This week, the tech world erupts: a series of game-changing breakthroughs—and alarming controversies—dominate the headlines. From mass data hacks and AI’s new invasion of privacy to breakthroughs in cancer care and digital policy, the digital landscape is rewriting rules for users, governments, and industries. Catch these must-know stories below!
1️⃣ Hackers hit 100+ firms, stealing masses of data via Oracle apps—Google issues a global warning. 📡 A sophisticated cyberattack exploited vulnerabilities in Oracle business applications, allowing hackers to infiltrate and siphon massive amounts of sensitive corporate and customer records from over 100 firms worldwide. Google responded with an urgent security bulletin to raise awareness and prompt immediate action from IT teams, as experts worry that secondary breaches could ripple out across cloud ecosystems.
2️⃣ Meta’s AI chats now fuel ad targeting on Facebook, Instagram, Messenger—no opt-out, user privacy at risk. 🤖 Meta made headlines as its new AI-powered chat features feed data directly into the company’s advertising algorithms—meaning users’ private conversations can now be used to refine targeted ads. With no opt-out offered, privacy advocates say this marks a grave shift, intensifying debates about digital rights, transparency, and the need for regulatory intervention.
3️⃣ Intel unveils its Panther Lake AI chip—blazing speed aims to reclaim the laptop market from AMD. ⚡ Intel’s Panther Lake AI chip debut brings an unprecedented leap in speed and multitasking, promising to disrupt AMD’s black streak in the laptop sector. The chip’s efficiency boosts generative AI tasks, graphics, and security, sparking interest from PC makers eager to regain lost market share.
4️⃣ Battlefield 6 is back! EA’s shooter franchise takes on Call of Duty to win back gaming fans. 🎮 EA's relaunch of Battlefield 6 sets up a head-to-head rivalry with Call of Duty. Enhanced graphics, new game modes, and stronger community integration are front and center, energizing FPS fans as the franchise seeks to return to its former glory and regain its competitive edge.
5️⃣ Tesla’s “Self-Driving” faces federal probe for crash reports and wrong-way driving—can tech be trusted? 🚗 After new crash reports and troubling incidents of wrong-way driving, Tesla’s self-driving system faces a sweeping federal investigation. Lawmakers and regulators are asking tough questions about the reliability, accountability, and safety of autonomous vehicles—while advocates call for clear standards in the race to smarter transportation.
6️⃣ Sound waves, not surgery: new ultrasounds destroy tumors, offering hope for non-invasive cancer care. 🔊 A medical breakthrough uses powerful sound waves to target and dissolve tumors—no scalpel needed. Early trials show clear promise for safer, more comfortable treatment options, pointing to a future where cancer therapy could become less invasive and dramatically more accessible.
7️⃣ AI gives teachers back 6 weeks a year—schools race to update ethics and training policies. 📚 AI is transforming the classroom, automating grading and lesson planning to save teachers nearly six weeks of work per year. As schools implement these tools, a scramble to update ethics codes and faculty training highlights both excitement and concern for the future of education.
8️⃣ California bans loud streaming ads—Netflix and Prime must keep commercials chill. 🔇 California passed a new law limiting the volume of commercials on streaming platforms like Netflix and Prime Video, targeting user complaints about jarring ad interruptions. The move signals growing attention to consumer comfort and new standards for digital advertising.
9️⃣ Taliban tightens social media filters in Afghanistan, deepening digital isolation—women hit hardest. 📱 The Taliban is escalating its control of online content, introducing stricter social media filters that choke off access to information and community. Afghan women report being especially impacted, losing vital channels for education, networking, and personal safety.
🔟 ChatGPT helps win court cases, but AI errors spark warnings: always double-check your bot lawyer. ⚖️ AI-powered legal research—like ChatGPT—has hit the courtroom and scored victories, but recent blunders from automated systems have prompted warnings. Experts urge users to always verify bot-generated information before relying on it in high-stakes situations.
1️⃣1️⃣ Apple pulls ICEBlock after White House pressure—platforms under scrutiny for government influence. 🏛️ Apple removed the ICEBlock app from its platform following behind-the-scenes pressure from the White House. The move reignites controversy on tech companies’ role in governance, transparency, and users’ access to privacy tools.
