July 26, 2025 • 58 mins
🎙️ From Botnets to Robot Umps: The Week Tech Got Wild ⚠️🤖 🧠 Subtitle: Tech’s Wild Ride: AI, Malware, Mistranslations & MLB Gets High-Tech! 🚨 Catch the latest episode that releases within 24 hours at The JMOR Tech Talk Show. 🌐 Explore more at http://believemeachieve.com for exclusive tools and life-empowering content!
👋 Hi everyone! I’m John C. Morley, a serial entrepreneur, engineer, marketing expert, and podcast coach. Welcome to the JMOR Tech Talk Show, where each week we dive into the tech that’s shaping our world—decoded and delivered in a way that’s easy to grasp and hard to forget. Whether you're a techie or just curious, you're going to love what we have in store this week!
1️⃣ India targets Google & Meta over betting ads. India's financial crime agency is stepping up pressure on tech giants. Executives from Google and Meta have been summoned as part of a deep investigation into online betting apps accused of laundering money. Authorities suspect these platforms promoted or enabled illegal betting despite warnings, sparking national concern about the dangers posed to youth. This is more than a legal issue—it’s about tech accountability.
2️⃣ Netflix uses AI for faster, cheaper VFX. Netflix is rewriting the rules of filmmaking by integrating generative AI into its production pipeline. The hit sci-fi series The Eternaut used AI to generate a jaw-dropping building collapse scene—ten times faster and significantly cheaper than traditional visual effects. This isn’t just about saving money; it's about unleashing new creative power in storytelling. Hollywood, take notes.
3️⃣ Russia shuts down mobile internet nationwide. In a dramatic move, Russia has disabled mobile internet access in over 60 regions in response to Ukrainian drone activity. These shutdowns are severely impacting daily life—from payment apps to rural communication. Experts warn this is about more than drones—it's an ongoing shift toward digital authoritarianism, restricting freedom in the name of national security.
4️⃣ San Jose trains 1,000 workers in AI tools. Mayor Matt Mahan of San Jose is championing a bold new direction in city governance—training 1,000 public workers to harness AI. From drafting budgets to solving crimes, these tools are streamlining productivity while respecting the role of human oversight. San Jose is fast becoming the blueprint for AI-integrated government.
5️⃣ Meta translation falsely reports politician’s death. Meta made headlines for the wrong reason this week when its auto-translate feature mistakenly declared a prominent Indian politician dead. The error came from a tribute post, and the resulting panic was a stark reminder of the limitations of AI in language. Accuracy matters—especially in sensitive, public-facing tools.
6️⃣ Robot umpires tested in Major League Baseball. Baseball is stepping into the future as robot umpires take the field. Using sensors and replay challenges, this high-tech officiating is designed to eliminate human error in pitch calls. Traditionalists may protest, but fans craving fairness and speed are embracing this next-gen upgrade to America's favorite pastime.
7️⃣ ICE taps Medicaid data to track immigrants. A privacy bombshell dropped this week: ICE has gained new access to a federal Medicaid database containing health records of nearly 80 million Americans. The stated goal? To locate undocumented immigrants. Critics argue this erodes trust in healthcare systems and expands government surveillance into deeply personal territory.
8️⃣ China hackers breached US National Guard. A China-linked hacking group, dubbed “Salt Typhoon,” infiltrated the US National Guard’s network and remained undetected for almost a year. This revelation is part of a broader cybersecurity crisis that also exposed vulnerabilities in IRS data-sharing and outdated infrastructure. The stakes for digital defense just got a lot higher.
9️⃣ Corning drops exclusivity to avoid EU fines. Corning has sidestepped a massive EU antitrust fine by agreeing to terminate its exclusive supply deals with phone manufacturers. Regulators argued these deals stifled competition and innovation in the smartphone space. Now, with new caps and oversight in place, Corning is free from fines but still under watch.
🔟 Xbox Movies & TV store shut down by Microsoft. In a surprise move, Microsoft has shuttered its Xbox Movies & TV store. Users can still watch purchased content, but new rentals and buys are off the table. This marks the end of Microsoft's push to make Xbox a media hub and signals a pivot to third-party apps like Prime Video and Apple TV.
1️⃣1️⃣ Ham radio clashes with SpaceMobile over spectrum. An old-school tech community is fighting back. Ham radio operators are challenging SpaceMobile’s plan to use a frequency band long reserved for amateur radio. They warn that satellite-to-phone services could cause massive interference with e
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All right guys, let's kick this all off,
all right everyone?
So welcome to another info-packed episode of
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the ever-popular JMOR Tech Talk Show.
With me, John C.
Morley, serial entrepreneur, podcast coach, host, entrepreneur, engineer,
video producer, graduate student, and a lot more.
And I do thank you from the bottom
of my heart for being here on this
show tonight, or whenever you're watching.
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So as I said, welcome, welcome, and welcome.
And I'm the guy who makes tech fun,
informative, and actionable for so many people.
Whether you're a tech geek, have a curious
mind, or just trying to keep up with,
well, the latest buzz in the digital world.
Now this episode is built to blow your
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mind and to spark great conversations.
Number one is the TikTok deal.
We talked about those, right, a while ago,
right?
And what actually was happening with TikTok.
And there was a challenge with that, but
we'll get into that a little bit later.
I think the most important thing that I
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want to share with all of you is
that that TikTok deal is kind of, well,
it's moving forward.
And I won't say that anything new has
happened, but in September there will be some
things happening.
So I just wanted to share a little
bit of an insight there about that.
Well, India targets Google and Meta over the
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betting ads.
India's financial crime agency is stepping up pressure
on tech giants.
Executives from Google and Meta have been summoned
as part of a deep investigation into the
betting apps accused of laundering money.
Authorities suspect these platforms promoted or enabled illegal
betting despite warnings.
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And this is sparking national concern about the
dangers posed to youth.
And this is more than just a legal
issue.
It's about what we call tech accountability.
And I think that's something that everyone needs
to be concerned about, guys.
Everyone needs to be concerned about it.
So India's financial crime agency, the Enforcement Directorate,
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has summoned the executives, as I mentioned.
And the agency is going to examine funds
received from betting apps and scrutinize any promotion
of offline or online gambling.
And the probe highlights growing concerns over the
financial and social risks gambling are posing, especially
to the youth.
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So you know, a lot of people do
things and they hope they're going to get
away with them.
And if they do, you know what?
They either decide to do it one more
time or they say, you know what, I'm
not doing this anymore, right?
Because maybe they got smart or they know
something else they got burned.
Our second topic for this week is Netflix.
Netflix does something very interesting.
They use AI for faster, cheaper VFX.
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So you might be asking, John, what is
VFX in movies?
Well, VFX basically is visual effects.
It's a digital process used to create and
manipulate imagery that is added to live action
footage, often in post-production.
For example, I do VFX all the time.
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When you watch a lot of my reels,
I have written custom code that actually does
things like drop letters on the screen and
kind of like does them in a certain
effect and then pulls them back.
So that's VFX.
Netflix is basically rewriting the rules of filmmaking
by integrating generative AI into its production pipeline.
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The hit sci-fi series, the astronaut used
AI to generate jaw-dropping building collapse scenes
that didn't really happen.
And 10 times faster and significantly cheaper than
traditional visual effects.
This isn't just about saving money, guys.
It's about unleashing new creative power in storytelling.
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And Hollywood, well, needs to take some notes,
right, to what's actually going on, because this
is very big, guys.
