Cyber Storm AI Eats Your Job, Hackers Hit Hard & Tech Titans Strike Back (S4) S29

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Hi everyone, I'm John Seymour, the host of
The JMOR Tech Talk Show and Inspirations Well,

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Now, today, I'm sharing a really, really, really
good topic.
I think one that you're going to, let's
say, appreciate.
And the topic for today's show is Cyberstorm,

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AI Eats Your Job, Hackers Hit Hard, and
Tech Titans Strike Back, Series 4, Show 29.
All right, with all that underway, what do
you say that we go ahead and get
started?
So welcome, once again, to The JMOR

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Talk Show.
Hopefully, you're comfy, you have your beverage, you
have your snack, and let's get going.
So each week, I break down the hottest
tech stories and trends with insights, analysis, and
a touch of curiosity to keep you thinking,
inspired, and on the cutting edge.
From AI breakthroughs to global tech policy shifts,

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I bring you the facts and the flair.
The stuff that most media doesn't bring you
because they don't want to tell you the
truth.
Well, number one, let's just kick this right
off with Mr. President Trump.
He threatens 30% tariff increase on the
European Union and Mexico.
So there's big moves planned on the trade

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front.
President Trump is proposing a massive 30%
tariff hike on the European Union and Mexican
goods if this moves forward, because this could
be a very, very big, big problem right
now.
I mean, I think that's a very, very

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big problem.
And it's not just locally, it's internationally.
So I think that's a big problem.
The tech and auto sectors are watching very
closely as this could spark international economic waves.
And I mean more than just ripples, I
mean like tidal waves.

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So we're going to definitely keep our, let's
say, ears to the metal, as we say,
to let you guys know basically what's going
on and how is this going to affect
your every single day.
So it's all about trade tensions.

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And so Trump has reignited the global trade
war fears by threatening the 30% tariff
increase on imports from European Union and Mexico.
And this is going to start supposedly August
1st, shaking markets and sparking backlash from US
allies, unfortunately.
In the theory, letters posted to Truth Social,

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Trump accused partners of unfair trade and demanded
zero tariffs in return.
The European Union called the move, quote, unquote,
a supply chain disruption.
And Mexico urged calmness, but stood firm on
sovereignty.
With additional threats to 23 nations, including 50
% tariffs on steel and copper, while the

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aggressive shift signals Trump's hardline return as stock
markets reel and global trade hangs in the
balance.
Ouch, wouldn't want to be him right now.
Point number two, I've heard an interesting story,
is Air India crash is linked to an

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accidental fuel switch challenge.
A chilling revelation from the investigation, unfortunately, into
the Air India crash reveals that a deadly
mistake, the wrong fuel switch, it claims.
The highlights, the critical importance of the automation,
safety, and pilot training, and the most important
of aviation technology.

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So the Air India crash was linked to
a pilot switch, quote, unquote, confusion error, deadly
confusion error in the cockpit.
A shocking preliminary report in the tragic Air
India Boeing 77 crash that killed 260 people
reveals both engines lost power just after takeoff.

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When fuel cutoff switches mysteriously flipped within seconds
of each other.
As the plane plummeted down, one pilot asked
the other why he shut off the fuel,
only to be told, I didn't.
The cause of the switch movement remains unclear,
with experts baffled and no emergency evident.

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Chilling incident, the world's deadliest air crash in
the decade of us is raising serious concerns
over cockpit procedures, aircraft systems, and the future
of India's national carrier under Tata.
So these are some concerns, and hopefully they

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will be addressed, I'm going to say, sooner
than later.
Because, you know, this Air India crash is
a big thing.
And, you know, did the pilot make a
mistake?
Well, this is what many people are saying.
That a pilot made a mistake.
That's what a lot of people are saying.

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And so, like I was saying before, a
cockpit voice recording has revealed the confusion between
the pilots regarding the engine shutdown.
That was what was heard before we said,
why did you cut it off?
And to which the other responded that they
had not done so.
And so it's important to note that the

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investigation is still in its early stages and
the AAIB has not assigned blame for the
incident yet.
Air India CEO Campbell Wilson has urged staff
not to jump to conclusions, emphasizing that the
probe is far from over.
The fuel control switches are designed with a
locking mechanism to prevent accidental movement and are

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typically only used for starting and shutting down
engines on the ground.
This incident has raised questions about pilot training
and the procedures for handling emergencies involving engine
shutdowns during critical phases of flight.
A definitive answer to whether the pilots made
a mistake will likely depend on the final
report from the AAIB.

