1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:04,400 Speaker 1: This is a podcast from wor Here's Larry Minting with 2 00:00:04,559 --> 00:00:07,640 Speaker 1: more of the WR Saturday Morning Show. 3 00:00:07,920 --> 00:00:11,520 Speaker 2: Welcome back to traffic app. Ways just got a whole 4 00:00:11,640 --> 00:00:16,160 Speaker 2: lot more user friendly. Here's Rich DeMuro from rich on Tech. 5 00:00:16,320 --> 00:00:17,680 Speaker 2: Good morning to your Rich. 6 00:00:18,400 --> 00:00:19,640 Speaker 3: Good morning to you, Larry. 7 00:00:19,960 --> 00:00:24,760 Speaker 2: I love your story about Ways. Ways is my favorite 8 00:00:24,840 --> 00:00:27,480 Speaker 2: thing in the world. We have a joke in our 9 00:00:27,520 --> 00:00:32,239 Speaker 2: family you never question Ways. Whatever Ways says to do, 10 00:00:32,840 --> 00:00:33,360 Speaker 2: you do it. 11 00:00:33,360 --> 00:00:36,120 Speaker 3: Because gosh, do you agree? Do you agree with those 12 00:00:36,200 --> 00:00:37,120 Speaker 3: left hand turns? 13 00:00:37,479 --> 00:00:43,240 Speaker 2: Yeah? I just find it every single time I go, well, 14 00:00:43,240 --> 00:00:46,559 Speaker 2: that's stupid, like why would I get off here? And 15 00:00:46,600 --> 00:00:49,320 Speaker 2: then I find myself stuck in traffic for another hour. 16 00:00:49,760 --> 00:00:53,720 Speaker 2: And so we've now decided Ways is god. Ways is 17 00:00:53,760 --> 00:00:57,640 Speaker 2: the traffic god. And so I'm really interested about what 18 00:00:57,800 --> 00:00:59,200 Speaker 2: the change is with Ways. 19 00:00:59,720 --> 00:01:03,600 Speaker 3: Well, I like you love Ways. I don't always listen 20 00:01:03,600 --> 00:01:08,000 Speaker 3: to it because I know it does make some interesting 21 00:01:08,600 --> 00:01:10,759 Speaker 3: choices and I'm like, Okay, I feel like I'm better 22 00:01:10,800 --> 00:01:12,560 Speaker 3: than that. But you're right. It's always right at the 23 00:01:12,640 --> 00:01:14,440 Speaker 3: end of the day, and it does a lot of things, 24 00:01:14,440 --> 00:01:17,200 Speaker 3: and people have loved Ways for many years now. It's 25 00:01:17,200 --> 00:01:19,320 Speaker 3: getting and one of the things people love about it 26 00:01:19,360 --> 00:01:22,160 Speaker 3: is the ability to report things like hazards on the road, 27 00:01:22,560 --> 00:01:26,560 Speaker 3: police ahead, traffic. Whatever you want, you can report it, 28 00:01:26,800 --> 00:01:29,039 Speaker 3: and typically that takes a couple of taps on the 29 00:01:29,080 --> 00:01:31,440 Speaker 3: app to report what you're trying to see or what 30 00:01:31,480 --> 00:01:33,840 Speaker 3: you've seen on the road. Now they're letting you do 31 00:01:33,880 --> 00:01:37,039 Speaker 3: it with conversational reporting, so now you can talk to 32 00:01:37,120 --> 00:01:41,720 Speaker 3: ways to report road hazards. AI will comprehend what you're 33 00:01:41,760 --> 00:01:43,920 Speaker 3: trying to say and it will put it into the 34 00:01:43,959 --> 00:01:47,279 Speaker 3: app for other users. So, for instance, if you see 35 00:01:47,520 --> 00:01:49,240 Speaker 3: an object in the road, you used to have to 36 00:01:49,280 --> 00:01:51,880 Speaker 3: tap a couple times to report that. Now you would 37 00:01:51,880 --> 00:01:55,200 Speaker 3: just tap once and