So like I said, with the buildings collapsing,
and according to the co-CEO, Ted Sarandos,
the AI-powered sequence was completed 10 times
faster and a fraction of the cost compared
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to traditional VFX methods.
Making it feasible for the show's budget, Netflix
views AI not just as a cost saver,
but as a creative tool, as I mentioned,
to enhance filmmaking.
But is this killing people's jobs?
Is this authentic?
I think in some regards, we have to
be careful that, you know, we're not just
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using technology to do stuff when we know
ourselves that technology can do some great things.
But we also don't want to be cloning
stuff, right?
We want to be able to use technology
in a way that is going to be
doing the best for the greater good of
all concerned.
So I think that's a very, very important
thing.
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And we'll definitely keep our eyes peeled on
this, guys.
Number three, Russia shuts down mobile internet nationwide.
In a dramatic move, Russia has disabled, well,
mobile internet access in over 60 regions in
response to the Ukraine's drone activity.
Now, these shutdowns are severely impacting daily life
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from payment apps to rural communication.
Experts warn this is about more than drones.
It's an ongoing shift toward, well, digital authoritarianism,
restricting freedom in the name of national security.
And I think this is a concern for,
you know, a lot of people out there
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in our world.
And so, you know, Russia basically, the headline
of cell phone internet disruptions, they're spreading across
Russia as the officials are imposing shutdowns to
counter the Ukrainian drone attacks.
And like I said, affecting over 60 different
regions.
So these outages have caused widespread issues from
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failed electronic payments and malfunctioning apps to hampered
communication in rural areas, deepening daily challenges for
Russians.
Experts warn the shutdowns legitimize government control over
the internet.
Part of a broader, well, Kremlin effort to
restrict online freedom amid ongoing conflict and security
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concerns.
Of course, they can always deem it in
any country, say, you know, this is a
security concern and suddenly, guess what happens?
Oh, then you can't do that anymore.
We were just having this conversation.
I was at a ribbon cutting the other
day for the chamber and there was a
nature facility that was having a regrand opening
that had been there 69 years.
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Next year is going to mark 70 years
of the anniversary.
And they took an old house and they
basically got it in and they brought plumbing
in, electric in and, you know, gas and
sewer.
And they did a pretty amazing job, you
know, with the facility and they still have
a second renovation that's going to be happening
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in a couple of months.
And then that'll be done by their March
or May timeline for the actual grand opening.
So I bring this to your attention because,
you know, these types of things, you know,
they happen every day in our world.
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And I think, you know, like this particular
situation, I was having a conversation with one
of the people that's a volunteer on one
of the boards there for the association for
this nature place.
And we were talking about the fact that,
you know, if something's not the way the
town or the borough wants it, well, they
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can make an ordinance in such a way
that it seems to affect nobody else, but
it's directly written for you.
They shouldn't do this and it prevents you
from doing something they don't want to do.
So that's why they pass the ordinance.
And it's a very specific ordinance that they
pass.
And it's just kind of weird.
We're just talking about that.
So.
Again, what's the Kremlin up to?
Your guess, you know, is as good as
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mine, but we know the Kremlin's all about
control and if control is not there, well,
then they want to take it from somewhere.
And if they see that people are getting
control, well, then they want to do what
they can to try to, let's say, get
rid of, you know, that control.
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And I think these are things that a
lot of people like, they don't really understand
what it stands for, but in the end
game, I mean, they're just doing everything they
can to get rid of any perceptions, because
we know that perceptions can cause a huge
problem in any government.
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Right.
We definitely know that.
So that's a very important thing that I
want to share with you is that, you
know, we have to do things for the
greater good of all concerned.
OK.
And that's an important thing, right?
A very, very important thing.
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Number four, guys, San Jose trains one thousand
workers in AI tools.
Mayor Matt Mahan of San Jose, California, is
championing a bold new direction in city governance,
training one thousand public workers to harness AI
from drafting budgets to solving crimes.
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These tools are streaming productivity while respecting the
role of human oversight.
San Jose is the fast becoming the I
should say the blueprint for AI integrated government.
Now, is AI good at government?
I'm not going to tell you that AI
is good.
I'm not going to say AI is bad.
AI is a tool and how you choose
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to use it really makes it so.
And that's just the truth, guys, that that
is absolutely, absolutely the truth.
And that truth.
If you really look into it, we'll get
you to see why things are happening a
certain way.
OK, I think that's very important.
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And I think if you can understand like
why a government is doing something.
My concern is what are they doing for
security, right, for privacy, because.
My big concern is if they're using AI,
all right, whether it's the free or the
paid AI.
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We know that they don't really respect your
rights when you say not to use your
data, they're not supposed to.
But I just don't really trust them.
OK, and that's a that's a very big
problem for me.
Because I've seen what they've done, I put
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things down on purpose to see if they
get spread and they do, they do, they
absolutely, absolutely do.
But this whole thing that he's been working
on, right, this trend he's been using, it's
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using Chachibiti now to prepare his own speeches
and draft a five point six billion dollar
budget.
By next year, the city aims to train,
as I said, the one thousand workers, which
is about 15 percent of its staff to
use AI tools for tasks like pothole reporting,
bus routing and crime solving.
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Early adopters report significant productivity gains, including securing
multimillion dollar grants, while city officials are emphasizing
that AI should assist, not replace human judgment.
And I cannot emphasize that enough.
AI should assist, not replace human judgment.
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And it should be done with transparency and,
of course, safeguards, because we see what's happening
in the medical world, right?
People use AI to get a diagnosis, but
that diagnosis, folks, can be completely wrong.
But everybody says, well, you know, because we
have this database and because we've gone through
so many hours, that doesn't mean it's right,
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guys.
It does not mean it's right.
And if it doesn't mean it's right, you
know what happens?
It's going to cause people to get extremely,
extremely frustrated.
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Does that make sense?
I hope it does.
Let's move on to number five.
Meta's translation falsely, well, makes a really big
blunder.
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In reporting a politician's death, Meta has made
headlines for the wrong reason this week, when
its auto-translate feature mistakenly declared a prominent
Indian politician dead.
The error came from a Tribune Post, and
the resulting panic was a stark reminder of
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the limitations of AI in language accuracy, right,
because it matters, especially in sensitive, public-facing
tools.
I think that's a very, very important thing.
Does that make sense?
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I think that's an important thing to realize,
you know, what went on with this whole
caper, and the caper is this, guys.
The caper is that what they're doing seems
like something interesting, but it might not necessarily
be the right thing to do.
And I want to talk with you about
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another one.
This is our sixth point this week.
How many of you guys know when was
the very first, let's say, professional baseball game
in the U.S.? Does anybody know?
Well, according to some research, it was May
14, 1871, between Fort Wayne, Keonegos, and the
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Cleveland Forest Cities.
The Keonegos won the game two to zero,
according to the baseball references, and this game
was part of the inaugural season of the
National Association of Professional Baseball Players.
And I think that's an important thing for
us to realize.
But now that we appreciate baseball so much,
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what would happen if you went to a
baseball game and suddenly there were no umpires,
no umpires at all?
How can you play baseball without an umpire?
Well, there weren't any human umpires.
There were robot umpire boxes that were replacing
the human beings.
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Well, robot umpires are being tested in MLB
right now as we speak.
Baseball is stepping into the future as robot
umpires take the field.
Using sensors and replay challenges, this high-tech
officiating system is designed to eliminate human error
in pitch calls.
Traditionalists may protest, but fans craving fairness and
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speed are embracing this next-gen upgrade to
America's favorite pastime.