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So we'll definitely keep you in the loop
to what's going on about that.
And Trump is on the rampage to fire
1,350 plus State Department employees.
Another sweeping of Trump's power here with him
starting to fire 1,350 plus state employees

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in a bold move signaling massive administrative shakeups.
The digital infrastructure of diplomacy could see major
reboots.
I don't know if everybody is really ready
for this right now, but it's definitely a
problem.
And so in a sweeping America first purge,

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the Trump administration has begun firing over 1
,350 U.S.-based State Department employees, including hundreds
of seasoned diplomats and civil servants as part
of a radical shakeup to realign supposedly foreign
policy.
Critics are warning it leaves America dangerously exposed
amid global crisis of cries from Ukraine and

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Gaza.
And the fuel fears of a weekend U
.S. presence abroad.
And emotional scenes are unfolding as the dismissed
staff pack boxes and hug colleagues during a
dramatic sendoff in D.C. While banners reading,
thank you, America's diplomats captured the heartbreak.

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With more layoffs planned to follow by Trump's
deep state crackdown, it's now part of, well,
something that's hitting home at the heart of
U.S. diplomacy.
Is this going to go somewhere or is
this going to just cause a lot of...
And ladies and gentlemen, Russia launches a massive

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drone attack on the Ukraine.
I mean, really?
Can they like just like stop playing these
kindergarten games?
Russia unleashes its largest drone assault on the
Ukraine to date.
This act underscores the evolving battlefield of cyber
physical warfare and how tech-like drones are
reshaping modern conflict.

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Oh, that is just terrible.
So with Russia unleashing this massive drone attack,
by the way, Russia fired nearly 600 drones
and 26 missiles across the Ukraine, killing, unfortunately,
two and injuring 20 with Chernostivy and Lviv

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among the hardest hit.
Ukraine shut down hundreds, but strikes shattered homes,
universities and, yeah, businesses.
President Zelensky called for urgent air defense support
and tougher sanctions, warning that only strength can
stop Moscow's escalating campaign.

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Civilian casualties are surging right now with a
lot happening, marking the deadliest months in the
years, which we just closed on not too
long ago, June.
So this is a problem, guys, and I
feel it's only going to get worse before

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it gets better.
And I think a lot of people out
there don't really understand like what's going on.
And I ask this question every day, you
know, when, and this is a great question,
when will the Ukraine-Russia war be over?
And it's hard to say that.

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No one can definitively give an answer when
the war will end.
There are lots of scenarios, but quick resolution
is not something that's on the forefront for
anytime soon.
The conflict is a complex one with, unfortunately,
no clear path to victory for either side.
And a war could potentially drag on for,

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yeah, years.
And it may evolve into a frozen, well,
standstill or conflict, an end with decisive victory
for either Ukraine or Russia.
But nobody seems to really know what's going
on.
So we'll just have to see.
And ladies and gentlemen, the world's first artificial

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intelligent design restaurant opens in Dubai, gets ready
to open.
Yes, Dubai does it again.
The world's first AI design restaurant is here
where machines handle layout, lighting, and even the
menu.
The future of hospitality is officially automated and
the aesthetics are being controlled by that as

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well.
But we think about this concept, right?
That's what it is.
It's a concept.
It actually has come to fruition.
Dubai is actually set launching the new WooHoo,
they call it, the world's first AI design
restaurant where the entire dine experience, as I

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said, the menu, the ambience, the service is
totally managed and crafted, they call it, by
the artificial intelligence called basically Chef AI man.
And so while human hands will still plate
the food, this futuristic eatery promises a fully

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AI-driven concept when it opens in September,
they're claiming, blending cutting edge tech with culinary
creativity in the heart of the UAE.
Now, I know that this is probably something
a lot of people are scared about because
they don't necessarily know what's going to happen.
I mean, the AI system is going to

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cook the food.
I don't know about you, but I didn't
think AI was such a great cook.
I've seen some of the recipes that AI
has conjured and I'd probably rather have water
and crackers because they just not been too

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great.
And OpenAI launches the AI browser to, well,
should we say rival Chrome?
A Chrome challenger emerges now with OpenAI just
launching its own AI-powered browser, bringing real
-time intelligence to, well, they claim your fingertips
and redefining how we surf the web.

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I think this whole concept is just getting,
it's really getting crazy if you ask me.
Everything's becoming AI, right?
So OpenAI versus Chrome is the battle.
The new AI browser drops and the U
.S. online sales exploded to 24.1 billion
during the July Black Friday in summer.

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The smashing forecasts as shoppers rushed for deals
while AI innovation heats up across tech from
NVIDIA's supercomputer chips and AI-powered fighter jets
to OpenAI launching, as we said, the new
browser aimed at challenging Google's Chrome dominance in
the browser wars.
The question is, is this going to change?

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And we've even seen now that Google is
starting to implement AI in their search engine.
So, I mean, is somebody going to get
smarter than Google?
Is somebody going to develop something that really
is pretty amazing?
Or is this just going to become another,
well, shall we say another unfortunate monopoly?
I hope not, because our country cannot afford

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to have another decade of Google controlling it.
We need somebody else that can be accountable
and responsible for searching data and not serving
as a monopoly.
I know they claim that if they didn't
exist that it would be hard for people.
I say, you know, fooey on that, because

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all they care about, ladies and gentlemen, is
themselves.
They don't care about you.
They don't care about I.
They care about if their system is going
to be making the money.
That's really what it's coming down to.
I mean, when push is starting to come
to shove.
And Stanford, ladies and gentlemen, debuts a deep

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sea humanoid robot.
This is pretty cool, guys.
Diving into innovation, Stanford engineers unveil a deep
sea.
That's what it is.
Humanoid robot that mimics human movement while exploring
ocean depths.
Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to the new era
of underwater exploration.