1️⃣2️⃣ Robotaxi runs a red light! Police can’t ticket Waymo’s driverless car—new laws coming for robot infractions. 🚦 A Waymo robotaxi was
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Hi everyone, I'm John C.
Morley, the host of The JMOR Tech
Talk show and inspirations for your life.
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Well hey guys, it is John C.
Morley here, serial entrepreneur, and welcome to The
JMOR Tech Talk show.
It is so great to be with you
today.
We have another fantastic episode.
Today is Friday, October 17th.
And again, I think you're really going to
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enjoy today's show.
So I'm John C.
Morley, serial entrepreneur, engineer, marketing specialist, video producer,
passionate, lifelong learner, graduate student, and much more.
And I really am very grateful for you
making the choice to tune into The
JMOR Tech Talk show today for the first
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time or if you're coming back, I'm grateful
for you coming back.
Always love people that enjoy our content.
So this week, the tech world erupts.
And so in case you're wondering what the
series of the show's title is today, it's
Tech Chaos.
AI targets your privacy, Oracle hacks hit 100
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firms, and Tesla's self-driving is under fire.
Series 4, show 42.
Can you believe guys, in just a few
months, we're actually going to be on the
air four years clear and we'll be starting
our fifth year.
I mean, that's like amazing guys, really, really
amazing.
As I say, it's a series of game
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-changing breakthroughs with us and with technology and
alarming controversies dominate the headlines around us.
From mass data hacks and AI's new invasion
of privacy to breakthroughs in cancer care and
digital policy.
The digital landscape is rewriting rules for users,
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governments, and industries.
Catching these must-know stories is going to
be key for you staying aware and successful
in this great universe we're in.
Well number one is hackers.
So hackers hit 100 plus firms, stealing massive
amounts of data via Oracle apps.
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Google issues a global warning for this and
a sophisticated cyber attack exploited vulnerabilities in Oracle's
business applications, allowing hackers to infiltrate and siphon
massive amounts of sensitive corporate and customer records
from over 100 firms worldwide.
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Glad I don't use Oracle for a lot
of things.
Actually, I don't use Oracle for anything.
Used to use Oracle many years ago with
some of the companies we work with.
I'm glad we don't use them.
Anyway, Google responded with an urgent security bulletin
to raise awareness and promote immediate action from
IT teams as experts worry that secondary breaches
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could start rippling out across cloud ecosystems.
And that would definitely be very, very bad.
I think the problem with a lot of
these companies out there is they just do
what they need to do, but they don't
always do the right thing.
And so these are important things, guys.
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So I know that a lot of people
out there want the answers for certain things,
but then they don't always know how or
why.
And then they rush ahead because they want
profits, but they don't realize the damage it
could be causing to people that are using
the technology, like exploiting their privacy, possibly having
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identity theft, and all kinds of other things.
Well, Meta's AI chats now fuel ad targeting
on Facebook.
Don't know if I like this.
Instagram Messenger has a no opt-out user
privacy because it's at risk.
Meta made headlines as its new AI-powered
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chat system features feed data directly into the
company's advertising algorithms, meaning users' private conversations can
now be used to refine targeted ads.
With no opt-out offered or allowed, privacy
advocates say that this marks a very big
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grave shift, intensifying debates about digital rights, transparency,
and the need for regulatory intervention.
I know it might not get stopped in
the United States, but I think the European
Union has already got their eyes on this.
And trust me, they're going to step in
and do something very, very quickly, if not
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later, because this is a really, really big
problem.
And I know you might be saying, John,
what's the big deal?
Well, so you're home, you're talking about something,
and suddenly Facebook or Instagram decides to serve
up an ad that is, let's say, in
a line with what you're talking about.
Already, your cell phone's been doing this with
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different ads for different websites popping up, but
now they're going to feed everything in, and
I think that's going to be very bad.
Number three, guys, Intel unveils its Panther Lake
AI chip, blazing speeds now aiming to reclaim
the laptop market from the AMD market.