My question is, what do you think about
this?
Is this something that you would want in
your game?
I don't think I would.
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Does that make sense?
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Does that make sense, everyone?
I think if you can understand some things,
it makes a lot of sense.
And I got to tell you, but having
umpires do the game is a lot different
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than, well, robot umpires invading MLB.
Pitch calls go high-tech.
Okay.
That's the most important thing.
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Does that make sense, everybody?
And I think that's interesting.
As I said, baseball is stepping into the
future, but the big question is, and this
is a really, really big question.
When will MLB, um, be using, uh, robot
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empires, umpires?
Well, um, not in 2025.
That's one thing.
Um, they, uh, put a game on, I
think it was on, uh, they did something
in July and they're just trying to see
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what's, what's going on and they're trying to
see how people, does
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that make sense, everybody?
I hope you like that.
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And I think this thing with MLB has
me a little bit on the edge because
I think it's changing the way baseball is
going to be played.
And I think, uh, from what I'm seeing,
we're probably going to see it in, I
don't know, we're probably going to see it,
um, in 2026 sometime.
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And I know that can sound like a
little bit, um, crazy, but absolutely it is
the truth.
So they claim they're doing it because of
human error and pitch goals.
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And I know that you're probably saying like,
you know, that's something that shouldn't be changed.
And I, and I agree it should not
be changed.
Right.
And if it's not changed, then that would
change the way if it's not changed, we
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would be back to the way things are.
Right.
And maybe you're saying to me, John, like,
you know, what's the difference?
I think the big difference is, um, that
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they're looking at this as a business.
Does that make sense to everybody?
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And I think this is something that's going
to take some time for people.
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I think a lot of people are concerned
with what's going on.
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And I think as you listen a little
more, you might realize what's going on in
baseball and
maybe we'll get some answers to why they're
doing these things.
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Does that make sense?
And maybe if you went to a baseball
game and that was how it was, I
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think most people, when you think about umpire,
you wonder like why this is going that
way.
And I think the reason it happens is
because people were trying to make baseball better.
And if we had to ask, you know,
why are they contemplating, uh, digital, uh, umpires,
um, they're getting tired with the way the
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games are called.
They want better accuracy.
They want consistency.
They don't want to have people thrown out
in the games.
Right.
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And maybe that'll make you think about what's
going on, but I don't want to see
digital umpires on the field.
I really don't.
Number seven guys, ice taps, Medicaid data to
track immigrants.
This is crazy.
A privacy bombshell drop this week and ice
has gained new access to a federal Medicaid
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database containing health records of nearly 80 million
Americans.
Um, the stated goal and to locate undocumented
immigrants, critics argue this erodes trust in the
healthcare system and expands government surveillance into deeply
personal territory.
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Does that make sense?
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I know that can sound crazy, but as
we think about what's going on with ice,
right, because of president Trump and everything he's
doing, you know, critics are arguing that this
is eroding trust in the healthcare system.
And I think that's a big problem for
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a lot of people.
So ice has gained unprecedented access to a
federal Medicaid database.
And under a new information sharing agreement reviewed
by a wired magazine stated purposes to help
the agency identify and locate undocumented immigrants, critics
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are raising alarms over the potential misuse of
personal medical information and the risk to immigrant
privacy, especially as health data is now being
used for immigration enforcement rather than its intended
healthcare purpose, I
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think if we can.
Understand some things like why ice is trying
to do this, but I feel that they
are breaching the law.
And the law is supposed to be there
to protect us, right?
Now, here's something I don't know if you
guys know, um, your social security number is
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not unique.
It's not unique.
And because it's not unique, I will tell
you that it's something that you have to
take good care of.
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Now, if you're an immigrant, the number on
your visa, that number they're issuing, so your
number is in two different databases, okay?
That's what it is.
Your number is on two different databases.
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Hope that helps.
And maybe we need to look at the
policies that are out there.
We need to figure out why things are
going a certain way and maybe why they're
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not.
And if we can't figure that out, then
we're abusing the legal system, privacy, immigration, and
so many other things.
And I have a problem when things get
abused.
I really do.
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Oh, number eight, China hackers have breached the
United States national guard.
Over six months to a year, they've done
this.
A China link hacking group dubbed quote unquote
salt typhoon infiltrated the U S national guards
network and remained undetected for almost a year.
This revelation is part of a broader cybersecurity
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crisis that also exposed vulnerabilities in IRS data
security and outdated infrastructure.
That's pretty cool, right?
But the stakes for digital defense just got
a lot higher.
Now this revolution that we're going through is
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part of a broader wired security road roundup
that also uncovered the IRS secretly sharing data
with ice and exposed the 20 year old
vulnerability and train, uh, breaking systems still in
use today, underscoring widespread.
Risks across critical government and transportation systems.
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Do you know that the government is still
using fax?
The government still uses fax in some departments
only.
They continue to use fax machines.
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They claim it's security, but really that's just
a cop-out.
It's a cop-out guys.
I think that these messages that we're hearing,
they're underscoring, uh, a widespread, more serious issue
risks across critical government and transportation systems and
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infrastructures.
Now I'm not going to get into exactly
what they are because I'm not here to
give bad actors things that are, you know,
sharing our vulnerabilities, but I will tell you
that we need to be harnessing these and
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maybe that means something to you and maybe
it doesn't, I don't know.
But all I know guys is that we
need to be aware of what's going on.
We need to be aware of what's going
on.
And if we're aware of what's going on,
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then I think that's important for us to
know, and
I know that sounds hard, but we have
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to do what we need to do.
I mean, I think that's a big, big
thing.
We have to do what we need to
do.
And if we don't do that, then that's
a very, very big problem.
And shame on the government and shame on
everybody, because if we're electing all these people,
we've got to do the right thing.
No more excuses, no more games, guys, let's
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take accountability and do what the blank we
should be doing enough of this hodgepodge nonsense,
and this shouldn't be all about politics, guys.
It should be about, um, it should be
about what's needed in our country, right?
What's needed for the people.
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Maybe that means something else.
Maybe it doesn't, but something has to be
done.
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But I
think we, as a country have a responsibility
to do the right thing.
I mean, that's the whole thing, guys.
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All right.
Our next point, what
does it mean to you?
What does it mean to our government?
Well, Corning drops exclusivity to avoid the European
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union fines.
Corning has sidestepped a massive European union antitrust
fine by agreeing to terminate its exclusive supply
deals with phone manufacturers, regulators, arguing these deals,
stifled competition and innovation in the smartphone space.
Now with the new caps and oversight in
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place, Corning is free from fines, but still
under watch, maybe
not.
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Right.
I think this is very crazy.
And I think our world right now is
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a little bit crazy with what's going on.
Right.
The fact that all this is going on
because the European union commission, the glassmaker behind
Gorilla Glass was under investigation for requiring manufacturers
to source nearly all their alkali AS glass
from Corning, often with rebates, now legally binding.
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Corning commitments include waiving exclusivity clauses, capping global
supply deals 50% and staying monitored for
nine years while the European union could have
fines coming up to 10% of its
revenue.
The case closed without penalties or admissions of
wrongdoing right now.
That's a big, big problem.
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And we're just going to have to see
what happens guys.
And Xbox movies and TV stores shut down
by Microsoft in a surprise move.
Microsoft has shuttered its Xbox movies and TV
store and users can still watch purchase content,
but new rentals and buys are off the
table.
And this marks the end of Microsoft's push
to make Xbox a media hub and signals
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a pivot to third-party apps like prime
video and Apple TV.