say object in road or mattress 38 00:01:55,200 --> 00:01:58,080 Speaker 3: on the road or whatever, and it would use AI 39 00:01:58,200 --> 00:02:00,680 Speaker 3: to understand that and put that into the system to 40 00:02:00,720 --> 00:02:03,880 Speaker 3: alert other drivers behind you. So again it's just figuring 41 00:02:03,920 --> 00:02:07,960 Speaker 3: out the right report type without any specific commands or 42 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:10,200 Speaker 3: extra taps on the phone, which I think is a 43 00:02:10,240 --> 00:02:12,160 Speaker 3: pretty good safety win for when you're driving. 44 00:02:12,360 --> 00:02:14,640 Speaker 2: Yeah, that's why I don't report a lot exactly what 45 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:16,680 Speaker 2: you're talking about. It takes a few buttons. You got 46 00:02:16,720 --> 00:02:18,520 Speaker 2: to get to a certain area, and then sometimes they 47 00:02:18,560 --> 00:02:19,680 Speaker 2: don't even have the thing that. 48 00:02:19,639 --> 00:02:22,160 Speaker 4: You want to report. So this is this is brilliant. 49 00:02:22,600 --> 00:02:25,840 Speaker 2: See you didn't think they could make Ways any better, 50 00:02:25,960 --> 00:02:27,160 Speaker 2: and they went and did it. 51 00:02:27,800 --> 00:02:28,440 Speaker 4: Let's talk about it. 52 00:02:28,440 --> 00:02:31,000 Speaker 3: I'll just tell you my favorite, sure, my favorite feature 53 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:33,360 Speaker 3: on Ways that I use every single day of my life, 54 00:02:33,400 --> 00:02:37,160 Speaker 3: and it is the time to leave feature. So whenever 55 00:02:37,240 --> 00:02:39,640 Speaker 3: I have to go somewhere, I just search for that 56 00:02:39,720 --> 00:02:43,440 Speaker 3: place in Ways, and instead of saying go right now, 57 00:02:43,840 --> 00:02:46,799 Speaker 3: it says leave later, and I tap that. And I 58 00:02:46,880 --> 00:02:51,000 Speaker 3: love seeing that little scrollable time window where you say, okay, 59 00:02:51,040 --> 00:02:52,799 Speaker 3: if I leave at two pm or if I want 60 00:02:52,800 --> 00:02:54,200 Speaker 3: to be there at two pm, I got to leave 61 00:02:54,240 --> 00:02:58,160 Speaker 3: it one twenty five. I absolutely love that feature. I 62 00:02:58,240 --> 00:02:59,640 Speaker 3: use it every single day of my life. 63 00:02:59,720 --> 00:03:00,320 Speaker 4: He nia. 64 00:03:00,400 --> 00:03:02,919 Speaker 2: Natalie is shaking her head. Yes, and I have never 65 00:03:02,960 --> 00:03:03,760 Speaker 2: heard of it before. 66 00:03:04,360 --> 00:03:08,239 Speaker 5: No, it's fantastic, right, Really, it's a life changer because 67 00:03:08,720 --> 00:03:11,560 Speaker 5: you can save yourself, say fifteen minutes at home, because 68 00:03:11,600 --> 00:03:13,320 Speaker 5: you just look, okay, you know what, No, I don't 69 00:03:13,320 --> 00:03:15,000 Speaker 5: have to leave until this time. Then you could set 70 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:16,640 Speaker 5: your whole day and you know how organized I like 71 00:03:16,680 --> 00:03:18,839 Speaker 5: to be, so it really don't out. 72 00:03:19,360 --> 00:03:21,080 Speaker 4: Oh that's great. I didn't even know about that. 73 00:03:21,280 --> 00:03:23,120 Speaker 3: You can get an alert. Yeah, you can get an 74 00:03:23,120 --> 00:03:25,200 Speaker 3: alert too for that time. I mean, it's really like 75 00:03:25,560 --> 00:03:27,959 Speaker 3: my absolute favorite feature. I think it's a it's like 76 00:03:28,040 --> 00:03:30,920 Speaker 3: my secret superpower because people will arrive late or early. 