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And I think that's a pretty amazing thing
that's starting to, let's say, happen here.
So this deep sea robot with human touch
makes waves all over.
Stanford's researchers are revolutionizing the ocean exploration with
a remote controlled humanoid robot that lets scientists
feel the deep sea from miles away, bringing

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a groundbreaking human touch to underwater missions.
So I think this sounds interesting.
But the question is, I mean, I haven't
seen it firsthand, right?
Is it all about hype?
Is it really going to do something?
So the new robot is called Ocean 1K,
and they claim it's revolutionizing the deep sea

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exploration by allowing researchers to experience the sense
of touch remotely, bringing a human touch to
the depths of the ocean, as we say.
This is pretty interesting.
It's been developed by Stanford Robotics Lab.
It uses haptic feedback and stereo vision to
enable researchers to feel underwater objects and manipulate

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tools as if they were physically present.
So what that means is that if, let's
say, a researcher is using gloves or something,
and they're able to tell from the different,
let's say, vibrations, they could tell what's in
its current environment.
So Ocean 1K is combining humanoid design with

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a multi-directional thruster, an advanced haptic feedback
system, the stereoscopic vision, and allowing it to
perform tasks with human-like precision and dexterity.
The robot can dive to depths of 1
,000 meters, is what they claim.
So if we were to convert what's 1
,000 meters to feet, pretty easy, that's 328

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.084 feet, for those of you that wanted
me to do the math on that.
So interesting.
So by allowing researchers to feel and interact
with deep sea environments, Ocean 1K opens up
new possibilities for archaeological research, marine biology, and
even underwater engineering.
The possibilities are endless.

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Technology could also be used for space exploration
for potential applications with astronauts interacting with robots
and other planets or moons.
And so 1K has already been used to
explore various shipwrecks in the Mediterranean Sea, including
a P-38 aircraft, a Beechcraft Baron, the

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submarine Le Protegé, a Roman shipwreck, and the
French Cisco Crispy passenger ship.
The robot's ability to provide haptic feedback allows
researchers to touch these historical artifacts and experience
them in a way that was previously impossible.
And I know what a lot of you
are probably saying, right?

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And this is a good question.
How much, right?
How much is Ocean 1K?
Well, the cost of the Ocean 1K underwater
robot is not publicly available.
While the Ocean 1K project is known, the
specific price is not disclosed.

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But if we had to guess, high-end
industrial robots used for complex tasks in harsh
environments like underwater can cost upwards of $100
,000 or more.
This is just from some of the robots
in the past.
But the fact that it's got all this

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haptic technology, we could have a robot conceivably,
I wouldn't be surprised if this robot could
be a quarter of a million dollars, half
a million dollars, maybe even a million dollars.
I mean, what it's doing is a pretty
unique thing.
And the fact that we're starting to get

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this technology and be able to utilize it,
I think that's just really, really powerful.
And ladies and gentlemen, I know you're going
to love to hear this one.
TikTok, yes.
TikTok races to build the US-only version
of their platform.
TikTok is in, well, crisis mode right now.

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They're building a US-only app to avoid
a looming ban, which has been held over
them for a while with a fresh algorithm
and a tighter set of data rules.
This could change everything for creators and the
short form video world.
The question is, what else is known about

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the new US TikTok app?
And I would say not a lot.
It's being developed by ByteDance, TikTok's Chinese parent
company, with plans to launch around September 5th.
This new app is part of a potential
effort to address national security concerns raised by

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the US government regarding the existing TikTok app
and its ties to China.
The existing TikTok app is expected to be
removed from the US app stores on the
same day the new app launches, but users
may be able to continue using the current
app until March of next year.
Okay, they're also saying that you're going to

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be able to just take your account, this
is what they're saying, and it will just
kind of like, you know, just transfer over
to that platform.
Okay, TikTok is not being very transparent.
Like things like the For You page, the

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Chinese government has repeatedly said it would block
any transfer of the app's algorithm to a
new owner, meaning any new separate American TikTok
would, because this is one of the conditions
that they decided to do, would need its
own algorithm, possibly built from the ground up.
So the question is this, so TikTok's working

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on it, right?
But my question is, do we trust what
they're doing?
Like, I would think that they should, you
know, allow us to build our own version
of the platform with their assistance.
Will the new app comply with the law?