Well, we know what happened with, uh, Microsoft
as they closed down Skype, right?
Was that really a good move?
I don't know.
I don't think it was the greatest move
that they could have done.
Right.
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So Microsoft was abruptly shut down the store,
angering a lot of people while users can
still watch previously purchased content in the app.
They can't transfer to other platforms unless they
use a service like movies, anywhere, et cetera,
the U S only no refunds will be
issued.
And the third party apps like prime video
and Apple TV remain unaffected.
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First launched as Xbox video in 2012, this
closure marks the end of Microsoft's long effort
to position the Xbox as a multimedia hub.
That makes sense.
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My big question is why did Microsoft do
it?
Why did Microsoft shut down, uh, the Xbox,
uh, movies, movie hub?
Um, because the market has shifted towards streaming
services like Netflix and Amazon prime, and they
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can't keep up with it and they don't
have the technology to keep up.
I think that is our, I think that's
our big, big problem, right?
That's a huge, huge problem for so many
people.
I think
the biggest thing right now is the fact
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that all these companies do things, you know
why they do them?
I think they're just doing it because of
money.
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I think that's the real reason.
And, uh, ham radio clashes with space.
Mobile Alvarez spectrum and old school tech community
is fighting back.
Now, ham radio operators are challenging space.
Mobile's plans to use a frequency band, long
reserve for amateur radio.
I'm actually a ham operator, a kilo Delta
two Oscar Romeo Juliet.
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And, uh, I actually, uh, have my tech
and I have my general, I'm gonna be
going for my extra soon.
They warned that satellites to phone services could
cause massive interference with emergency communications and a
rare clash between legacy and future tech is
brewing.
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I think this is a serious, serious problem.
I really do.
So we're just going to have to see
what happens.
Uh, it's the ST space mobile.
They're pushing, uh, back because of the planned
use of the four 30 to four 40
Hertz megahertz band for satellite to phone services,
which overlaps with the spectrum used by amateur
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radio for emergency and public service communication.
The critics, including German operator, Mario Lorenz.
And, uh, he argues the ASTs proposal to
the FCC is vague and risks international interference,
especially when it's planned 248 satellite constellation is
there.
And that's going to be a problem.
While AST claims it's following FCC guidelines, ham
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radio users warned that each spectrum could disrupt
critical communication infrastructure, prompting a growing wave of
formal complaints regulators.
And that's a huge problem.
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I think that's a big problem.
And Google's got more trouble.
Google sues to stop Android malware botnet.
And Google is taking legal action now against
the creators of massive malware botnet known as
bad box 2.0, which has infected over
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10 million Android devices.
Uh, it's found mostly on cheap gadgets.
And this botnet turns phones into cyber crime
weapons.
Google wants to shut it down before your
phone joins the criminal network.
But I think it's only because Google's not
getting paid any money, right?
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We know they've done some things that let
you say are not well, the.
Most agreeable, according to the statutes of the
law.
They've been gray line, but they've been marginal.
DuckDuckGo now lets users.
Um.
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Block AI generated images, feeling overwhelmed by fake
AI visuals.
DuckDuckGo just launched a feature that lets users
filter AI generated images out of search results
using open source, uh, block lists.
The new option empowers users to control what
they see and fight back against AI misinformation.
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Cleaner searches are finally, finally, um, basically coming.
So, um, as I said, if you're tired
of the AI trash, DuckDuckGo is letting you
block AI images.
Um, they've launched this new feature.
It allows users to block AI generated images
from their search results.
And while the tool isn't perfect, it won't
catch every AI image.
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It uses curated, uh, uh, block lists from
open source projects like you block origin to
filter content.
And users can toggle this filter on in
the images tab or use a dedicated AI
free browsing, um, that will also disable DuckDuckGo's
AI chat feature.
This move responds to growing user frustration over
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AI images, dominating search results, highlighting a broader
trend of tech companies offering tools to, uh,
manage unwanted AI content.
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And I think that's a problem for a
lot of people.
And number 14, Microsoft bars, China-based engineers
from defense work.
Microsoft is drawing a line in the sand,
banning energy engineers based in China from working
on sensitive, uh, US defense cloud projects.
And I think guys, I think this is
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a really, really good thing.
Uh, because right now I see, uh, a
very, very big problem with China and all
the security despite digital oversight, officials argue that
supervision wasn't strong enough.
And this move underscores a growing trend of
tightening cyber borders in increasingly complex geopolitical tech
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landscape.
Wow.
That's a lot of information, right?
I think sometimes I
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think that's a, I think that's, um, a
thing that maybe scares some people.
And I get why, but I think we
have a responsibility to, um, do what we
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need to do, and if we understand that,
then hopefully you guys are not going to
be upset with, you know, what Microsoft decided
to do, because again, it's a big liability
problem, right?
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We're just gonna have to see what happens
guys.
This week has been a whirlwind and I
see AI changing the game more and more,
but I think as AI starts to change
the game, we have a responsibility, not just
to ourselves, but to the country and the
world at large to do the right thing.
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You know, all these things we talked about
today with India and, you know, the Netflix
issue, Russia shutting down.
Um, you know, San Jose, um, starting to
use AI pretty soon to change their staff.
Meta making a false, um, death report.
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It makes you wonder how things are going
a certain way, like why things are going
a certain way.
And I think the biggest answer I can
give you right now is that you have
to be understanding of what is going on.
You have to know how to choose AI
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in a very, let's say a very unique
way, right?
I don't think that's hard to do, but
I think a lot of people don't want
to do it.
Why?
Well, I'm going to tell you why.
One AI is tied to a lot of
money.
I mean, let's just, let's not kid anybody
about that.
Um, and I can tell you that the
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more that you take into consideration, I should
say about, you know, what's going on, I
think the more that you'll appreciate what's good
and, you know, what's bad with AI, and
again, AI is not good, AI is not
bad, AI is a tool.
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Does that make sense to everybody?
I think
the more that we think about a lot
of situations like ICE and China and Corning
and Xbox, the geopolitical, as well as the
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business landscape is changing every single day in
our life, and
I think if we understand that, we should
know how to respond to that, but I
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don't want you to think that it's going
to happen all overnight, but what we do
need to do is look at the resources
we have and figure out, you know, is
this going to be the greater good for
all concerned?
Many of you guys know I'm going for
my Netflix masters and a computer science, artificial
intelligence, then my PhD.
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We have to do this because see, if
we don't, it's going to cause a lot
of problems, problems with a lot of people.
And those problems are going to be, I'm
going to say, intertwined with so many other
things, whether we're talking about health, whether we're
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talking about sales, I'm talking about the health
infrastructure, right, for hospitals and things like that,
financial data.
It could be things like insurance data.
We could be talking about real estate data.
There's a lot of data that we can
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be talking about.
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If we understand this, then I know you
can appreciate why I'm spending so much time
on AI.
AI can do a lot of great things,
but let's not kid ourselves, but AI also
makes a lot of mistakes.
It does.
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And I think the more that we can
understand that, does
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that make sense, everybody?
And maybe if we have an understanding of
how the world works and how our thoughts
play into the bigger picture, right?
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Not just what it's doing for your home
or what it's doing for your business, but
what's it doing for our economics?
What's it doing for our infrastructure?
Okay.
And that could be things like government, like
this one politician's mayor.
So, do you think it was a good
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idea for California's mayor to use chat GPT
for AI?
Increased efficiency, but I'm concerned about some bias,
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right?
Hopefully that means something for all of you.
