WEBVTT - Tech News: Tesla and Meta Investors are Not the Same

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to tech Stuff, a production from iHeartRadio. Hey there,

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<v Speaker 1>and welcome to tech Stuff. I'm your host, Jonathan Strickland.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm an executive producer with iHeart Podcasts and how the

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<v Speaker 1>tech are you. It's time for the tech news for

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<v Speaker 1>the week ending Friday, April twenty sixth, twenty twenty four,

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<v Speaker 1>and first up. I covered one really big news item

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<v Speaker 1>earlier this week on Wednesday's episode, which is that the

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<v Speaker 1>US Senate approved a bill that gives the Chinese company

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<v Speaker 1>byte Dance one year to divest itself of TikTok or

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<v Speaker 1>else face a nationwide band. President Biden signed that bill

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<v Speaker 1>into law as was expected. And the only other update

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<v Speaker 1>I really have is that Reuter's reports Byteedance would rather

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<v Speaker 1>choose to shut TikTok down than to sell it off

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<v Speaker 1>to someone else. Of course, that's not likely to happen

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<v Speaker 1>right away. I mean, for one thing, they have a year,

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<v Speaker 1>but by Dance also plans to challenge the law on

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<v Speaker 1>constitutional grounds, as do others, So we have a ways

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<v Speaker 1>to go before this story ends one way or the other,

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<v Speaker 1>whether courts uphold it or say that in fact, it's unconstitutional.

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<v Speaker 1>And if you're wondering why bite Dance would rather just

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<v Speaker 1>scuttle all operations in the United States and just call

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<v Speaker 1>it a loss. It really comes down to that juicy

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<v Speaker 1>recommendation algorithm that TikTok uses, you know, the one that

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<v Speaker 1>former engineers for an earlier app called ninety nine fongs

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<v Speaker 1>say is their work and that they should be compensated

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<v Speaker 1>for it. Byte Dance does not want to part with

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<v Speaker 1>that algorithm. It is a key component of other apps

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<v Speaker 1>that the company owns and operates, including the Chinese cousin

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<v Speaker 1>to TikTok do Yin. And that's it for the update

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<v Speaker 1>for that story. This week, the US Federal Communiticationations Commission,

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<v Speaker 1>or FCC reinstated some, but not all, of net neutrality

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<v Speaker 1>regulations in the United States. So as a quick reminder,

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<v Speaker 1>net neutrality covers a fairly broad spectrum of concepts, but

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<v Speaker 1>you can kind of boil it down to say that

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<v Speaker 1>the rules mean all companies that provide internet infrastructure agree

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<v Speaker 1>to let all traffic cross their networks without interference, no

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<v Speaker 1>matter who it's from, to whom it's going, or what

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<v Speaker 1>kind of device the endpoint is using. So under net neutrality,

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<v Speaker 1>a provider would not give advantages to their own content

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<v Speaker 1>while throttling traffic from competitors. So if you got your

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<v Speaker 1>Internet service from Comcast, Comcasts wouldn't be allowed to put

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<v Speaker 1>its own services on a fast lane while inhibiting stuff

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<v Speaker 1>from like you know, Netflix or Max or Hulu or whatever,

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<v Speaker 1>or charging those companies an arm in a leg in

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<v Speaker 1>order to also be in the fast lane. The measure

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<v Speaker 1>passed three to two in the FCC. It went right

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<v Speaker 1>down party lines, which is pretty much par for the

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<v Speaker 1>course these days. So three Democratic appointees voted for it

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<v Speaker 1>and to Republican appointees voted against it. Now, to be clear,

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<v Speaker 1>this is not the first time the FCC has established

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<v Speaker 1>net neutrality rules. It did so under the Obama administration,

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<v Speaker 1>but then under the Trump administration the FCC revoked those

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<v Speaker 1>earlier rules, so this should really indicate that these rules

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<v Speaker 1>are far from set in stone. A tech analyst named

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<v Speaker 1>Ming chi Quo has posted in Medium that Apple has

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<v Speaker 1>scaled back its production of the Vision Pro mixed reality headsets. So,

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<v Speaker 1>according to this post, Apple initially expected a demand of

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<v Speaker 1>seven hundred thousand to eight hundred thousand headsets, but this

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<v Speaker 1>cut will bring it down to a little bit around

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<v Speaker 1>the half of that. Like four hundred thousand to four

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<v Speaker 1>hundred and fifty thousand units. Further, the post says that

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<v Speaker 1>Apple expects sales to dip even more next year, and

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<v Speaker 1>that the company has adjusted its product roadmap as a result.

