Paul Stenhouse: Open AI's open to buying Chrome, upgrades to Apple's iPad, EU imposes mandatory labels on tech products

OpenAI would be open to buying Google's Chrome browser  

Talk about an instant audience - imagine logging into your Chrome web browser and instead of getting Google results, you get ChatGPT. The DOJ ruled last year that Google is a monopolist in Search – now comes the search to decide what to do with Chrome.  

OpenAI told the judge the company would be interested in taking it over. Open AI, with ChatGPT, wants to be the way you find and access information on the web. Attempts to partner with Google Search have been unsuccessful – they only have access to Bing. Only trouble, Open AI says it's not as good as Google.

The line between iPad & Mac could be about to be blurred even further  

One of the regular Apple leakers has as a scoop: a menubar could be coming to the iPad when the magic keyboard is connected. Assuming it functions like the Mac version, it gives quick access to app and operating system. They also say iPadOS 19 will enhance Stage Manager, the feature that allows a user to plug their iPad into an external monitor. These two changes would make it the most laptop-like iPad we've seen.  

Devices in the EU are about to get a mandatory label on the box  

Just how long will that new phone or tablet's battery last? You'll now get a way to compare from device to device with standardized labels. The labels will say how many times the battery is rated to be recharged, how energy efficient the device is, and how long the battery should last each day. It'll also rate now repairable and durable the device is.  

They will also impose "ecodesign" requirements to make devices more resilient, including being protected from splashes of water, dust, scratches, and drops. All devices on sale across the EU from June 8 will need the label.   

 

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Speaker 1 (00:07):
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Speaker 2 (00:13):
Paul stein House is here with us this morning, and
when I say here, he is kind of here because
although Paul is usually based in New York City, he
is home on Uncle Judy at the moment. How's it
been back, Paul.

Speaker 3 (00:24):
It's been great, Jack. I'm here visiting New Zealand's Cutest
five months old and he definitely has that title. And
I'm not biased about it.

Speaker 2 (00:32):
That's fine, no bias there whatsoever, just so long as
he's not competing with the New Zealand's Cutest two months old.

Speaker 3 (00:36):
Because okay, see that was why I didn't say New
Zealand's you know New.

Speaker 2 (00:40):
Zealand that you refine that.

Speaker 3 (00:42):
Yeah, yeah, I know, I thought I better, Yeah, I thought.

Speaker 2 (00:45):
How good is Uncle Judy? A just all responsibility? It's
just so good to be able to like swing in,
have some fun, get some smiles, you know, then hand.

Speaker 3 (00:53):
And it's so it's so fun. You know, my sister
so she's over from Melbourne. It's the it's the full,
the full stin house household back jackets a lot.

Speaker 2 (01:01):
I beat your parts, loving it, Paul, Yeah.

Speaker 3 (01:04):
Yeah, is everybody and now. But the thing that's so interesting,
as my sistory says that, oh he's got a new
trick today, and it's so crazy it changes by the day.

Speaker 2 (01:14):
Yeah, yeah, it's crazy. Yeah, I know it is. Hey. Anyway, Yeah,
let's talk tech because that's also changing pretty quickly at
the moment. Interesting. The EU are kind of the party
purpose when it comes to some of the big social
media platforms and you know big tech companies. Well, party
purpose is not party purpose. I'm more for them. They're
the big regulators that they regulate as hard as any

(01:35):
country does or any group of countries does, which is
not to say that it's necessarily a whole heap of regulation.
But they're now bringing in requirements that will mean all
tech sold in the in the European Union will have
to have a label on the box.

Speaker 3 (01:50):
Yes, So if you've gone into you know, Lemings or whatever,
you've probably seen those big stickers on the TV and
the fridge talking about energy efficiency and things like that,
and that's what they're bringing in for basically all devices,
so your phone, your tablet. There's a different requirement that
has for laptops and things like that now that really
wants to let consumers be able to compare with standardized

(02:14):
information that kind of looks cross between like a nutrition
label and one of the you know, five star ratings
you see on a hotel. But they're looking to get
people to understand really about the device and how how
you can repair it, how durable it is. Basically trying
to give you a sense of when you go and
spend the now couple of thousand dollars on a device,

(02:36):
how long is that then going to actually last you? So,
how how many times can the battery be recharged, what's
it rated for? How long will should the battery be
actually be lasting each day? Can you repair it? Can
you drop it? And interestingly they've also put in some
eco design requirements they call them right and that's to
make sure that devices are up to a certain standard

(02:57):
when it comes to things like being able to handle
splashes of water or dust or scratches or drops, things
that you know, break your device and cause you have
to buy another one. So they're actually really trying to
look out for the consumer. And I would probably go
as so far as the stair as you said, they
are probably one of the biggest regulators. I think they
have probably driven more innovation, more innovation or forced innovation

(03:18):
and technology in the past couple of years than anyone else.

Speaker 2 (03:22):
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (03:22):
Yeah, they are the reason we have USBC in our iPhone.
Just be real. And so what's interesting is this is
this is coming in now pretty quickly June eighth. Every device,
every cell phone, every tablet being sold in the EU
will need to have this mandatory label, so folks can
compare O.

Speaker 2 (03:37):
Very good, hey, very quickly. Paul open Ai says they'd
be open to buying Google's Chrome browser.

Speaker 3 (03:43):
Yeah, because the DOJ, the Department of Justice in the
States ruled last year that Chrome is a monopolist and
search and so now they're trying to figure out are
they going to carve up parts of Google And one
of the things they're looking at doing is taking Google
Chrome and forcing it to be sold. And open Ai
took the stand this week and see we'd be interested
in buying it. Yeah, you would, No wonder what an

(04:06):
instant audience. You know, they want to be the person,
they want to be, the surface you go to for
everything AI, the thing you open, the app you open.
What better way than doing it than grabbing the world's
number one web browser and Google and sorry, Open Hours
tried to work with Google a number of times, they
haven't been able to get to a deal. Day instead
partner with bing. So this would be this would be

(04:28):
a big curve. This could if this actually happened, this
would really truly be a potential to undo Google's what
decade of being the number one search and number one
web browser platform.

Speaker 2 (04:41):
Yeah, oh, that'd be fascinating. Okay, we'll see what happens there.
Thank you, Paul, enjoy the rest of your time and
all We'll catch you soon. That's our texpert, Paul Steenhouse.

Speaker 1 (04:51):
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