire: Millions paid to Norwegians in lottery error, Google introducing new AI tool 'AI Mode', and injured wild elephant comes to sanctuary for help

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<v Speaker 1>Thirty five, Barbara Freeman. I hope you've got good stories

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<v Speaker 1>for us today, Happy stories.

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<v Speaker 2>One of three. It's not all we can get.

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<v Speaker 3>The first one is I think everyone's worst imagination. Can

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<v Speaker 3>you imagine being informed that you'd won quite a huge

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<v Speaker 3>sum of money in a loto, in a lottery that

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<v Speaker 3>you entered. I need to discover a few days later

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<v Speaker 3>that they'd made a mistake. I think that must be.

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<v Speaker 3>I can just imagine how absolutely enraged everyone was. So

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<v Speaker 3>this is what happened in Norway. Thousands of Norwegians were

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<v Speaker 3>mistakenly informed that they had won a large price in

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<v Speaker 3>the euro jackpot, only to be told on the monday.

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<v Speaker 3>This was on the Friday that it had been wrongly

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<v Speaker 3>calculated and in fact they had won a far smaller

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<v Speaker 3>amount there Originally it was calculated so it was multiplied

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<v Speaker 3>the euro sense were multiplied by one hundred rather than

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<v Speaker 3>divided by one hundred and converted into to Norwegian krona.

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<v Speaker 3>This is according to local media and Norsk Tipping, the

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<v Speaker 3>state owned gambling company Norway, has apologized for the mistake

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<v Speaker 3>and notified the forty seven thousand people that were impacted

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<v Speaker 3>by this. I mean that is quite a shocking number

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<v Speaker 3>of people, and obviously a lot of people are very upset.

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<v Speaker 3>They really thought that on Friday they had won a

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<v Speaker 3>life changing sum of money, only to find out that

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<v Speaker 3>this conversion from euros and Norwegian krona had been got wrong.

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<v Speaker 2>One of them who spoke to the Guardian.

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<v Speaker 3>Ule Frederic Sween of fifty three year old, had received

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<v Speaker 3>a notification that he had won one point two million

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<v Speaker 3>krona that's the equivalent of eighty six thousand pounds while

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<v Speaker 3>he was on holiday in Greece. Turned out he had

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<v Speaker 3>only one hundred and twenty five krona, which is nine

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<v Speaker 3>pounds laughing overdrafting, Well, you say, he said, like first

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<v Speaker 3>you're ecstatic, and then of course you're like your elation

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<v Speaker 3>is short lived. And people were saying, you know that

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<v Speaker 3>they were making decisions.

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<v Speaker 2>They were like.

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<v Speaker 3>About to buy cars or it started buying cars and

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<v Speaker 3>houses and holidays, and you discover that it was all.

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<v Speaker 2>Not true.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not sure if it's a good story, happy story

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<v Speaker 1>about it.

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<v Speaker 2>But that's not a happy story.

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<v Speaker 3>That's one of the bad stories, the second story.

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<v Speaker 2>But I think it is quite funny.

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<v Speaker 3>But if you're in Greece and you didn't obviously holidays,

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<v Speaker 3>so he could afford.

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<v Speaker 1>That, sure, but did he have a line in did

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<v Speaker 1>he actually pay for his lot of tickets? I don't know,

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<v Speaker 1>because if he didn't, I think he.

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<v Speaker 3>Thought he was going to extend his holiday to forever. Anyway,

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<v Speaker 3>clearly had to come home. The second story just really

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<v Speaker 3>interests me. So it's a story that is on quite

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<v Speaker 3>a few of the websites at the moment, and it's

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<v Speaker 3>the question being on a BBC article is is Google

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<v Speaker 3>about to destroy the web? So what is this about?

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<v Speaker 3>So I don't know if you've noticed on Google Search

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<v Speaker 3>that for quite a while we've had that Google that

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<v Speaker 3>AI overview.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know if you see that.

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<v Speaker 3>So sometimes when you type in your usual Google Search,

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<v Speaker 3>before you see all the different websites and answers, you'll

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<v Speaker 3>see like quite a short blurb at the top that

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<v Speaker 3>says AI overview, and it gives you a bit of

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<v Speaker 3>a summary of like what you're asking. They are working

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<v Speaker 3>on something that is more more than that, and it's

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<v Speaker 3>called AI mode, okay, and AI mode is more of

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<v Speaker 3>a full on almost like replacing the search engine completely

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<v Speaker 3>in the way that.

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<v Speaker 2>You know it.