77 00:03:31,240 --> 00:03:32,400 Speaker 3: I'm always just on time. 78 00:03:32,919 --> 00:03:33,120 Speaker 4: You know. 79 00:03:33,240 --> 00:03:36,000 Speaker 2: When I look at what is the top app on 80 00:03:36,080 --> 00:03:39,840 Speaker 2: the app Store, I now am scared of the future. 81 00:03:40,760 --> 00:03:42,200 Speaker 4: Explain what it is. 82 00:03:42,760 --> 00:03:45,920 Speaker 3: It's called Sora and this is from CHATCHYBT. Well open 83 00:03:45,960 --> 00:03:48,800 Speaker 3: AI the makers of chatchybt. And if you know what 84 00:03:48,800 --> 00:03:52,440 Speaker 3: a deep fake is, it's basically a TikTok of deep fakes. 85 00:03:52,480 --> 00:03:54,520 Speaker 3: A deep fake is basically when they use AI to 86 00:03:54,560 --> 00:03:57,400 Speaker 3: create someone's likeness. Most of the time that has a 87 00:03:57,480 --> 00:04:02,240 Speaker 3: negative connotation. It's used for you know, Nefari reasons, fake news, misinformation, 88 00:04:02,320 --> 00:04:05,240 Speaker 3: all that kind of stuff. But SOA actually lets people 89 00:04:05,320 --> 00:04:10,040 Speaker 3: make fake videos of themselves on purpose for fun. So 90 00:04:10,280 --> 00:04:12,840 Speaker 3: you download the app, which I've done, You take a 91 00:04:12,840 --> 00:04:16,440 Speaker 3: little video of yourself saying something. Now it has your likeness, 92 00:04:16,960 --> 00:04:18,920 Speaker 3: and then you just type something in Hey, I want 93 00:04:18,920 --> 00:04:21,960 Speaker 3: to be surfing on the largest wave in Hawaii. I 94 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:23,960 Speaker 3: want to be hiking Mount Everest. I want to be 95 00:04:23,960 --> 00:04:28,279 Speaker 3: on a roller coaster with flames, going through flames, and 96 00:04:28,360 --> 00:04:31,480 Speaker 3: it will create that video using aiither about ten seconds, 97 00:04:31,839 --> 00:04:33,920 Speaker 3: and it will post it for your friends to see. 98 00:04:34,360 --> 00:04:36,760 Speaker 3: And you can swipe through this app just like you 99 00:04:36,800 --> 00:04:40,680 Speaker 3: would TikTok. Looking through all these videos that people have created, 100 00:04:40,800 --> 00:04:43,440 Speaker 3: it is absolutely wild. But you're right, it is a 101 00:04:43,520 --> 00:04:46,240 Speaker 3: scary new future that we have. It's a scary new 102 00:04:46,279 --> 00:04:49,680 Speaker 3: line we've crossed actually in creating our own deep fakes 103 00:04:49,680 --> 00:04:51,520 Speaker 3: of ourselves for entertainment. 104 00:04:51,920 --> 00:04:54,920 Speaker 2: I will tell you I do enjoy on social media 105 00:04:55,160 --> 00:04:58,800 Speaker 2: when they have press conferences with like Donald Trump or 106 00:04:58,839 --> 00:05:01,880 Speaker 2: maybe the manager of the Yankees and they put, in 107 00:05:02,520 --> 00:05:06,040 Speaker 2: other words, ridiculous things. I'm not sure how they do it, 108 00:05:06,400 --> 00:05:09,080 Speaker 2: but thank god, it's always so ridiculous. 