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<v Speaker 1>So Apple often releases updated models of its various tech

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<v Speaker 1>platforms from year to year, like Max and iPhones and

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<v Speaker 1>that kind of thing. But the post says that the

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<v Speaker 1>company is no longer planning to release a new headset

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<v Speaker 1>in twenty twenty five. So could it be that mixed

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<v Speaker 1>reality is one arena in which Apple's reality distortion field

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<v Speaker 1>just doesn't extend. So in the past I've predicted that

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<v Speaker 1>various Apple products wouldn't go very far. I mean, the

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<v Speaker 1>iPad is a really big example of one where I

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<v Speaker 1>whiffed big time. So I've been so incredibly wrong in

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<v Speaker 1>the past. But maybe the challenges of getting a broad

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<v Speaker 1>audience for a mixed reality headset are too great even

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<v Speaker 1>for Apple, and to be fear to the company, mixed

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<v Speaker 1>reality is a very tough sell. I mean, the headsets

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<v Speaker 1>are expensive. You know, you have to wear them on

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<v Speaker 1>your head, so that's got a strike against it for

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of people. And there's a very limited number

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<v Speaker 1>of applications for these headsets right now. Despite the fact

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<v Speaker 1>that what they do appears to be really incredible, it's

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<v Speaker 1>a a very limited set of things that they do,

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<v Speaker 1>so with all of these things taken into account, it's

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<v Speaker 1>tough to get traction. So it's a pretty big uphill battle,

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<v Speaker 1>and I don't think Apple's gonna win it. Tesla has

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<v Speaker 1>had a wild week that I think proves the point

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<v Speaker 1>that if we live inside a computer simulation, there's some

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<v Speaker 1>serious bugs in the programming. So Tesla held its twenty

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<v Speaker 1>twenty four Q one earnings call this week, and the

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<v Speaker 1>company revealed that, at least according to The Verge, Tesla's

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<v Speaker 1>net income is down nine percent year over year and

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<v Speaker 1>has hit a six year low. Oh and quote, net

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<v Speaker 1>income attributable to common stockholders has slid fifty five percent

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<v Speaker 1>end quote. That's according to Andrew Hawkins of The Verge,

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<v Speaker 1>and he attributes this both to Tesla's price cutting efforts

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<v Speaker 1>and cooling demand for evs among the buying public. Elon

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<v Speaker 1>Musk says the auto industry in general has pivoted from

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<v Speaker 1>EV's back to hybrids, and that certainly is going on

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<v Speaker 1>here in America. I mean, we have seen a few

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<v Speaker 1>different auto manufacturers switch gears to use a pun and

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<v Speaker 1>to favor hybrids over evs for at least the near term.

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<v Speaker 1>The earnings call included a section that teased Tesla's upcoming

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<v Speaker 1>robotaxi product, which we're told we're going to hear more

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<v Speaker 1>about on August eighth. I'll remind you that, according to

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<v Speaker 1>various states that have regulatory requirements for autonomous taxi services,

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<v Speaker 1>Tesla has not yet begun the licensing procedures to get

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<v Speaker 1>permission to operate such a service in those states. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>maybe that's changed since the initial teas of the robotaxi service.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe Tesla has started to file that paperwork. I haven't

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<v Speaker 1>heard that. But what happened after this earnings call is

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<v Speaker 1>where things really went bonkers from me. So you had

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<v Speaker 1>this earnings call, things sound dire. You know, you're down

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<v Speaker 1>significantly from the previous year, and the stock price would

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<v Speaker 1>surge twelve percent in trading on Wednesday. So I told

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<v Speaker 1>you is a mad world out there. The stockholder enthusiasm