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Intel's Panther Lake AI chip debut brings an
unprecedented leap into speed and multitasking, promising to
disrupt AMD's black streak in the laptop sector.
The chip's efficiency boosts generative AI tasks, graphics,
and security, sparking interest from PC makers eager
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to regain lost market share.
Number four, Battlefield 6 is back.
EA's shooter, that's EA Sports shooter franchise, takes
on Call of Duty to win back gaming
fans.
EA Sports' relaunch of Battlefield 6 sets up
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a head-to-head rivalry with Call of
Duty now.
Enhanced graphics, new game modes, and stronger community
integration are the forefront and center for this
release, energizing FPS fans as the franchise seeks
to return to its former glory and regain
its competitive edge.
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Wow, the game market is getting very brutal.
In some sense, you'd say it's, well, let's
say more than just a game.
Well, it's a business for EA Sports.
And I think some people have gotten so
drawn into games that, you know, it's like
if you were to take it away from
them, they would react very similar to the
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way a dog reacts if you take away,
you know, their food.
I remember being at a client's home the
other day, and this person telling me that,
you know, their dog is very friendly, and
the dog was like barking like, you know,
a mile a minute at me.
And she's like, you know, the dog's bark
is worse than its bite because it doesn't
bite.
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And so I said, really?
I said, so the dog never bit anybody?
Well, almost never.
And I said, what do you mean almost
never?
Well, we had this toy that he likes
to play with.
So basically, one of my son's friends took
the toy and threw it.
Well, the dog didn't realize it was just
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a toy, thought it was like food, and
went out and actually nipped the kid.
Now, it just kind of, you know, let's
say sheared his skin a little bit.
But still, never take anything away from a
pet.
I think that's the lesson to be learned
there.
Tesla's quote-unquote self-driving faces federal probe
for crash reports and wrong way driving.
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And it really is asking the question, can
tech be trusted?
I don't know about that.
After the new crash reports and troubling incidents
of wrong way driving, Tesla's self-driving system
faces a sweeping federal investigation.
Lawmakers and regulators are asking tough questions about
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the reliability, accountability, and safety of autonomous vehicles,
while advocates call for clear standards in the
race to smarter transportation.
That's a very, you know, how can I
say, that's a very interesting trend, you know,
what's going on.
And I have to say, guys, that it's
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something that a lot of people aren't really
aware of.
And I think a lot of life is
us just choosing to be aware of something.
When we are aware of something, I'll give
you a perfect example.
So I'm always looking to improve my eyesight.
And one of the best ways you can
improve your eyesight is to exercise your peripheral
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vision.
So what your peripheral vision is, so if
I'm looking at something, my peripheral vision would
be able to sense things while I'm looking
straight ahead.
A perfect example is an exercise I do
where it has this board and these lights
light up.
So when you start, you have so many
seconds to do it.
And then the lights keep lighting up, but
they lay up all around.
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And as they do, your brain, like, as
soon as it sees you, like, have to
respond as soon as you see and hear
the beep.
But if you're not peripherally aware, you could
miss the entire picture, all right?
You can miss the entire picture.
And I think that's something that a lot
of people, you know, don't realize that it's
about the entire picture.
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Number six, guys, sound waves, not surgery.
New ultrasounds destroy tumors, offering hope for non
-invasive cancer care.
A medical breakthrough recently uses powerful sound waves
to target and dissolve tumors.
No scalpel needed.
Early trials show clear promise for safer, more
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comfortable treatment options, pointing to a future where
cancer therapy could become less invasive and dramatically
more accessible.
Number seven, guys, AI gives teachers back six
weeks a year.
Huh?
Yep.
Schools race to update ethics and training policies.
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AI is transforming the classroom now, automating grading
and lesson planning to save teachers nearly six
weeks of work per year.
As schools implement these new tools, a scramble
to update ethics codes and faculty training highlights
both excitement and concern for the future of
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education.
I think a lot of times, you know,
the students coming up the pike are always
looking to get their homework done.
But a lot of them, unfortunately, are not
looking to learn their homework.