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Under the law, the post-sale US TikTok
couldn't continue working with ByteDance to operate the
algorithm or share its data.
So we know a lot of stuff happening.
TikTok may have realized that even if the
Trump administration wants to protect it, future administrations
could come after the app or its technology
partners, including app store operators and cloud computing

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providers for violating the law.
So it can't put off a deal indefinitely.
And this was direct from Hans from the
company.
So eventually there's going to be some political
shift and maybe there'll be some accountability, maybe.
So if they're the company, maybe they'll be

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happy with what's going on today.
But we have to think about the future,
right?
What if TikTok was just removed tomorrow?
I mean, what would happen?
I mean, that would probably disappoint a lot
of creators, unfortunately.
We'll have to see guys what's going on
there, but I will definitely keep you in
the loop.
Qantas cyber attack exposes 6 million accounts.

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This is like really treacherous.
A massive cyber attack strikes Qantas exposing 6
million customer accounts as airlines become digital first.
Cyber security is no longer optional.
It is, well, it's a necessity for survival.
So definitely a big issue there.
And Qantas, as I said, was hit by

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this cyber breach of the major cyber attack
that struck Qantas exposing personal data of 6
million customers.
Australia's largest breach in years, jeopardizing the airline's
efforts to rebuild trust after, well, some past
scandals.
The question though is, even though they're doing

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these things, what are people doing to, let's
say, not have these problems anymore?
Are they addressing this or is it just
kind of being like a woo-woo?
So you can like just go away.
I don't know.
I think more is going to have to
be said about this, but we're going to
definitely keep you in the loop to what's

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going on with this thing with Qantas.
The fact that it's jeopardizing the airline's efforts
to rebuild trust after past scandals, that's a
problem.
That is a very, very big game changer.
And ladies and gentlemen, you know how much
I appreciate my water, my RO water here.

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Absolutely cold, cool, refreshing, and delicious.
What if you couldn't drink your water?
Well, Meta's data center was blamed for toxic
water in Georgia.
Meta's massive data center in Georgia is under
what we call fire for polluting local water
supplies.
As AI demands grow, so does the environmental

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cost.
Something big tech can no longer ignore.
So tainted water, right beside a U.S.
data center.
A data center built by Meta in rural
Georgia has left local resident, actually Beverly Morris,
struggling with contaminated water and low pressure, forcing
her to haul buckets just to flush toilets.

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As AI and cloud services drive a surge
in massive water-hungry data centers across the
U.S., communities nearby face growing environmental and
health concerns.
While tech giants promise greener solutions and sustainability
goals, the clash between digital progress and basic
resources like clean water is intensifying, especially in

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hotspot regions like Georgia, where data centers rapidly
expand amid rising local pushback.
So the question is, and this is a
really, really good question.
Most people ask you, how is that even
possible?
So how is Meta, let's say, contaminating the

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water supply?
And I think this can be a little
bit of a challenge.
They claim that the construction of a new
data center near home disrupted her private water
well, leading to a buildup of sediment.

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While Meta has denied the specific allegations, citing
a groundwater study that found no adverse effects,
the incident underscores a broader concern, ladies and
gentlemen, about the environmental impact of large-scale
data center development.
And I think this is going to be
a very, very big concern, not just today,

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ladies and gentlemen, but I think in the
days to come, months to come, years to
come.
More broadly, data centers, including those operated by
companies like Meta, can contribute to water contamination
in a couple ways.
One is the PFAS contamination.
Data centers sometimes utilize liquid cooling systems or

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suppression systems that contain PFAS, in short, forever
chemicals.
These chemicals can be released during maintenance, testing,
or system failures, potentially contaminating waterways.
Increasing wastewater discharge.
The vast amounts of water used for cooling

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data centers can lead to significantly increased wastewater
discharge, potentially containing contaminants like nitrates, depending on
the treatments and recirculation practices.
Disruption of local water systems.
The construction operation of data centers can disrupt
local hydrology and groundwater systems, potentially impacting private
wells and causing settlement runoff into water bodies,

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like what happened supposedly to Beverly Mars.
So the question is, how much water does
a data center, that is an AI data
center, use for a query?
And, you know, that's a great question.
The water consumption for a single AI query

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in a data center, they claim is very
small, but the cumulative effects of billions of
queries is substantial.
So let's think about this right now.
How much water is needed to cool the
Meta data center in Georgia per day?

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How much do you think?
Let's blow your mind, right?
So to cool its data center in Newton
County, Georgia, Meta's facility typically consumes, are you
ready?
500,000 gallons of water per day.
This accounts for roughly 10% of the

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entire county's daily water usage.
And so the substantial water usage is primarily
due to the need to keep the computer
servers from overheating or from plowing to cooling
methods like evaporative cooling systems.
And in evaporative cooling, water absorbs heat from

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hot air and then evaporates cooling the air
before it's circulated to cool the servers.
So again, evaporative cooling water absorbs the heat
from the hot air and then evaporates, okay?
The cooling the air before it's circulated to

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cool the servers is important.
And it's also important to note that the
increasing demand for AI and its computation requirements
are expected to further increase water consumption by
data centers in the near future.
So I think there's gotta be some concern
about what's going on.