This is my concern, is that if it
means something to you, then you're going to
make the choices along the way that are
going to be the best for you and
for society, right?
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Those choices will affect not just today, not
just tomorrow, but generations down the world, implementing
digital robots or these
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systems like AI robots or AI umpires or
digital umpires.
I get why they're doing it.
I just don't know if it's going to
be handled in a way that's going to
be best.
I think the thing about this, right, and
people would probably ask this question and it's
a great question to ask, can a digital
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electronic umpire throw a coach out of the
game, it wouldn't have the
authority to eject a coach in the same
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way a human umpire would.
And so it's going to make games a
lot harder for people to play.
You know why?
Because they're going to have to really figure
it out.
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And that might be something that's hard for
a lot of people to understand, that you've
got to figure it out.
Everybody says AI, AI, AI, AI.
And yes, it's getting better, but I don't
want you to dare ever think that AI
thinks like a human or that AI has
feelings.
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It can mimic feelings, but it doesn't have
feelings.
That's a very, very big thing.
That's a very big thing.
And if we understand that a robot is
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a robot or AI is AI, then I
think you at least get the idea that
AI is a tool, right?
It's not a human being.
And the more that we understand that, the
more that we can not only respect the
tool, we can get others to respect the
tool as well.
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So a lot of people like AI, you
know why?
Because they know they're going to make a
lot of money off of it, but they
don't care if it's going to hurt the
emotional connection with people.
They don't care.
Um, you know, we went to Easy Pass.
Was that the greatest thing?
Probably not.
Well, ladies and gentlemen, I'm John Seymour.
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All right guys, let's kick this all off,
all right everyone?
So welcome to another info-packed episode of
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the ever-popular JMOR Tech Talk Show.
With me, John C.
Morley, serial entrepreneur, podcast coach, host, entrepreneur, engineer,
video producer, graduate student, and a lot more.
And I do thank you from the bottom
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show tonight, or whenever you're watching.
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So as I said, welcome, welcome, and welcome.
And I'm the guy who makes tech fun,
informative, and actionable for so many people.
Whether you're a tech geek, have a curious
mind, or just trying to keep up with,
well, the latest buzz in the digital world.
Now this episode is built to blow your
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mind and to spark great conversations.
Number one is the TikTok deal.
We talked about those, right, a while ago,
right?
And what actually was happening with TikTok.
And there was a challenge with that, but
we'll get into that a little bit later.
I think the most important thing that I
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want to share with all of you is
that that TikTok deal is kind of, well,
it's moving forward.
And I won't say that anything new has
happened, but in September there will be some
things happening.
So I just wanted to share a little
bit of an insight there about that.
Well, India targets Google and Meta over the
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betting ads.
India's financial crime agency is stepping up pressure
on tech giants.
Executives from Google and Meta have been summoned
as part of a deep investigation into the
betting apps accused of laundering money.
Authorities suspect these platforms promoted or enabled illegal
betting despite warnings.
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And this is sparking national concern about the
dangers posed to youth.
And this is more than just a legal
issue.
It's about what we call tech accountability.
And I think that's something that everyone needs
to be concerned about, guys.
Everyone needs to be concerned about it.
So India's financial crime agency, the Enforcement Directorate,
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has summoned the executives, as I mentioned.
And the agency is going to examine funds
received from betting apps and scrutinize any promotion
of offline or online gambling.
And the probe highlights growing concerns over the
financial and social risks gambling are posing, especially
to the youth.
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So you know, a lot of people do
things and they hope they're going to get
away with them.
And if they do, you know what?
They either decide to do it one more
time or they say, you know what, I'm
not doing this anymore, right?
Because maybe they got smart or they know
something else they got burned.
Our second topic for this week is Netflix.
Netflix does something very interesting.
They use AI for faster, cheaper VFX.
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So you might be asking, John, what is
VFX in movies?
Well, VFX basically is visual effects.
It's a digital process used to create and
manipulate imagery that is added to live action
footage, often in post-production.
For example, I do VFX all the time.
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When you watch a lot of my reels,
I have written custom code that actually does
things like drop letters on the screen and
kind of like does them in a certain
effect and then pulls them back.
So that's VFX.
Netflix is basically rewriting the rules of filmmaking
by integrating generative AI into its production pipeline.
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The hit sci-fi series, the astronaut used
AI to generate jaw-dropping building collapse scenes
that didn't really happen.
And 10 times faster and significantly cheaper than
traditional visual effects.
This isn't just about saving money, guys.
It's about unleashing new creative power in storytelling.
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And Hollywood, well, needs to take some notes,
right, to what's actually going on, because this
is very big, guys.
So like I said, with the buildings collapsing,
and according to the co-CEO, Ted Sarandos,
the AI-powered sequence was completed 10 times
faster and a fraction of the cost compared
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to traditional VFX methods.
Making it feasible for the show's budget, Netflix
views AI not just as a cost saver,
but as a creative tool, as I mentioned,
to enhance filmmaking.
But is this killing people's jobs?
Is this authentic?
I think in some regards, we have to
be careful that, you know, we're not just
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using technology to do stuff when we know
ourselves that technology can do some great things.
But we also don't want to be cloning
stuff, right?
We want to be able to use technology
in a way that is going to be
doing the best for the greater good of
all concerned.
So I think that's a very, very important
thing.
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And we'll definitely keep our eyes peeled on
this, guys.
Number three, Russia shuts down mobile internet nationwide.
In a dramatic move, Russia has disabled, well,
mobile internet access in over 60 regions in
response to the Ukraine's drone activity.
Now, these shutdowns are severely impacting daily life
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from payment apps to rural communication.
Experts warn this is about more than drones.
It's an ongoing shift toward, well, digital authoritarianism,
restricting freedom in the name of national security.
And I think this is a concern for,
you know, a lot of people out there
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in our world.
And so, you know, Russia basically, the headline
of cell phone internet disruptions, they're spreading across
Russia as the officials are imposing shutdowns to
counter the Ukrainian drone attacks.
And like I said, affecting over 60 different
regions.
So these outages have caused widespread issues from
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failed electronic payments and malfunctioning apps to hampered
communication in rural areas, deepening daily challenges for
Russians.
Experts warn the shutdowns legitimize government control over
the internet.
Part of a broader, well, Kremlin effort to
restrict online freedom amid ongoing conflict and security
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concerns.
Of course, they can always deem it in
any country, say, you know, this is a
security concern and suddenly, guess what happens?
Oh, then you can't do that anymore.
We were just having this conversation.
I was at a ribbon cutting the other
day for the chamber and there was a
nature facility that was having a regrand opening
that had been there 69 years.
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Next year is going to mark 70 years
of the anniversary.
And they took an old house and they
basically got it in and they brought plumbing
in, electric in and, you know, gas and
sewer.
And they did a pretty amazing job, you
know, with the facility and they still have
a second renovation that's going to be happening
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in a couple of months.
And then that'll be done by their March
or May timeline for the actual grand opening.
So I bring this to your attention because,
you know, these types of things, you know,
they happen every day in our world.
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And I think, you know, like this particular
situation, I was having a conversation with one
of the people that's a volunteer on one
of the boards there for the association for
this nature place.
And we were talking about the fact that,
you know, if something's not the way the
town or the borough wants it, well, they
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can make an ordinance in such a way
that it seems to affect nobody else, but
it's directly written for you.
They shouldn't do this and it prevents you
from doing something they don't want to do.
So that's why they pass the ordinance.
And it's a very specific ordinance that they
pass.