They're just looking to get it done at
whatever way they can.
And I think that's a very, very big
problem to just do it any way you
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can, but then not learn it.
You know, you're really cheating the system.
You're also cheating yourself.
And if you cheat yourself, you're really not
going to learn.
And if you're not going to learn something,
you're not going to own the material.
And if you're not going to own the
material, well, you can't apply it in life.
Just because you got a grade on the
test doesn't mean you know the material.
You have to own it.
And practice it.
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Number eight, guys.
California bans loud streaming ads.
Netflix and Prime must keep commercials chilled right
now.
California passed a new law limiting the volume
of commercials on streaming platforms like Netflix and
Prime Video.
Now, this was the case on other systems,
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but now Netflix and Prime with the California
law is starting to step in.
And it's targeting user complaints about jarring ad
interruptions.
The move signals growing attention to consumer comfort
and new standards for digital advertising.
I think it's a great thing.
I know a lot of times I'd be
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watching TV when I was younger and the
commercial comes on.
And the commercial is so much louder than
the program.
So it really not only catches your attention,
but it's jarring.
And I think that's a very, very bad
thing.
And so for years, people were just getting
away with it because, well, they could or
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they can.
I think that's a very big thing to
understand is that just because we can do
something doesn't mean we should do something.
I think that's a very important thing.
Again, just because we can doesn't mean we
should.
I think that's something that a lot of
people have to realize and recognize is that
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it's about knowing what's going on.
And so when I say what's going on,
it comes down to us being able to
understand things.
And so with everything transpiring right now and
advertising, even Facebook's platforms are changing, right?
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The way you target is different.
And there's a real art, I'm not going
to get into that on this show, but
there's a real art to how you craft
not only your creative, but your campaigns in
such a way that you can smartly manage
your budget and allow Facebook to actually show
what's working.
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And there's some tricks to do that.
So if you were thinking you got to
create five or six campaigns, well, that's not
the way it has to be done anymore.
You'd be wasting a lot of money.
If you could put them into a certain
campaign where they could be smartly chosen, well,
that would be pretty cool because now you
wouldn't be wasting your money and you'd be
using the power of Facebook to actually figure
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out who to serve, what ads to, right?
And I think that's a different thing.
You could decide what type of technique you're
using and it could choose not only when
we say the ad, but ads can target
different things and it can figure out which
ones are best.
Number nine, the Taliban tightened social media filters
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in Afghanistan.
This is crazy.
Deepening digital isolation, women have been hit the
hardest.
The Taliban is escalating its control of online
content, introducing stricter social media filters that choke
off access to information and community.
Now, Afghanistan women report being especially impacted by
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this, losing vital channels for education, networking, and
personal safety.
I think that's a big problem.
And I think in other worlds, not so
much in the U.S., but in other
worlds, both genders are not treated well.
I mean, in Afghanistan, they don't treat women
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well over there.
It's their culture, okay?
They're not treated well.
We're saying that that's true, but some studies
are saying that that's not accurate.
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People call it gender apartheid by the United
Union, particularly since the Taliban takeover in August
of 2021.
The Taliban have implemented a broad campaign to
systematically erase women from public life by stripping
away their rights and autonomy through dozens of
repressive decrees.
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Definitely seems like they are discriminating.
Some things they're doing.
Restrictions, male guardian, mahram requirement, a woman must
be accompanied by a close male relative when
traveling long distances.
In some provinces, this requirement is enforced for
much shorter trips.
Mandatory dress code, women are required to cover
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themselves completely in public, often with, they call
it a burqa, and have been detained for
not complying with the prescribed dress codes.
Bans from public spaces, women and girls are
prohibited from visiting public parks, gyms, beauty salons,
and other public venues.
A 2024 law banned women from even letting
their voices be heard in public.
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That's terrible, guys.
So, education bans.
Girls are forbidden from attending school beyond the
sixth grade, and women are banned from universities.
This has resulted in devastating loss of access
to education, leaving an estimated 80% of
young women out of school or training.
Exclusion from the workplace, women have been systematically
barred from most jobs in the public sector,
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and the NGOs in the UN, many women
-run businesses, including beauty salons, have been forced
to shut down.