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<v Speaker 1>appears to be linked to things like the upcoming robotaxi effort,

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<v Speaker 1>Musk claiming that Tesla isn't so much an auto manufacturer

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<v Speaker 1>as it is a digital platform, as well as Musk's

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<v Speaker 1>announcement that the company plans to introduce new models early

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<v Speaker 1>next year, if not sooner. I have no idea if

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<v Speaker 1>any of that is realistic. Keep in mind, we're also

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<v Speaker 1>talking about the same company that had delayed the launch

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<v Speaker 1>of the cyber truck numerous times before it finally rolled

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<v Speaker 1>off lots. But the shareholders seem happy for now. In

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<v Speaker 1>other Muskie news, Elon's Ai company x Ai, because Elon

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<v Speaker 1>Musk continues to be obsessed with the letter x is

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<v Speaker 1>getting close to raising six billion with a B dollars

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<v Speaker 1>in investments on evaluation of eighteen billion dollars. According to

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<v Speaker 1>tech Crunch. Not that long ago, the numbers looked a

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<v Speaker 1>lot different. It was more like an effort to raise

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<v Speaker 1>three billion dollars with evaluation of fifteen billion. But various

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<v Speaker 1>heavy hitting and groups charged forward to get a piece

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<v Speaker 1>of the action, and Xai quickly tweaked those numbers. So

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<v Speaker 1>it's kind of like running a lemonade stand. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>you've been selling tall, frosty glasses of tangy lemonade for

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<v Speaker 1>like twenty five cents, but then there's this great lemon

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<v Speaker 1>blight that wipes out nearly all lemons except for the

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<v Speaker 1>ones that you have. And it also coincides with like

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<v Speaker 1>a massive heat wave, and you've got the market cornered

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<v Speaker 1>on your sweet and sour zipper, so you hike the

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<v Speaker 1>price to five bucks for a shot. Anyway, the sales

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<v Speaker 1>pitch for XAI sounds like something from a science fiction

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<v Speaker 1>film where we find out how the killer robots got

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<v Speaker 1>their start. So, namely, Musk plans to leverage data from

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<v Speaker 1>his various other companies to use as training information for

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<v Speaker 1>the AI developed by XAI. So those businesses include stuff

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<v Speaker 1>like x formerly known as Twitter, which is a stakeholder

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<v Speaker 1>in XAI, SpaceX, Tesla, and even Neuralink that's the brain

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<v Speaker 1>computer interface company that Musk has. So Musk's vision is

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<v Speaker 1>a world in which all these other businesses are feeding

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<v Speaker 1>his XAI with real world data and experience and thus

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<v Speaker 1>accelerating that AI's learning patterns, and voila, we get miracle

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<v Speaker 1>robots and such. I remain skeptical. Now, a quick hop

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<v Speaker 1>away from Tesla will take us over to a story

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<v Speaker 1>about Fisker, which is an electric vehicle auto company that,

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<v Speaker 1>according to SFGate dot com, is now on the brink

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<v Speaker 1>of collapse. Huh, I'm business on the brink. That would

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<v Speaker 1>actually be a really good name for a podcast. Anyway,

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<v Speaker 1>this week, Fisker filed with the SEC and revealed that

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<v Speaker 1>the company is pretty much broke. Back in March, it

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<v Speaker 1>was unable to make an interest payment. Now, granted, it

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<v Speaker 1>was a whopper of an interest payment, it was eight

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<v Speaker 1>point four million dollars. But the filing revealed that, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>this company, Fisker is on borrowed time. So unless creditors

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<v Speaker 1>give the company some serious slack or it hits some

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<v Speaker 1>crazy financial windfall, the screw will need to file for

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<v Speaker 1>bankruptcy within thirty days. The filing doesn't sugarcoat things either. Essentially,

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<v Speaker 1>it says giving us more money is really risky because

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<v Speaker 1>we haven't proven we're able to do what we need

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<v Speaker 1>to do. But yeah, we've seen a few stories about

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<v Speaker 1>startups attempting to establish a foothold in the auto industry.