109 00:05:09,120 --> 00:05:09,919 Speaker 4: You know it's fake. 110 00:05:10,360 --> 00:05:13,560 Speaker 3: But you scroll through this for five minutes and you 111 00:05:13,560 --> 00:05:15,599 Speaker 3: will not believe this stuff you see. I mean, it's like, 112 00:05:16,240 --> 00:05:18,520 Speaker 3: it's just unbelievable, and it's I never thought I would 113 00:05:18,520 --> 00:05:21,440 Speaker 3: actually enjoy scrolling through. But some of the stuff people 114 00:05:21,480 --> 00:05:24,680 Speaker 3: are coming up with is actually quite creative, but it 115 00:05:24,839 --> 00:05:27,719 Speaker 3: just brings up a whole new can of worms about 116 00:05:27,800 --> 00:05:31,279 Speaker 3: you know, copyright and of course cameos and deep fakes 117 00:05:31,279 --> 00:05:34,200 Speaker 3: and all this stuff that we're sort of wondering about 118 00:05:34,279 --> 00:05:34,880 Speaker 3: in the future. 119 00:05:35,040 --> 00:05:37,240 Speaker 4: I'll do it today. Hopefully I won't waste too much 120 00:05:37,240 --> 00:05:37,840 Speaker 4: time on it. 121 00:05:38,480 --> 00:05:41,080 Speaker 2: Let's do it. How about this. We've teased this too, 122 00:05:41,120 --> 00:05:43,120 Speaker 2: and it's a it's a great thing. I can already 123 00:05:43,120 --> 00:05:46,839 Speaker 2: see the benefits of this. Google's virtual shoe try On. 124 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:47,480 Speaker 2: What is that? 125 00:05:48,040 --> 00:05:51,360 Speaker 3: Yeah? This is Google has had this feature called AI 126 00:05:51,520 --> 00:05:54,120 Speaker 3: try On for a couple of months now. It's basically 127 00:05:54,200 --> 00:05:56,160 Speaker 3: part of Google Shopping. If you want to see how 128 00:05:56,200 --> 00:05:59,240 Speaker 3: something looks on you, you can snap a picture of 129 00:05:59,279 --> 00:06:02,919 Speaker 3: yourself and you can flip through different photos of you 130 00:06:03,120 --> 00:06:06,080 Speaker 3: wearing different clothes. And I actually went behind the scenes 131 00:06:06,120 --> 00:06:08,280 Speaker 3: with Google to see how they do this. They had 132 00:06:08,279 --> 00:06:10,360 Speaker 3: a studio where they had a bunch of models in there, 133 00:06:10,520 --> 00:06:13,880 Speaker 3: different shapes and sizes, taking a whole bunch of pictures 134 00:06:13,920 --> 00:06:16,400 Speaker 3: of them, and then that's what they use as the 135 00:06:16,440 --> 00:06:19,640 Speaker 3: basis for the AI to put you in that picture, 136 00:06:19,760 --> 00:06:21,800 Speaker 3: so you can say what size you are, your height, 137 00:06:21,839 --> 00:06:24,400 Speaker 3: your weight, all that good stuff, and it helps shape 138 00:06:24,400 --> 00:06:28,160 Speaker 3: the picture. But now they've expanded this to shoes, so 139 00:06:28,400 --> 00:06:30,200 Speaker 3: you don't even need to take a picture of your feet. 140 00:06:30,279 --> 00:06:32,719 Speaker 3: AI will just figure out what size your feet are, 141 00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:35,880 Speaker 3: but it shows you the picture of the shoes on 142 00:06:35,920 --> 00:06:38,800 Speaker 3: your feet now, so that you can see how shoes 143 00:06:38,960 --> 00:06:41,880 Speaker 3: and sneakers would look like on your feet, not necessarily 144 00:06:41,920 --> 00:06:44,240 Speaker 3: if they will fit perfectly. I think you still have 145 00:06:44,240 --> 00:06:46,200 Speaker 3: to go into a store for that, but at least 146 00:06:46,240 --> 00:06:48,080 Speaker 3: it shows you what you're going to look like wearing 147 00:06:48,080 --> 00:06:48,719 Speaker 3: these sneakers. 