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But people are claiming that Meta is drying
their taps.
And by that, we're talking about their water
supplies in case you're wondering.
But we'll definitely keep you in the loop
to what's happening there.
How about this, ladies and gentlemen?
I'm not a beer drinker, but what if
beer could be made without alcohol?

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Well, a UK brewery crafts, they claim, tastier
non-alcoholic beer.
As we'll say, cheers to science, right?
Wiper and True users reverse osmosis to brew
flavorful non-alcoholic beer.
Taste is no longer sacrificed in the name

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of sobriety.
It's actually enhanced is what they are saying.
So it's all about unlocking the secret to
better non-alcoholic, well, beer.
Brewing better non-alcoholic beer is getting a
scientific makeover as UK brewery Wiper and True

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uses innovative reverse osmosis, as I was saying.
Proving that the tastiness can still be there
and be crafted without using alcohol.
This is interesting.
I don't know, though, if this is gonna
go anywhere.
Like, I don't know.
And the question is, you know, is non

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-alcoholic new RO beer any good?
And I don't know, because I haven't tasted
it.
I'm not a beer person.
New alcohol beer can be a mixed bag,
depending on individual preferences.
The specific style of beer, they claim.
And so taste and expectations, they claim could

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be different.
But the manufacturer claims it's actually better.
I don't know.
Is this a marketing ploy?
The variety is also the key.
The market for non-alcoholic beers is diverse,
with options ranging from larger lagers and IPAs
to stouts and sours.
Popular and highly rated NA beers, things like

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Athletic Brewing Company, Runwild IPA, Freewave, Hazy IPA,
Upside Down, Golden, Brooklyn Brewery Special Effects, Hopper
Amber IPA, Guinness, Heineken, Weiben-Stauffenheir, Klostenhaler,

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Laguntas, BrewDog, Suria Grainwave, Ravis Brewing Company.
And so health considerations.
So non-alcoholic beers generally have fewer calories
and no hangovers compared to alcoholic beers.
However, it's important to note that many stills
contain a small amount of alcohol, typically less
than 0.5% of ABV.

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Some brands like Heineken and Suntory, all free,
claim to be 100% zero alcohol.
But that's not really true.
So if the new RO refers to a
specific non-alcoholic beer, then what's really going
on?
Are they mixing things?
I mean, I would think they should have

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their own system.
And that's just my thing.
But I don't know what they're doing.
L.A. Joe, we've been talking a lot
about M&S, right?
So here's something to share with you guys,
is that four were arrested for hacking.
That's right.
For hacking the M&S and the co
-op, a major cyber bust.
Four suspects were arrested for hacking major UK

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retailers.
It's a win for the digital justice and
a warning to hackers that you're not invisible.
I think that's an important message to send
home, to what's going on there.
But four suspects have been arrested, as I
said, in a major crackdown on the cyber
attack that targeted retail giants like M&S

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and co-ops disrupting operations and raising alarms
over data security.
So hopefully, maybe they woke up.
This SWIFT law enforcement action sends a powerful
message to hackers threatening critical infrastructure, highlighting growing
efforts to protect consumer data, and retail systems
for increasingly bold cybercrime.
Now, I've said this before, guys.

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It's not new.
I said that it's not a question of
if you're going to get attacked, but when,
if you are not properly protected.
I mean, that's true.
It's just hands down true.
And video game actors finally win an AI

(35:59):
protection deal in, well, protecting their licensing.
It's what they claim victory for voice.
Video game actors have secured a formal protections
against AI mimicry, ensuring fair use of their
likeness and voice.

(36:19):
The gaming world has just leveled up on
the ethics.
But it's not just the gaming world, folks.
If you use AI software, let's say to
create videos, and you decide to use and
deploy a virtual actor, and that virtual actor
is downloaded onto your computer in a video

(36:41):
project, you will find that there is usually
a 60 or 90 day clause saying that
you have rights to use this for 60
or 90 days.
After which, you must seek a license from
whoever it is that you're using, let's say,

(37:02):
the workflow from or the AI voice from.
So, there are some limitations.
Some companies are saying, hey, if it's under
X seconds.
But I think eventually we're going to see
that any AI, okay, and what I mean
by that is any AI system that is
based on somebody in the real world, like

(37:24):
if it's a famous actor, it could be
anybody, Tony DeVito, it could be, I mean,
let's try, who are some of the most
famous actors?
Famous actors today, I mean, you could be
like Morgan Freeman.
It could be Denzel Washington.
It could be Johnny Depp.
It could be Tom Cruise.

(37:44):
It could be Brad Pitt, Leonardo DiCaprio, okay.
They've been around for quite a while.
You know, even if the person is not
alive, there can still be people in next
of kin or agencies that are still going
to want to get paid for you using
their work.
So, I think that's important to understand.