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<v Speaker 3>And they've done some testing in the US, and they're

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<v Speaker 3>now rolling it out in India, so it's not here yet,

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<v Speaker 3>and that and from the July the first from today

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<v Speaker 3>they've on the places that it's rolling out. They've added

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<v Speaker 3>it to the Google Search toolbar where it's got like

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<v Speaker 3>a little question that says do you want to have

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<v Speaker 3>a different accountry with the words like a better way

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<v Speaker 3>of searching, so you can kind of test it. But

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<v Speaker 3>the issue that people are having with this is that

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<v Speaker 3>it is going to fundamentally They saying it will rejuvenate

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<v Speaker 3>the Internet, but people are saying it's going to fundamentally

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<v Speaker 3>change it because you know, to me, Google Search is

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<v Speaker 3>not a it's a little bit more neutral.

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<v Speaker 2>It's not a good thing or a bad thing.

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<v Speaker 3>It's like going to the library, going to the stacks,

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<v Speaker 3>going to the Deuydecimal System catalog and looking for the

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<v Speaker 3>books you want, going and reading them, or to an extent,

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<v Speaker 3>you can go to the source material and you can

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<v Speaker 3>actually find it on the Internet. I'm not saying that's

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<v Speaker 3>always like not a bit of work, and obviously there's shortcuts,

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<v Speaker 3>but aside from that, all the media houses and the

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<v Speaker 3>publishers that have websites that get direct search you know,

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<v Speaker 3>get direct traffic off for publishers coming from the search

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<v Speaker 3>browser that is going to actually be circumvented by this

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<v Speaker 3>AI mode and the advertising Well that's exactly and that's

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<v Speaker 3>all linked. So why would advertisers then want to actually

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<v Speaker 3>advertise on your website if the publishers are not getting

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<v Speaker 3>the kind of traffic that they had been getting historically.

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<v Speaker 3>So there's a huge concern amongst publishers. And do you know,

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<v Speaker 3>I was just looking at some of the stats. Google

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<v Speaker 3>gets something like, I think it handles over eight point

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<v Speaker 3>five billion searches every day. That's about ninety nine thousand

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<v Speaker 3>searches per second. Probably they're saying translates into three point

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<v Speaker 3>one trillion searches per year. And this new if this

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<v Speaker 3>what it looks like it is, this AI mode rolls out,

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<v Speaker 3>it will absolutely hurt publishers. It will see traffic dropping

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<v Speaker 3>or from organic search. Organic search is like your Google search.

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<v Speaker 3>And earlier this month, Wall Street Journal reported that all

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<v Speaker 3>Google's AI features are hurting publishers, even AI overviews, which

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<v Speaker 3>have become quite popular and that summarized your query results,

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<v Speaker 3>and in fact Google saying that in April they saw

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<v Speaker 3>more than one point five billion people using AI overviews

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<v Speaker 3>across the world. So do you know, I find that

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<v Speaker 3>a very interesting story. I mean, I'm in that space.

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<v Speaker 3>My job as the digital content enter for Prime Media,

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<v Speaker 3>plus a lot of my job is about growing our

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<v Speaker 3>organic and our direct traffic, and this is a concern

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<v Speaker 3>I've migrated.

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<v Speaker 1>Say, in the past, i would do the Google search,

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<v Speaker 1>I would look at the source, decide what source I'm

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<v Speaker 1>going to use. Now I'm getting the summary, which is

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<v Speaker 1>a lot easier multiple summary, and Google is even crediting

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<v Speaker 1>some of the sources.

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<v Speaker 3>Absolutely it is, but it's still taking you. It's still

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<v Speaker 3>enough to go there. You can for a deeper day,

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<v Speaker 3>Yes you can, and some people will. But if you

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<v Speaker 3>think of statistically, how many people won't.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, No, it's going to be a fraction and a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of people are dependent on that revenue though, So.

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<v Speaker 3>That's nice good news either in my view, but it

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<v Speaker 3>is news, and let's be honest, this is the world too.

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<v Speaker 3>We have to relook at the way forward, sure, and

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<v Speaker 3>what the answers are.

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<v Speaker 1>The kind of change. I was pondering on that a

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<v Speaker 1>little earlier. I don't think we even realized the changes are.

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<v Speaker 2>No, it's massive, but I'm excited.

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<v Speaker 3>It is exciting, but it is very It is scary

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<v Speaker 3>for publishers who are only recently understanding how to monetize

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<v Speaker 3>online anyway, because that's been a huge issue.

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<v Speaker 2>Now we're slowly starting to learn to monetize is another.

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<v Speaker 1>Game. Absolutely.

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<v Speaker 3>And then finally it's sort of a happy sad story.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean sad in that an elephant had found itself injured.

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<v Speaker 3>But what is just you know, I often talk about

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<v Speaker 3>the Solderic wild Life Trust.

