00:00you're tuned into daily world podcasts tech focus for may 31st 2025 i'm angela here to
00:17spotlight breakthrough developments in ai robotics and emerging technologies
00:21the trump administration is reportedly collaborating with palantir
00:27to create a comprehensive database on all americans this initiative follows an executive
00:32order aimed at enhancing data sharing among government agencies with palantir receiving
00:37significant government contracts to facilitate this effort concerns about government surveillance
00:42have been raised in response to this development in a related cyber security matter the white house
00:49is investigating a reported hack of chief of staff susie wiles personal phone where hackers accessed
00:54her contacts and impersonated her to contact other officials this incident highlights ongoing
01:00vulnerabilities within the administration's cyber security framework as discussions about technology
01:06continue nick clegg former uk deputy prime minister warned that requiring artists consent for their
01:12work to be used in ai training would severely harm the industry in the uk he emphasized the
01:18impracticality of seeking permission from numerous rights owners amidst ongoing legislative discussions
01:23aimed at increasing transparency for creative industries experts are also cautioning that many workers remain
01:31unaware of the impending threat posed by ai advancements to white collar jobs the growing concern is that ai may
01:38lead to significant job losses in sectors traditionally considered safe from automation this trend is
01:44reflected in the rising unemployment rate for recent college graduates which has surged to 5.8 percent as
01:50companies increasingly replace entry-level positions with artificial intelligence in the realm of media a new
01:58report by enders analysis reveals that major tech firms like amazon google meta and microsoft are failing
02:05to combat the widespread piracy of premium video services particularly live sports the report highlights the
02:12role of devices like the amazon fire stick in facilitating illegal streaming posing risks to users and threatening the
02:18financial stability of broadcasters meanwhile a research team from arizona state university cautions
02:26against misinterpreting intermediate steps in ai language models as evidence of human-like reasoning
02:33they argue that these chains of thought are merely statistically generated text fragments without real
02:38semantic meaning cautioning that treating them as meaningful can mislead ai research and application
02:44on a positive note microsoft has introduced its aurora ai model which can predict air quality and severe
02:53weather events like typhoons with greater accuracy and speed than traditional methods aurora has
02:59demonstrated its capabilities by accurately forecasting typhoon doxery's landfall and is now integrated into
03:05microsoft's emerson weather app in a significant shift meta has partnered with andral industries to
03:12develop augmented and virtual reality devices for the military this collaboration aims to leverage meta's
03:19investments in extended reality technologies to support u.s service members as the company seeks to recover from
03:25substantial losses in its reality labs division
03:30texas has enacted the app store accountability act requiring age verification for app downloads which raises significant
03:36privacy concerns users users may need to provide sensitive identification
03:42leading to potential violations of free speech rights and increased risks of digital surveillance
03:49research from meta and the hebrew university of jerusalem shows that shorter reasoning processes in ai
03:55systems enhance performance on complex tasks increasing accuracy by up to 34 percent while reducing computational costs
04:03their new method short m at k allows for parallel reasoning attempts and can cut computing resources by 40 percent
04:12in a recent development regarding ai capabilities a blog post revealed the unexpected success of ai
04:17generated q2c kernels that outperform expert optimized production kernels in pytorch the authors discuss their
04:24methodology for kernel optimization and highlight the potential for further improvements in ai driven kernel generation
04:31open ai is also evolving its strategy for chat gpt aiming to transform it into a super assistant that
04:39understands users and assists with various tasks in daily life this vision includes helping with everything from
04:46answering questions to managing schedules positioning chat gpt as a companion rather than just a tool
04:52we've reached the end of our technology coverage on daily world podcast i'm angela keep innovating and
05:01we'll see you in the next broadcast
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