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The number one actors in the world right
now, Scarlett Johansson, Samuel Jackson, and Robert Downey
Jr. and Zoe Salenda.
So, again, what I want to share with
you is that these people have given their

(38:27):
voice and they deserve to get paid for
it.
And so, they feel that if you're going
to do this, that they should get paid.
I think the licensing deal might be harsh
for some small companies, but they had to
do this or they would be taken advantage

(38:49):
of.
And the different companies that are deploying the
AI don't want to get involved with these
small deals.
They want to make money.
So, let's face it.
If they're charging you this fee for, let's
say, it's 60 or 90 days, they might
actually have the rights for even longer, but
they're trying to make money on the deal.
That's how I picture that.

(39:10):
So, it's victory for voice, they claim.
And the gaming world is leveled up.
Like I said, not just the gaming world,
a lot of other AI worlds too.
So, again, the game actors ensure a strike
and ends with the landmark AI deal.
After a long year battle, around 2,500
SAG after video game actors have officially ended

(39:32):
their strike following a groundbreaking deal securing strong
AI protections, historic pay rates, and better health
and safety measures.
The deal includes strict consent and transparency rules
to prevent unauthorized AI replication of actors' performances,
especially for motion capture artists who feared being
replaced.
With 95% union approval, the agreement marks

(39:54):
a major win for performers fighting to protect
their craft and livelihoods in the industry increasingly
influenced by, that's right, AI technology.
So, AI, ladies and gentlemen, is not good,
it's not bad, but we have to deploy
it in a way that is not going
to deprive us of our work.

(40:15):
I think that could be the problem that
happens with AI to be quite truthful with
everyone.
So, we're going to just have to see
what happens with that, but it's definitely something
that is, I think, really, really important.
And another interesting thing that I really want

(40:37):
to bring up with you guys, and digital
phone switch risk-cutting telecare alarms and an
urgent fix is unfortunately needed.
So, the UK's digital landline upgrade risks cutting
off vital telecare alarms for thousands as the
nation switches from analog to digital phones by

(41:00):
2027.
Many vulnerable people relying on telecare alarms face
possible disruption.
Authorities urge users to contact their providers now
to update their equipment and ensure lifesaving alerts
keep working because staying connected could save lives.
So, when we think about this, many companies

(41:20):
are offering the upgrade for free, many people
are offering it for a nominal fee.
So, when we talk about digital, we talk
about analog, right?
They're two different types of signals.
So, we can't mix them unless we have
a converter.
So, it might be something like, you know,
they're going to provide you another piece of
equipment and that piece of equipment will connect

(41:42):
to either your cellular network, okay?
It could be like similar to like your
network used for your cell phone, but it
will be a different SIM chip, which is
a subscriber identification module, which now is actually
going to be, could be digital for that.
Or it could be something else.
It could be connecting on the internet.

(42:05):
And then that could be done, you know,
by basically, you know, connecting to your local
Wi-Fi, if it's Wi-Fi.
So, it could be connecting right to your
home Wi-Fi and just going right off
of that.
But the thing with this is, is that
we all know that Wi-Fi networks go
down sometimes.
Unfortunately, guys, they do.
I'm sorry to tell you that, but they
do.
And so, this could be a big problem

(42:29):
for a lot of people because they don't
realize, you know, what's going on.
So, the question you might say is, so
what are, you know, telecare providers doing to
ensure that, you know, analog won't be disrupted
for their service?

(42:52):
So, analog is going to be basically removed.
We know that.
That's not a big thing.
But incompatibility of the analog equipment with digital
networks is a problem.
And so, reliability issues with analog equipment is
an issue.
But also, if you just connect it to
Wi-Fi only, and you don't have a
great Wi-Fi system, well, I got news

(43:12):
for you.
You're going to have more trouble because we
all know that sometimes Wi-Fi networks drop,
especially if it's not a really great Wi
-Fi network, right?
I have so many people I've talked to,
they go and buy a router for $39
and they try to secure a home that's
3,000 square feet.
That ain't working.
I'm sorry.
That's just not going to work.
Or they realize that they bought a device

(43:34):
that's great, but they are beyond the limitations
of the device.
The device might be 1,500 feet, 2
,500 feet, and they got a home that's
4,500 feet, and they don't want to
spend the money for the extenders.
That's just a little bit crazy if you
ask.
And ladies and gentlemen, another interesting thing that's

(43:54):
been happening, and I think it's something that's
happening everywhere when we talk about this thing
about the digital phones, it's not just affecting
people that are older.
It's affecting even daily people that require communication

(44:15):
for emergency type situations.
I mean, so definitely a big challenge with
what is going on there.
But we're going to have to keep you,
I guess, in the loop to what's going
to happen and what's not going to happen.
But I will tell you that this issue

(44:39):
with what's going on is not going to
get better until it gets worse.
Unfortunately, guys.
So we went over some very, very hot
topics today.
And I think one of the most important
things I want to share with you about
this, and this title really does a great

(45:02):
job in, well, conveying what today's show's about.
And so when we think about that title,
which is what I read you guys before,
and that is this.
The title of today's show, okay, is Cyberstorm.
AI eats your job.