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<v Speaker 2>That situated in Kenya.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm I'm an absolute fan, and I always say when

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<v Speaker 3>I talk about it on this segment, please go to

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<v Speaker 3>the Soldieric Wildlife Trust on the interwebs, go to their

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<v Speaker 3>Facebook page, to go to their Instagram page. Honestly, it

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<v Speaker 3>is like, if you want to just be uplifted the

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<v Speaker 3>work they do with elephant orphans who they find, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>in these terrible circumstances where their mom has been killed

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<v Speaker 3>or you know, various situations that take these elephants into

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<v Speaker 3>the sanctuary.

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<v Speaker 2>They actually spend about fifteen.

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<v Speaker 3>Years bringing up these babies, because that's how long it

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<v Speaker 3>takes for elephants to get to that maturity.

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<v Speaker 2>And then they sort of eventually these.

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<v Speaker 3>Little herds get rewilded into the big, Big Broader Wild

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<v Speaker 3>Area Sanctuary and in this case, another incredible story because

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<v Speaker 3>this has happened many times before, of an elephant that

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<v Speaker 3>came to the sanctuary to get help. And I just

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<v Speaker 3>elephants are so smart and now so amazing. And I mean,

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<v Speaker 3>I'm also assuming here I speak obviously out of my

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<v Speaker 3>own head, that there's so many of these young elephants

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<v Speaker 3>that have grown up and are living out there that

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<v Speaker 3>maybe they even communicated to the hurt elephant and that's

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<v Speaker 3>where you go for a bit of medical help.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, that's just my story.

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<v Speaker 3>But this was an injured mother, and they recently sh

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<v Speaker 3>a story about a similar story about an injured bull

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<v Speaker 3>who had come there for help quite recently. But on

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<v Speaker 3>Thursday morning, as their aerial unit prepared for the day,

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<v Speaker 3>the team was surprised to find a wild elephant in

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<v Speaker 3>her mid twenties lingering by the airstrip. Rather than retreating

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<v Speaker 3>at the sight of humans, They right, she deliberately stationed

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<v Speaker 3>herself in the busiest part of their Caluca Field HQ,

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<v Speaker 3>she said. They say it was immediately clear that her

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<v Speaker 3>right leg was swollen, hindering her mobility and causing visible discomfort.

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<v Speaker 3>They've seen this behavior before in whild elephants. Is a

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<v Speaker 3>cry for help. They quickly mobilized their mobile vet unit.

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<v Speaker 3>The elephant was darted meters from the airstrip. They found

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<v Speaker 3>the object. It was a shod of wood lodged near

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<v Speaker 3>lodged near her knee joint and had become badly infected.

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<v Speaker 2>It was causing significant pain.

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<v Speaker 3>The fragment was removed with their by their vets, doctor

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<v Speaker 3>Elma and doctor LAWI and their confidence will make a

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<v Speaker 3>full and speedy recovery. And I just I just think, yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>they said, some of the baby elephant orphan heard were

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<v Speaker 3>also around watching the treatment, and yeah, she's actually a

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<v Speaker 3>mom who's they could see was lactating and hopefully will

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<v Speaker 3>be reunited with her baby. And it's just just an

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<v Speaker 3>amazing story. And just the day before they had also

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<v Speaker 3>posted how one of their wild herds, their baby orphans,

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<v Speaker 3>who had been rewilded, headed by one of their very

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<v Speaker 3>well known orphans that was now fifteen years old, had

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<v Speaker 3>walked back in a row, like in a long row

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<v Speaker 3>of about thirty orphans had walked back to come and

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<v Speaker 3>say hi. The other day, led by a fifteen year

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<v Speaker 3>old Matara and orphan that was rescued in two thousand

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<v Speaker 3>and nine who'd lost her mother. Approaching she had her baby.

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<v Speaker 3>She had a little baby with her mamba. They think

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<v Speaker 3>she's even pregnant again this city. Thirty five elephants came

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<v Speaker 3>tramping along the path to say hi to their caretakers

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<v Speaker 3>at Shelter Wilde Trust, to just say hey, how's it,

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<v Speaker 3>thank you, we still.

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<v Speaker 2>Remember you and we love you.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, So I'll just checked with Google AI if elephants

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<v Speaker 1>can communicate telepathically, well, there's no scientific evidence to suggest

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<v Speaker 1>that elephants communicate telepathically. Elephants a highly social, intelligent, and

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<v Speaker 1>complex communications a system that involves a variety of methics methods.

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<v Speaker 1>I think word is going to get a wrong.

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<v Speaker 2>Word's getting wrongd go there for help.

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<v Speaker 1>Therefore, Yeah, they'll sort out your your your headache, you're

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<v Speaker 1>sore knee. What a fascinating