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<v Speaker 1>More often than not, it does not work out. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>we've got a lot more news stories to get through

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<v Speaker 1>before we get to that. Let's take a quick break

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<v Speaker 1>to thank our sponsors. We're back and we're going to

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<v Speaker 1>take a little stroll over to Meta Meta also held

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<v Speaker 1>an earnings call this week, but investors were not nearly

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<v Speaker 1>as charmed by the revelations as those who were following

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<v Speaker 1>the Tesla announcements. The call began with talk about AI

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<v Speaker 1>to no big surprise, and then Zuckerberg also talked about

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<v Speaker 1>the metaverse, which is funny because you don't hear that

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<v Speaker 1>term bandied about nearly as much these days. I think

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<v Speaker 1>AI I largely displaced the metaverse concept that became like

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<v Speaker 1>the new thing that business leaders got excited about. But

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<v Speaker 1>as CNBC's Ashley Caput put said, quote, he spent almost

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<v Speaker 1>the entirety of his opening remarks focused on the many

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<v Speaker 1>ways Meta loses money end quote, Mizcaput, I believe you

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<v Speaker 1>have spilt some tea all over the place. But yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>Meta is very good at spending a lot of money

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<v Speaker 1>on stuff that isn't making very much by comparison. So,

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<v Speaker 1>for example, Reality Labs brought in four hundred and forty

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<v Speaker 1>million dollars in sales, and that's a lot of cheddar,

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<v Speaker 1>but that same division racked up a financial loss of

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<v Speaker 1>three point eighty five billion dollars. Anyway, Zuckerberg also seemed

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<v Speaker 1>prepared for the financial blow that would follow this earnings

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<v Speaker 1>call because he acknowledged that investors are generally not very

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<v Speaker 1>happy about Meta spending billions of dollars on projects that

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<v Speaker 1>are not yet monetizable. Sure enough, in the wake of

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<v Speaker 1>the earnings call, Meta's stock price dropped nineteen percent in

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<v Speaker 1>extended trading at some points. As for the future, Zuckerberg

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<v Speaker 1>revealed that the company estimates capital expenditures for twenty twenty

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<v Speaker 1>four to be in the thirty five billion to forty

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<v Speaker 1>billion dollar range. That's more than what the company had

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<v Speaker 1>previously estimated, So I guess making the future is real expensive.

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<v Speaker 1>Microsoft also had an earnings call this week, and the

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<v Speaker 1>company explained that the absolute rush to develop AI has

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<v Speaker 1>meant the demand for cloud based computing power is greater

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<v Speaker 1>than the supply of resources. So the report showed that

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<v Speaker 1>Microsoft has increased capital expenditures by nearly eighty percent year

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<v Speaker 1>over year in an effort to meet this demand to

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<v Speaker 1>build out things like data centers and such, and the

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<v Speaker 1>company is going to have to spend even more in

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<v Speaker 1>the next couple of years in order to really feed

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<v Speaker 1>the hungry beast that is AI. This is kind of

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<v Speaker 1>like seeing Parkinson's law of data on steroids, So Parkinson's

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<v Speaker 1>law of data in case you don't know what that is,

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<v Speaker 1>it says that information will fill any space made available

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<v Speaker 1>to it, like it doesn't matter how big your library

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<v Speaker 1>or filing cabinet or storage drive is, any way of

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<v Speaker 1>having a way of retaining information, it will fill up.

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<v Speaker 1>Like I remember when we would get a computer with

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<v Speaker 1>a hard drive like one hundred and twenty eight megabytes

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<v Speaker 1>or something, and I'd think, oh, we'll never fill all

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<v Speaker 1>this up, which was ridiculous obviously, Well, this seems to

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<v Speaker 1>be that same kind of issue. The compute power instead

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<v Speaker 1>of storage power just will get swallowed up as soon

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<v Speaker 1>as you make it available. Microsoft keeps adding to it,

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<v Speaker 1>and customers in the form of companies running these AI

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<v Speaker 1>implementations just buy it right up. But the expenditures that

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<v Speaker 1>Microsoft is making in order to meet this demand so

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<v Speaker 1>far are actually outpacing income. So that could be a

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<v Speaker 1>sticky wicket. At some point you could meet a tipping

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<v Speaker 1>point where it just you're spending more money than you

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<v Speaker 1>could possibly bring back in, especially if some of these

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<v Speaker 1>startup AI companies of fizzle out. So we'll have to

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<v Speaker 1>see where this kind of levels out. I'm sure there

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<v Speaker 1>will be a point, I don't know when that'll happen.