(45:23):
Hackers hit hard.
And tech titans strike back.
You see, many people have not been striking
back because there's been a cost associated with
it or there's a learning curve, an educational
reason, right?
And, but you can't just, you know, shove
that under the carpet for the rest of

(45:44):
your life.
You have to address, like, the purple elephant
or the elephant that's in your room, right?
You have to address it.
Basically, what that's saying is you have to
address the problem sooner or later.
You can't just let that purple elephant or
that big gray elephant just live in your
dining room.
I don't think you can.
It'd be a problem because, well, let's just

(46:05):
think about this, the stupidity or the irony
of that, right?
So what would be the challenges of keeping
your own elephant in your home?
What do you think would be?
Let's just kind of just talk about the
irony of this.
So space requirements.

(46:25):
Elephants are huge animals.
They need vast open spaces to roam and
exercise.
A typical home or backyard is nowhere near
enough.
Diet nutrition is a problem.
Elephants eat hundreds of pounds of food daily,
mainly vegetation.
Supplying the right diet would be expensive and
very complicated.
Healthcare.
Elephants require specialized veterinary care that is rare

(46:46):
and costly.
Their complex health needs include foot care, tusk
maintenance, and monitoring for stress-related illnesses.
Legal restrictions.
Most countries have strict laws against owning wild
or exotic animals like elephants due to safety
or conservation concerns.
Safety risks.
Elephants are incredibly strong and can be dangerous

(47:07):
if stressed or frightened, and they could cause
severe damage to you or property or other
people.
Environmental impact.
The noise, the waste, environmental needs of an
elephant are overwhelming.
Managing their waste alone would be a huge
challenge.
Ethical and welfare concerns.
Elephants are highly social, intelligent animals that thrive

(47:29):
in herds.
Isolation in a home setting can lead to,
well, severe psychological distress.
Never heard of having a psychologist for an
elephant, but you never know.
The cost beyond food and care.
Building adequate housing, fences, and enrichment would cost
a fortune.
Longevity.
Elephants live 67 years, 70 years.

(47:49):
So it's decades of long commitments.
That's a very, very long thing.
So is it legal to own an elephant
in New Jersey?
Let's just see if it is.
I'm just going to go check and see
if they have a thing on this.
No, it's not legal to own an elephant

(48:10):
as a private pet in New Jersey.
Under the state regulations, elephants are classified as
quote, unquote, wild or exotic animals.
And personal possession is prohibited unless authorized by
a permit for the Department of Environmental Protection,
the DEP.
Additionally, New Jersey has enacted Nosey's law named
after a rescued circus elephant, which bans the

(48:32):
use of elephants and other wild or exotic
animals in traveling animal acts such as circuses
and carnivals.
While certain institutions like zoos and educational facilities
may obtain permits to house such animals, under
strict conditions, private ownership is not permitted, and
the law aims to protect public safety and
ensure the well-being of the animals.
Of course, if you want to support animals

(48:53):
like elephants, you can consider contributing to the
Reputable Wildlife Conservation Organization or visiting sanctuaries that
provide ethical care for these majestic creatures, or
maybe even your local zoo.
So I brought this up for a point,
right?
It's not the fact that something is going

(49:16):
to happen tomorrow.
It's the fact that somebody is going to
try, and then when they try, it's going
to cause more implications of, well, challenges.
Things that could harm others.
And you never maybe thought about owning an
elephant.
I mean, we're being facetious, right?
But seriously, owning an elephant, I mean, can

(49:38):
you imagine if somebody could own an elephant?
You might think it's cool in one breath,
but another breath would be like, you got
an elephant.
Oh, yeah, I got a problem with my
pipe again.
What happened?
Oh, well, Wilbur, my elephant, he was walking
around and he stepped on the pipe in

(49:58):
the kitchen, and now we have a flood
upstairs.
I mean, you laugh, right?
Or, you know, I had to get the
cleaner in because, you know, the elephant didn't
do its business in the appropriate place.
It did on my brand new carpet, and
now I have to wait till the rug
cleaner comes in or something.
So, I mean, it's kind of stupid.
But in the same regard, hopefully, you understand

(50:21):
the seriousness of why the DEP does not
allow you to own an elephant.
I mean, I just think about that.
That just like, I don't know about you,
but that just kind of blows my mind
that somebody would want to own an elephant.
I don't know.
So, we talked about Trump threatening the 30

(50:44):
% tariff on the European Union in Mexico,
supposed to be enacted in August.
The Air India crash, we still don't have
answers on.
The Trump fires, which are just going to
get worse before they get better, of 1
,350 State Department employees.
And Russia launching the massive drone attack on

(51:05):
Ukraine.
And I think that's just, I think that's
just like ridiculous.
The first AI-designed restaurant, right?
Can you imagine visiting the first AI-designed
restaurant?
I mean, when I think about the concept