148 00:06:48,839 --> 00:06:51,080 Speaker 2: This next story is a pretty important one, and I 149 00:06:51,120 --> 00:06:53,320 Speaker 2: guess a lot of people will make some money on this. 150 00:06:53,480 --> 00:06:56,599 Speaker 2: The Federal Trade Commission has reached a settlement with Amazon. 151 00:06:56,640 --> 00:06:58,320 Speaker 2: People are going to get money back. How do you 152 00:06:58,440 --> 00:07:00,160 Speaker 2: know if you qualify? 153 00:07:00,320 --> 00:07:02,280 Speaker 3: Okay, so you're not gonna get rich off the money 154 00:07:02,279 --> 00:07:04,000 Speaker 3: you're going to get back. Refunds are going to be 155 00:07:04,120 --> 00:07:06,560 Speaker 3: up to fifty one dollars per person, but hey, every 156 00:07:06,600 --> 00:07:10,000 Speaker 3: little bit counts. The refunds will be automatic, and here's 157 00:07:10,040 --> 00:07:11,960 Speaker 3: the ways that you would get them. You got to 158 00:07:11,960 --> 00:07:13,920 Speaker 3: live in the US, obviously. If you're listening to this, 159 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:17,440 Speaker 3: that's probably the case. You either had prime or you 160 00:07:17,520 --> 00:07:21,840 Speaker 3: tried to cancel Prime between twenty nineteen and twenty twenty 161 00:07:21,840 --> 00:07:25,440 Speaker 3: five June twenty third, and then you used fewer than 162 00:07:25,560 --> 00:07:29,000 Speaker 3: three Prime benefits in any twelve month period, which means 163 00:07:29,200 --> 00:07:32,000 Speaker 3: you didn't really shop a lot. Basically, you signed up 164 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:33,560 Speaker 3: and you kind of like couldn't figure out how to 165 00:07:33,600 --> 00:07:35,120 Speaker 3: get rid of it, and so you didn't use any 166 00:07:35,120 --> 00:07:38,600 Speaker 3: of the benefits. So you will get this automatically by 167 00:07:38,640 --> 00:07:41,440 Speaker 3: December twenty fifth of this year. Here is my warning 168 00:07:41,480 --> 00:07:45,200 Speaker 3: to you, because these scammers get hipped to this stuff. 169 00:07:45,440 --> 00:07:47,240 Speaker 3: You might get an email that says, hey, sign up 170 00:07:47,280 --> 00:07:50,400 Speaker 3: for your Prime refunds. Don't do it. The refunds are 171 00:07:50,440 --> 00:07:52,120 Speaker 3: going to be automatic. The FTC is not going to 172 00:07:52,200 --> 00:07:53,360 Speaker 3: call you, they're not going to text you, they're not 173 00:07:53,360 --> 00:07:56,320 Speaker 3: going to email you. So just know, if you had Prime, 174 00:07:56,560 --> 00:07:58,480 Speaker 3: you might be seeing a refund come December. 175 00:07:58,560 --> 00:07:59,040 Speaker 4: Thanks a lot. 176 00:07:59,120 --> 00:08:01,360 Speaker 2: Richard miro riche on Tech has Heard Sunday nights from 177 00:08:01,400 --> 00:08:04,400 Speaker 2: eight to eleven pm. You can also follow him at 178 00:08:04,520 --> 00:08:06,240 Speaker 2: rich on tech on Instagram. 179 00:08:06,440 --> 00:08:09,200 Speaker 1: This has been a podcast from wor