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<v Speaker 1>Google is facing sanctions in South Korea after that nation's

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<v Speaker 1>Fair Trade Commission, the Korea's version of FTC, determined that

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<v Speaker 1>Google's practice of giving YouTube Premium subscribers access to YouTube

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<v Speaker 1>Music as well essentially amounts to bundling these services together

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<v Speaker 1>and is an anti competitive practice that has hurt domestic

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<v Speaker 1>companies streaming platforms. So YouTube Music became the top music

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<v Speaker 1>streaming service in the Korean market, it surpassed even the

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<v Speaker 1>native Korean services, and the FTC launched an investigation into

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<v Speaker 1>the matter last year and now is preparing to determine sanctions.

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<v Speaker 1>But meanwhile, Korean companies are saying this is too little,

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<v Speaker 1>too late, and that the whole determination process is just

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<v Speaker 1>far too long to be of any good because by

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<v Speaker 1>the time a decision has arrived at the damage has

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<v Speaker 1>already been done. Meanwhile, the u US FTC, in our case,

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<v Speaker 1>it's the Federal Trade Commission, ruled that companies are no

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<v Speaker 1>longer allowed to force employees into non compete agreements. This

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<v Speaker 1>applies across all industries, obviously, but inside the tech world

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<v Speaker 1>it is a particularly huge development. Companies have long relied

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<v Speaker 1>on non competes to prevent employees from jumping ship and

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<v Speaker 1>working with a competitor, potentially bringing valuable skills and knowledge

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<v Speaker 1>to that competitor. In fact, some of the podcasters you

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<v Speaker 1>listen to may have non compete clauses in their work agreements,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, like ones you might be listening to right now.

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<v Speaker 1>But the FTC says that kind of thing is not

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<v Speaker 1>going to fly anymore. And you, as you might imagine,

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<v Speaker 1>that decision has not exactly been met with universal approval

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<v Speaker 1>among corporations out there, including tech companies. So on the contrary,

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<v Speaker 1>industry groups are already suing the FTC, arguing that the

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<v Speaker 1>agency lacks the authority to make and enforce such a ruling.

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<v Speaker 1>This rule will go into effect on August twenty second

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<v Speaker 1>of this year, at which point all current non competes,

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<v Speaker 1>at least for anyone who isn't in an executive policy

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<v Speaker 1>making position and earning you know, more than one hundred

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<v Speaker 1>and fifty thousand dollars a year, all non competes will

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<v Speaker 1>be null and void, and companies will not be allowed

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<v Speaker 1>to issue new ones. The lawsuits will continue until a

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<v Speaker 1>final decision is made. My guess is that ultimately this

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<v Speaker 1>is going to have to go all the way to

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<v Speaker 1>the Supreme Court. That's going to take years. So in

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<v Speaker 1>the meantime, I say, make hay while the sun shines. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>I got a couple of weird AI stories to get throughs.

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<v Speaker 1>First up is a case in Maryland in which the

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<v Speaker 1>athletic director for a high school was found to have

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<v Speaker 1>used AI to impersonate the voice of that school's principle.

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<v Speaker 1>So the accusation goes that this athletic director fabricated and

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<v Speaker 1>audio recording using an AI copy of the principal's voice,

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<v Speaker 1>and this recording included some really awful stuff like racist

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<v Speaker 1>and antisemitic messaging. Apparently this all happened back in January

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<v Speaker 1>when the principle informed the athletic director that his contract

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<v Speaker 1>was not going to be renewed. There were various issues

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<v Speaker 1>and problems with this particular staff member. The athletic director

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<v Speaker 1>then fabricated the recording and posted it to social media,

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<v Speaker 1>which prompted a viral response. It led to the principle

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<v Speaker 1>being placed on leave. And now it's revealed that the

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<v Speaker 1>whole thing was a fraud. And I'm sure we'll never

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<v Speaker 1>hear of any other outlandish potentially criminal uses of AI

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<v Speaker 1>in voice replication technology, he said sarcastically. The other weird

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<v Speaker 1>AI story deals with Drake and it's about a disk track.