And it's just kind of weird.
We're just talking about that.
So.
Again, what's the Kremlin up to?
Your guess, you know, is as good as
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mine, but we know the Kremlin's all about
control and if control is not there, well,
then they want to take it from somewhere.
And if they see that people are getting
control, well, then they want to do what
they can to try to, let's say, get
rid of, you know, that control.
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And I think these are things that a
lot of people like, they don't really understand
what it stands for, but in the end
game, I mean, they're just doing everything they
can to get rid of any perceptions, because
we know that perceptions can cause a huge
problem in any government.
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Right.
We definitely know that.
So that's a very important thing that I
want to share with you is that, you
know, we have to do things for the
greater good of all concerned.
OK.
And that's an important thing, right?
A very, very important thing.
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Number four, guys, San Jose trains one thousand
workers in AI tools.
Mayor Matt Mahan of San Jose, California, is
championing a bold new direction in city governance,
training one thousand public workers to harness AI
from drafting budgets to solving crimes.
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These tools are streaming productivity while respecting the
role of human oversight.
San Jose is the fast becoming the I
should say the blueprint for AI integrated government.
Now, is AI good at government?
I'm not going to tell you that AI
is good.
I'm not going to say AI is bad.
AI is a tool and how you choose
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to use it really makes it so.
And that's just the truth, guys, that that
is absolutely, absolutely the truth.
And that truth.
If you really look into it, we'll get
you to see why things are happening a
certain way.
OK, I think that's very important.
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And I think if you can understand like
why a government is doing something.
My concern is what are they doing for
security, right, for privacy, because.
My big concern is if they're using AI,
all right, whether it's the free or the
paid AI.
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We know that they don't really respect your
rights when you say not to use your
data, they're not supposed to.
But I just don't really trust them.
OK, and that's a that's a very big
problem for me.
Because I've seen what they've done, I put
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things down on purpose to see if they
get spread and they do, they do, they
absolutely, absolutely do.
But this whole thing that he's been working
on, right, this trend he's been using, it's
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using Chachibiti now to prepare his own speeches
and draft a five point six billion dollar
budget.
By next year, the city aims to train,
as I said, the one thousand workers, which
is about 15 percent of its staff to
use AI tools for tasks like pothole reporting,
bus routing and crime solving.
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Early adopters report significant productivity gains, including securing
multimillion dollar grants, while city officials are emphasizing
that AI should assist, not replace human judgment.
And I cannot emphasize that enough.
AI should assist, not replace human judgment.
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And it should be done with transparency and,
of course, safeguards, because we see what's happening
in the medical world, right?
People use AI to get a diagnosis, but
that diagnosis, folks, can be completely wrong.
But everybody says, well, you know, because we
have this database and because we've gone through
so many hours, that doesn't mean it's right,
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guys.
It does not mean it's right.
And if it doesn't mean it's right, you
know what happens?
It's going to cause people to get extremely,
extremely frustrated.
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Does that make sense?
I hope it does.
Let's move on to number five.
Meta's translation falsely, well, makes a really big
blunder.
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In reporting a politician's death, Meta has made
headlines for the wrong reason this week, when
its auto-translate feature mistakenly declared a prominent
Indian politician dead.
The error came from a Tribune Post, and
the resulting panic was a stark reminder of
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the limitations of AI in language accuracy, right,
because it matters, especially in sensitive, public-facing
tools.
I think that's a very, very important thing.
Does that make sense?
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I think that's an important thing to realize,
you know, what went on with this whole
caper, and the caper is this, guys.
The caper is that what they're doing seems
like something interesting, but it might not necessarily
be the right thing to do.
And I want to talk with you about
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another one.
This is our sixth point this week.
How many of you guys know when was
the very first, let's say, professional baseball game
in the U.S.? Does anybody know?
Well, according to some research, it was May
14, 1871, between Fort Wayne, Keonegos, and the
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Cleveland Forest Cities.
The Keonegos won the game two to zero,
according to the baseball references, and this game
was part of the inaugural season of the
National Association of Professional Baseball Players.
And I think that's an important thing for
us to realize.
But now that we appreciate baseball so much,
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what would happen if you went to a
baseball game and suddenly there were no umpires,
no umpires at all?
How can you play baseball without an umpire?
Well, there weren't any human umpires.
There were robot umpire boxes that were replacing
the human beings.
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Well, robot umpires are being tested in MLB
right now as we speak.
Baseball is stepping into the future as robot
umpires take the field.
Using sensors and replay challenges, this high-tech
officiating system is designed to eliminate human error
in pitch calls.
Traditionalists may protest, but fans craving fairness and
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speed are embracing this next-gen upgrade to
America's favorite pastime.
My question is, what do you think about
this?
Is this something that you would want in
your game?
I don't think I would.
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Does that make sense?
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Does that make sense, everyone?
I think if you can understand some things,
it makes a lot of sense.
And I got to tell you, but having
umpires do the game is a lot different
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than, well, robot umpires invading MLB.
Pitch calls go high-tech.
Okay.
That's the most important thing.
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Does that make sense, everybody?
And I think that's interesting.
As I said, baseball is stepping into the
future, but the big question is, and this
is a really, really big question.
When will MLB, um, be using, uh, robot
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empires, umpires?
Well, um, not in 2025.
That's one thing.
Um, they, uh, put a game on, I
think it was on, uh, they did something
in July and they're just trying to see
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what's, what's going on and they're trying to
see how people, does
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that make sense, everybody?
I hope you like that.
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And I think this thing with MLB has
me a little bit on the edge because
I think it's changing the way baseball is
going to be played.
And I think, uh, from what I'm seeing,
we're probably going to see it in, I
don't know, we're probably going to see it,
um, in 2026 sometime.
(22:06):
And I know that can sound like a
little bit, um, crazy, but absolutely it is
the truth.
So they claim they're doing it because of
human error and pitch goals.
(22:29):
And I know that you're probably saying like,
you know, that's something that shouldn't be changed.
And I, and I agree it should not
be changed.
Right.
And if it's not changed, then that would
change the way if it's not changed, we
(22:50):
would be back to the way things are.
Right.
And maybe you're saying to me, John, like,
you know, what's the difference?
I think the big difference is, um, that
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they're looking at this as a business.
Does that make sense to everybody?
(23:32):
And I think this is something that's going
to take some time for people.
(23:58):
I think a lot of people are concerned
with what's going on.
(24:30):
And I think as you listen a little
more, you might realize what's going on in
baseball and
maybe we'll get some answers to why they're
doing these things.
(25:12):
Does that make sense?
And maybe if you went to a baseball
game and that was how it was, I
(25:40):
think most people, when you think about umpire,
you wonder like why this is going that
way.
And I think the reason it happens is
because people were trying to make baseball better.
And if we had to ask, you know,
why are they contemplating, uh, digital, uh, umpires,
um, they're getting tired with the way the
(26:04):
games are called.
They want better accuracy.
They want consistency.
They don't want to have people thrown out
in the games.
Right.
(26:33):
And maybe that'll make you think about what's
going on, but I don't want to see
digital umpires on the field.
I really don't.
Number seven guys, ice taps, Medicaid data to
track immigrants.
This is crazy.
A privacy bombshell drop this week and ice
has gained new access to a federal Medicaid
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database containing health records of nearly 80 million
Americans.
Um, the stated goal and to locate undocumented
immigrants, critics argue this erodes trust in the
healthcare system and expands government surveillance into deeply
personal territory.
(27:24):
Does that make sense?