(51:25):
of it, right?
It's interesting.
A restaurant that markets itself as offering dining
in the future scheduled, as I said, to
open in September in Dubai.
It's located just a short distance from the
Burj Khalifa, tallest building in the world, according

(51:49):
to routers.
So, while the human hands will still assemble
the food, as we said, for now.
For now, they're saying.
Everything else, including the menu, the atmosphere, and
the service will be designed by a culinary,
broad-lingual model called Chef AI Man.
And according to Ahmed Atun Kakir, one of

(52:12):
the founders of WuHu, and that's the name
of it, WuHu AI Man, a combination of
artificial intelligence and human has been educated on
decades of culinary science study.
I don't know if I want to eat
there.
While AI Man cannot taste, smell, or interact
with dishes like a chef normally would, the

(52:32):
model works by breaking cuisine down to its
component parts, such as texture, acidity, and umami,
reassembling them into unusual flavors and ingredient combinations.
AI Man's developers are continuing to work and
to change this.
So, when we think about this, if this
works, they're going to try to do this
all over the country.

(52:54):
I think the next place they'll probably see
it is Chicago, or probably see it in
New York.
But I think it causes a lot of
fear with people, because they don't know what
to expect.
And I bet the next thing you're probably
wondering is, you know, how much would it
cost to dine in the new AI restaurant

(53:14):
in Dubai, in US dollars?
How much do you think it'll cost?
Well, they're still working on the menu, obviously.
But based on some of the data that
I have gathered, this experience is going to
cost somewhere between $110 to $270 per person.

(53:41):
They're saying that the average for this will
probably be around $259.
So, a meal conceivably could cost between $100
and $200 easily.
Interesting.
And is OpenAI and Google going to play

(54:04):
nice in the same sandbox, or are they
going to fight like two-year-olds?
I don't know.
I love what Stanford did with the new
Deep-Sea Humanoid Robot.
I think we're going to see more explorative
types of robots and technologies out there that
are going to utilize human interfaces.
And those human interfaces will basically be things

(54:27):
like things we see, things we hear, things
we touch.
But you have to realize something.
When we say things we see, the computer
can't necessarily see them and know what it
is.
We have to tell the computer that this
is a ball or this is that.
We have to explain that to the computer
and data libraries.

(54:48):
And the Qantas cyber attack, I mean, that's
just like...
I gotta tell you guys, I think that's
just so pitiful that that's happening.
And I blame the fact that the airlines
don't want to spend money.
That's what I blame it on.
They could, but it's just not a top
priority.
And MENA, I can't say I blame this

(55:12):
lady.
I think what she's doing every day to
have to have safe water.
And she can't even flush her bathroom toilets
without carrying buckets.
I mean, that's crazy.
The UK brewery trying to make tastier non
-alcoholic beer.
Well, kudos to that.
I'm not a beer drinker, but I think

(55:33):
that's a very interesting thing.
I'm glad that SAG-AFTRA has finally negotiated
a deal.
And so, although many of you are going
to be complaining that you have to pay
for AI rights.
Thing is, if you were an actor, wouldn't
you want to get paid?
I know I would.
And the record heat waves are forcing global

(55:55):
infrastructure upgrades.
Global heat waves are shattering records and melting
old infrastructures.
From roads to server farms, everything's being re
-engineered to survive the new climate tech challenge.
I mean, we remember what happened on Route
80 here in New Jersey.
Actually, it was Route 80, and then we
had something on 287.

(56:15):
287 was even worse because that happened in
one day that the road was melting because
the rebar or the metal they put under
the road before they put the tar and
the macadam down, it was getting so hot
that that was like piercing holes in the

(56:36):
road.
That's just like, that's crazy.
So, I want to encourage you that the
more you evolve in our world and that
we learn more about AI, AI is a
tool that is not perfect.

(56:58):
AI is getting better.
Remember, AI is not going to replace a
human as much as many people say it
will.
AI is not for the emotional.
Even if we program it to have feelings,
those aren't feelings.
Those are synthetic feelings.
I hope this makes sense to a lot
of you.
And if it does, I would encourage you

(57:20):
to comment back.
Or if it doesn't, let me know what
doesn't make sense because I would love to
share some of this amazing stuff and how
really just making the choice to be more
aware of what AI does, I think is
a very first good start.
You don't have to be an expert in
this world, but you do need to make

(57:41):
a conscious choice and decision that you want
to be involved.
You want to know what's happening with AI.
You want to know what it's doing, right?
Even people getting jobs today.
There's a button.
Do you want to opt out of getting
the AI automation system to scan your resume?
Most people say, of course, I don't want
that, right?

(58:02):
But those are challenges.
Ladies and gentlemen, you know who I am
by now.
I'm John C.
Morley, serial entrepreneur.
Do check out BelieveMeAchieve.com for more of
my amazing, inspiring creations.
And I'll catch you next week on the
Jay Moore Tech Talk show for more tech
insights.
Have a good one, everyone.
Have a fantastic weekend.

(58:23):
Bye.

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