00:00you're tuned into daily world podcasts tech focus for may 7th 2025 i'm angela here to spotlight
00:17breakthrough developments in ai robotics and emerging technologies
00:21tulsi gabbard the u.s director of national intelligence has reportedly used the same
00:28easily cracked password across multiple personal accounts for years raising concerns about her
00:33cyber security practices following a sensitive information leak records indicate she violated
00:39basic security protocols which could have serious implications given her role overseeing the u.s
00:44intelligence community in technology news open ai's recent tests reveal that its latest language
00:51models gpt-03 and 04 mini are experiencing significantly higher rates of hallucination
00:57with 04 mini hallucinating 48 percent of the time during specific tests this increase in erroneous
01:05outputs raises concerns about the reliability of ai models prompting calls for further research to
01:10understand the underlying causes open ai acknowledges the issue but contests that hallucinations are not
01:18inherently more common in reasoning models a senate democrat has urged the department of justice
01:24to investigate potential risks associated with a messaging application similar to signal this call for
01:31investigation highlights concerns over privacy and security features of such apps in the current digital
01:38landscape in california a man named ryan mitchell kramer has pleaded guilty to hacking a disney
01:45employee by tricking them into installing a malicious ai image generation tool the software disguised as a
01:52legitimate program allowed kramer to access sensitive information and steal confidential data from disney's
01:58internal channels
01:59nogg has introduced the scout a bluetooth bike tracker that integrates with apple's find my network providing
02:07both location tracking and a motion sensitive alarm to deter theft the device is designed to be securely
02:13attached to the bike frame and features a rechargeable battery with a lifespan of two to six months making it a
02:19practical solution for bike security as microsoft ends support for windows 10 the end of 10 project aims to
02:27help users transition to linux potentially saving 240 million pcs from obsolescence the initiative provides
02:35resources for installing linux highlighting advantages such as cost savings better privacy and support for older
02:42hardware while addressing environmental concerns related to e-waste nvidia has announced that its upcoming q2
02:5012.9 toolkit will no longer support maxwell pascal and volta gpu architectures signaling a shift for
02:57developers to adopt more modern hardware while these gpus will still receive regular geforce driver updates
03:04future q2 compilers will not generate machine code compatible with them affecting applications that rely on
03:10cuda for processing the absolute zero reasoner or acr introduces a new paradigm in reinforcement
03:19learning that allows ai to propose and solve its own reasoning tasks without relying on external data
03:26this self-evolving system has demonstrated state-of-the-art performance in coding and mathematical
03:31reasoning tasks overcoming the limitations of traditional models that depend on human curated examples
03:37laryon studios ceo suen vink emphasized that while ai will be utilized for certain development tasks
03:45it will not replace human creativity or lead to the production of low quality content the studio is
03:51committed to maintaining a human touch in game development with plans to expand their team rather
03:56than reduce it due to ai advancements in a controversial move tamay basiraglu a prominent ai researcher has
04:04launched a startup called mechanize aiming for the full automation of all work and the economy this
04:10initiative has sparked significant backlash on social media with critics arguing that while automation
04:15could lead to economic growth it raises concerns about job loss and the implications for human workers
04:21livelihoods iciraglu maintains that automation could ultimately enrich humans and lead to new economic
04:27opportunities in los gatos california burger bots is revolutionizing fast food by using robots to
04:35assemble burgers in just 27 seconds the robots flex picker and you my officially create burgers by
04:42following a qr code for precise assembly while human staff remain involved in other tasks to maintain a
04:48balance between technology and human interaction
04:50that concludes today's technology update on daily world podcast i'm angela encouraging you to keep
04:59pushing the boundaries of what's possible
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