(27:45):
I know that can sound crazy, but as
we think about what's going on with ice,
right, because of president Trump and everything he's
doing, you know, critics are arguing that this
is eroding trust in the healthcare system.
And I think that's a big problem for
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a lot of people.
So ice has gained unprecedented access to a
federal Medicaid database.
And under a new information sharing agreement reviewed
by a wired magazine stated purposes to help
the agency identify and locate undocumented immigrants, critics
(28:27):
are raising alarms over the potential misuse of
personal medical information and the risk to immigrant
privacy, especially as health data is now being
used for immigration enforcement rather than its intended
healthcare purpose, I
(29:05):
think if we can.
Understand some things like why ice is trying
to do this, but I feel that they
are breaching the law.
And the law is supposed to be there
to protect us, right?
Now, here's something I don't know if you
guys know, um, your social security number is
(29:26):
not unique.
It's not unique.
And because it's not unique, I will tell
you that it's something that you have to
take good care of.
(29:47):
Now, if you're an immigrant, the number on
your visa, that number they're issuing, so your
number is in two different databases, okay?
That's what it is.
Your number is on two different databases.
(30:26):
Hope that helps.
And maybe we need to look at the
policies that are out there.
We need to figure out why things are
going a certain way and maybe why they're
(30:47):
not.
And if we can't figure that out, then
we're abusing the legal system, privacy, immigration, and
so many other things.
And I have a problem when things get
abused.
I really do.
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Oh, number eight, China hackers have breached the
United States national guard.
Over six months to a year, they've done
this.
A China link hacking group dubbed quote unquote
salt typhoon infiltrated the U S national guards
network and remained undetected for almost a year.
This revelation is part of a broader cybersecurity
(31:28):
crisis that also exposed vulnerabilities in IRS data
security and outdated infrastructure.
That's pretty cool, right?
But the stakes for digital defense just got
a lot higher.
Now this revolution that we're going through is
(31:54):
part of a broader wired security road roundup
that also uncovered the IRS secretly sharing data
with ice and exposed the 20 year old
vulnerability and train, uh, breaking systems still in
use today, underscoring widespread.
Risks across critical government and transportation systems.
(32:16):
Do you know that the government is still
using fax?
The government still uses fax in some departments
only.
They continue to use fax machines.
(32:37):
They claim it's security, but really that's just
a cop-out.
It's a cop-out guys.
I think that these messages that we're hearing,
they're underscoring, uh, a widespread, more serious issue
risks across critical government and transportation systems and
(32:58):
infrastructures.
Now I'm not going to get into exactly
what they are because I'm not here to
give bad actors things that are, you know,
sharing our vulnerabilities, but I will tell you
that we need to be harnessing these and
(33:35):
maybe that means something to you and maybe
it doesn't, I don't know.
But all I know guys is that we
need to be aware of what's going on.
We need to be aware of what's going
on.
And if we're aware of what's going on,
(33:57):
then I think that's important for us to
know, and
I know that sounds hard, but we have
(34:17):
to do what we need to do.
I mean, I think that's a big, big
thing.
We have to do what we need to
do.
And if we don't do that, then that's
a very, very big problem.
And shame on the government and shame on
everybody, because if we're electing all these people,
we've got to do the right thing.
No more excuses, no more games, guys, let's
(34:40):
take accountability and do what the blank we
should be doing enough of this hodgepodge nonsense,
and this shouldn't be all about politics, guys.
It should be about, um, it should be
about what's needed in our country, right?
What's needed for the people.
(35:26):
Maybe that means something else.
Maybe it doesn't, but something has to be
done.
(35:46):
But I
think we, as a country have a responsibility
to do the right thing.
I mean, that's the whole thing, guys.
(36:11):
All right.
Our next point, what
does it mean to you?
What does it mean to our government?
Well, Corning drops exclusivity to avoid the European
(36:31):
union fines.
Corning has sidestepped a massive European union antitrust
fine by agreeing to terminate its exclusive supply
deals with phone manufacturers, regulators, arguing these deals,
stifled competition and innovation in the smartphone space.
Now with the new caps and oversight in
(36:54):
place, Corning is free from fines, but still
under watch, maybe
not.
(37:14):
Right.
I think this is very crazy.
And I think our world right now is
(37:36):
a little bit crazy with what's going on.
Right.
The fact that all this is going on
because the European union commission, the glassmaker behind
Gorilla Glass was under investigation for requiring manufacturers
to source nearly all their alkali AS glass
from Corning, often with rebates, now legally binding.
(37:59):
Corning commitments include waiving exclusivity clauses, capping global
supply deals 50% and staying monitored for
nine years while the European union could have
fines coming up to 10% of its
revenue.
The case closed without penalties or admissions of
wrongdoing right now.
That's a big, big problem.
(38:34):
And we're just going to have to see
what happens guys.
And Xbox movies and TV stores shut down
by Microsoft in a surprise move.
Microsoft has shuttered its Xbox movies and TV
store and users can still watch purchase content,
but new rentals and buys are off the
table.
And this marks the end of Microsoft's push
to make Xbox a media hub and signals
(38:56):
a pivot to third-party apps like prime
video and Apple TV.
Well, we know what happened with, uh, Microsoft
as they closed down Skype, right?
Was that really a good move?
I don't know.
I don't think it was the greatest move
that they could have done.
Right.
(39:16):
So Microsoft was abruptly shut down the store,
angering a lot of people while users can
still watch previously purchased content in the app.
They can't transfer to other platforms unless they
use a service like movies, anywhere, et cetera,
the U S only no refunds will be
issued.
And the third party apps like prime video
and Apple TV remain unaffected.
(39:37):
First launched as Xbox video in 2012, this
closure marks the end of Microsoft's long effort
to position the Xbox as a multimedia hub.
That makes sense.
(40:07):
My big question is why did Microsoft do
it?
Why did Microsoft shut down, uh, the Xbox,
uh, movies, movie hub?
Um, because the market has shifted towards streaming
services like Netflix and Amazon prime, and they
(40:28):
can't keep up with it and they don't
have the technology to keep up.
I think that is our, I think that's
our big, big problem, right?
That's a huge, huge problem for so many
people.
I think
the biggest thing right now is the fact
(40:53):
that all these companies do things, you know
why they do them?
I think they're just doing it because of
money.
(41:24):
I think that's the real reason.
And, uh, ham radio clashes with space.
Mobile Alvarez spectrum and old school tech community
is fighting back.
Now, ham radio operators are challenging space.
Mobile's plans to use a frequency band, long
reserve for amateur radio.
I'm actually a ham operator, a kilo Delta
two Oscar Romeo Juliet.
(41:45):
And, uh, I actually, uh, have my tech
and I have my general, I'm gonna be
going for my extra soon.
They warned that satellites to phone services could
cause massive interference with emergency communications and a
rare clash between legacy and future tech is
brewing.
(42:13):
I think this is a serious, serious problem.
I really do.
So we're just going to have to see
what happens.
Uh, it's the ST space mobile.
They're pushing, uh, back because of the planned
use of the four 30 to four 40
Hertz megahertz band for satellite to phone services,
which overlaps with the spectrum used by amateur
(42:35):
radio for emergency and public service communication.
The critics, including German operator, Mario Lorenz.
And, uh, he argues the ASTs proposal to
the FCC is vague and risks international interference,
especially when it's planned 248 satellite constellation is
there.
And that's going to be a problem.
While AST claims it's following FCC guidelines, ham
(42:57):
radio users warned that each spectrum could disrupt
critical communication infrastructure, prompting a growing wave of
formal complaints regulators.