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<v Speaker 1>And yes, I know how lame it is to hear

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<v Speaker 1>me say the phrase disc track. I have not earned

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<v Speaker 1>any place at all within rap or hip hop culture,

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<v Speaker 1>but anyway, this particular track was aimed at Kendrick Lamar,

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<v Speaker 1>and the track included a recording of an AI impersonation

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<v Speaker 1>of Tupac Shakur, who, of course died at the age

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<v Speaker 1>of twenty five. Way back in nineteen ninety six. Shaquur's

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<v Speaker 1>estate issued a cease and desist order against Drake and

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<v Speaker 1>threaten legal actions saying that the estate did not give

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<v Speaker 1>permission for the use of Shakur's audio likeness on this track.

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<v Speaker 1>Shakur wasn't the only artist who is replicated for the

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<v Speaker 1>purposes of hyping up Drake and or dissing Lamar. Snoop

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<v Speaker 1>Dogg was also copied by AI, and you know Snoop

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<v Speaker 1>dog is very much alive. The issue really highlights the

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<v Speaker 1>legal gaps that currently exist with regard to technology's ability

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<v Speaker 1>to copy not just a specific work, but a person's

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<v Speaker 1>voice or style. Those sorts of things aren't eligible for copyright.

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<v Speaker 1>You cannot copyright a voice or a style. You have

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<v Speaker 1>to have something that's set down in some sort of

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<v Speaker 1>established format for it to be eligible for copyright. So

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<v Speaker 1>in the absence of copyright protection, the best avenue for

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<v Speaker 1>those who have been copied tends to relate to publicity rights,

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<v Speaker 1>which doesn't really apply to most of us. It's really

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<v Speaker 1>more of something that applies to notable people. But anyway,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm sure we'll never hear of any other versions of

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<v Speaker 1>this very problem due to AI sarcasm. Again in good

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<v Speaker 1>space news, NASA was able to fix some issues with

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<v Speaker 1>the Voyager one spacecraft, which is currently the human made

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<v Speaker 1>object that is furthest from its home planet. Voyager is

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<v Speaker 1>in interstellar space, and last year the spacecraft had a

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<v Speaker 1>malfunction that prevented it from being able to send data

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<v Speaker 1>back to Earth. So for months, engineers at NASA worked

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<v Speaker 1>to fix this problem, and now Voyager can send at

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<v Speaker 1>least some data relating to its health and operations back

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<v Speaker 1>to US, and NASA hopes to get other operations online

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<v Speaker 1>in the near future. The solution largely revolved around addressing

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<v Speaker 1>operations to different sectors of the computer system's memory. That

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<v Speaker 1>must have been hard, because we're not talking about a

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<v Speaker 1>massive amount of space here. I mean there's a massive

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<v Speaker 1>amount of outer space, sure, but not a massive amount

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<v Speaker 1>of computer memory space. Voyager has long since completed its

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<v Speaker 1>primary mission, which was, along with Voyager two, to observe

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<v Speaker 1>the outer planets of our Solar system, and now it's

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<v Speaker 1>giving us information on the nature of interstellar space, which

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<v Speaker 1>is pretty darn cool. Okay, I've gotten article recommendation for

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<v Speaker 1>y'all before I sign off. It's from torrent Freak. It

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<v Speaker 1>was written by Andy Maxwell. It's titled us Know Your

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<v Speaker 1>Customer proposal will put an end to anonymous cloud users,

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<v Speaker 1>which is alarming. The piece explains the whole issue, including

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<v Speaker 1>the reasons behind wanting to clamp down on anonymity in

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<v Speaker 1>the first place, and how this could impact services such

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<v Speaker 1>as VPNs and such. It's well worth your time. That's

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<v Speaker 1>it for this week. I hope you're all well, and

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