And that's a huge problem.
(43:27):
I think that's a big problem.
And Google's got more trouble.
Google sues to stop Android malware botnet.
And Google is taking legal action now against
the creators of massive malware botnet known as
bad box 2.0, which has infected over
(43:49):
10 million Android devices.
Uh, it's found mostly on cheap gadgets.
And this botnet turns phones into cyber crime
weapons.
Google wants to shut it down before your
phone joins the criminal network.
But I think it's only because Google's not
getting paid any money, right?
(44:09):
We know they've done some things that let
you say are not well, the.
Most agreeable, according to the statutes of the
law.
They've been gray line, but they've been marginal.
DuckDuckGo now lets users.
Um.
(44:29):
Block AI generated images, feeling overwhelmed by fake
AI visuals.
DuckDuckGo just launched a feature that lets users
filter AI generated images out of search results
using open source, uh, block lists.
The new option empowers users to control what
they see and fight back against AI misinformation.
(44:51):
Cleaner searches are finally, finally, um, basically coming.
So, um, as I said, if you're tired
of the AI trash, DuckDuckGo is letting you
block AI images.
Um, they've launched this new feature.
It allows users to block AI generated images
from their search results.
And while the tool isn't perfect, it won't
catch every AI image.
(45:12):
It uses curated, uh, uh, block lists from
open source projects like you block origin to
filter content.
And users can toggle this filter on in
the images tab or use a dedicated AI
free browsing, um, that will also disable DuckDuckGo's
AI chat feature.
This move responds to growing user frustration over
(45:32):
AI images, dominating search results, highlighting a broader
trend of tech companies offering tools to, uh,
manage unwanted AI content.
(45:57):
And I think that's a problem for a
lot of people.
And number 14, Microsoft bars, China-based engineers
from defense work.
Microsoft is drawing a line in the sand,
banning energy engineers based in China from working
on sensitive, uh, US defense cloud projects.
And I think guys, I think this is
(46:18):
a really, really good thing.
Uh, because right now I see, uh, a
very, very big problem with China and all
the security despite digital oversight, officials argue that
supervision wasn't strong enough.
And this move underscores a growing trend of
tightening cyber borders in increasingly complex geopolitical tech
(46:41):
landscape.
Wow.
That's a lot of information, right?
I think sometimes I
(47:08):
think that's a, I think that's, um, a
thing that maybe scares some people.
And I get why, but I think we
have a responsibility to, um, do what we
(47:32):
need to do, and if we understand that,
then hopefully you guys are not going to
be upset with, you know, what Microsoft decided
to do, because again, it's a big liability
problem, right?
(48:08):
We're just gonna have to see what happens
guys.
This week has been a whirlwind and I
see AI changing the game more and more,
but I think as AI starts to change
the game, we have a responsibility, not just
to ourselves, but to the country and the
world at large to do the right thing.
(48:35):
You know, all these things we talked about
today with India and, you know, the Netflix
issue, Russia shutting down.
Um, you know, San Jose, um, starting to
use AI pretty soon to change their staff.
Meta making a false, um, death report.
(49:03):
It makes you wonder how things are going
a certain way, like why things are going
a certain way.
And I think the biggest answer I can
give you right now is that you have
to be understanding of what is going on.
You have to know how to choose AI
(49:25):
in a very, let's say a very unique
way, right?
I don't think that's hard to do, but
I think a lot of people don't want
to do it.
Why?
Well, I'm going to tell you why.
One AI is tied to a lot of
money.
I mean, let's just, let's not kid anybody
about that.
Um, and I can tell you that the
(49:48):
more that you take into consideration, I should
say about, you know, what's going on, I
think the more that you'll appreciate what's good
and, you know, what's bad with AI, and
again, AI is not good, AI is not
bad, AI is a tool.
(50:20):
Does that make sense to everybody?
I think
the more that we think about a lot
of situations like ICE and China and Corning
and Xbox, the geopolitical, as well as the
(50:45):
business landscape is changing every single day in
our life, and
I think if we understand that, we should
know how to respond to that, but I
(51:08):
don't want you to think that it's going
to happen all overnight, but what we do
need to do is look at the resources
we have and figure out, you know, is
this going to be the greater good for
all concerned?
Many of you guys know I'm going for
my Netflix masters and a computer science, artificial
intelligence, then my PhD.
(51:29):
We have to do this because see, if
we don't, it's going to cause a lot
of problems, problems with a lot of people.
And those problems are going to be, I'm
going to say, intertwined with so many other
things, whether we're talking about health, whether we're
(51:50):
talking about sales, I'm talking about the health
infrastructure, right, for hospitals and things like that,
financial data.
It could be things like insurance data.
We could be talking about real estate data.
There's a lot of data that we can
(52:10):
be talking about.
(52:31):
If we understand this, then I know you
can appreciate why I'm spending so much time
on AI.
AI can do a lot of great things,
but let's not kid ourselves, but AI also
makes a lot of mistakes.
It does.
(52:52):
And I think the more that we can
understand that, does
(53:21):
that make sense, everybody?
And maybe if we have an understanding of
how the world works and how our thoughts
play into the bigger picture, right?
(53:42):
Not just what it's doing for your home
or what it's doing for your business, but
what's it doing for our economics?
What's it doing for our infrastructure?
Okay.
And that could be things like government, like
this one politician's mayor.
So, do you think it was a good
(54:04):
idea for California's mayor to use chat GPT
for AI?
Increased efficiency, but I'm concerned about some bias,
(54:36):
right?
Hopefully that means something for all of you.
This is my concern, is that if it
means something to you, then you're going to
make the choices along the way that are
going to be the best for you and
for society, right?
(55:06):
Those choices will affect not just today, not
just tomorrow, but generations down the world, implementing
digital robots or these
(55:30):
systems like AI robots or AI umpires or
digital umpires.
I get why they're doing it.
I just don't know if it's going to
be handled in a way that's going to
be best.
I think the thing about this, right, and
people would probably ask this question and it's
a great question to ask, can a digital
(55:53):
electronic umpire throw a coach out of the
game, it wouldn't have the
authority to eject a coach in the same
(56:14):
way a human umpire would.
And so it's going to make games a
lot harder for people to play.
You know why?
Because they're going to have to really figure
it out.
(56:38):
And that might be something that's hard for
a lot of people to understand, that you've
got to figure it out.
Everybody says AI, AI, AI, AI.
And yes, it's getting better, but I don't
want you to dare ever think that AI
thinks like a human or that AI has
feelings.
(57:00):
It can mimic feelings, but it doesn't have
feelings.
That's a very, very big thing.
That's a very big thing.
And if we understand that a robot is
(57:20):
a robot or AI is AI, then I
think you at least get the idea that
AI is a tool, right?
It's not a human being.
And the more that we understand that, the
more that we can not only respect the
tool, we can get others to respect the
tool as well.
(57:40):
So a lot of people like AI, you
know why?
Because they know they're going to make a
lot of money off of it, but they
don't care if it's going to hurt the
emotional connection with people.
They don't care.
Um, you know, we went to Easy Pass.
Was that the greatest thing?
Probably not.
Well, ladies and gentlemen, I'm John Seymour.
Serial entrepreneur.
It is a privilege, pleasure, and honor to
(58:01):
be with you every time I'm here with
you, whether it's on The JMOR Tech
Talk Show, Inspirations for Your Life, do check
out BelieveMeAchieve.com for more of my amazing,
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