This has led to one of the world's
largest gender gaps in the workplace.
So, it's really about an erosion of legal
political rights, political exclusion, dismantling of the justice
system, increased violence, deteriorating health and mental well
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-being, and I think this is a problem
that all women are facing in Afghanistan.
I think it's terrible that they're allowed to
do this.
Number ten, chat GPT helps with court cases.
This is funny.
But AI errors are sparking some warnings.
Of course, like the guy that got basically
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removed from the bench several years ago because
he came up with a brief citing that
didn't exist.
It was all BS.
Always double-check your bot lawyer, because we
learned from many years ago that lawyer got
basically removed from the bench.
I don't know if he got disbarred, but
he got removed from the bench.
And AI-powered legal research, like chat GPT,
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has hit the courtroom and scored victories.
But recent blunders from automated systems have prompted
warnings.
Experts are urging users to always verify bot
-generated information before relying on it in high
-stakes situations.
I think that's just common sense, right?
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You've got to make sure that you check
everything out.
If you don't check it out, then I
think that could be a huge problem, like
for everybody.
I think sometimes people don't realize how this
works, and they don't realize about these different
situations and what can transpire.
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So definitely a lot going on, guys, a
lot.
Number 11, Apple pulls the ice block after
the White House.
Pressure, that is.
Platforms under scrutiny now for government influence.
Apple has removed the ice block app from
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its platform, following behind-the-scenes, quote-unquote,
pressure from, yes, the White House.
The move reignites controversy on tech companies' role
in governance, transparency, and users' access to privacy
tools.
That's just nuts.
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But you have to understand what the ice
apps do.
So the ice apps typically get downloaded, well,
they were available from the App Store and
the Google Store.
I'm just checking while I'm doing this.
Let's see.
Is the ice app still in the Google
Play Store?
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I'm just curious if they are moved, because
I don't have Google Play.
I'm just curious if they're moved.
I'll let you know right now.
And it looks like, yep, so Google removed
similar apps for violating its policies, apps that
track U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, ICE
agents have removed by both Google and Apple
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due to concerns about safety risks to law
enforcement and policy violations related to user-generated
content and potentially vulnerable groups.
I think the concept there was to protect
ICE workers, but is it giving the wrong
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message?
Because the way it works is somebody would
download the app, and then they would go
ahead and report a sighting.
And then it would send it out to
everyone within so many miles of that.
And I guess it's making the ICE agent's
job, let's just say, a little bit harder
than, let's say, it could be.
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So that's definitely a problem.
And we'll have to see what happens.
I think sometimes people don't realize like how
this works.
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I think they don't realize the potential of
how something like this could just cause a
lot of problems.
So was the ICE app free?
So the ICE app was a free app,
and the ICE app developers are suing.
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Yeah, well, they're attempting to sue anyway.
I don't know if they're going to go
anywhere.
Joshua Aaron, the developer of ICE Block Apps,
is planning to sue Apple after it removed
his app from the App Store in October
2025.
Recently, the app allowed users to crowdsource and
report location immigration and custom enforcement ICE agents.
So I think that's an important thing to
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understand.
And we have to be cognizant of these
things, right?
But a lot of this stuff is getting
so political, it's not even funny.
RoboTaxi recently runs a red light.
Now, get this.
The police stopped the RoboTaxi to give the
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driver a ticket, not only for the red
light, but it turns out it also runs
two or three illegal U-turns.
This really gets the police on fire to
now want to get them a ticket.
But guess what?
The police can't ticket the person.
Why?
When the police officer goes over to the
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vehicle and picks up his mobile device to
write a ticket, he realizes there's no option
in his app or program to ticket an
autonomous vehicle or a robot driver.
So he can't ticket Waymo driverless cars.
New laws, though, guys, are coming for robot
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infractions.
A Waymo RoboTaxi, again, caught running a red
light and making illegal U-turns.
However, current laws don't allow police to find
the vehicle.
Legislators are now fast-tracking bills to resolve
how driverless cars should be held accountable for
traffic violations.
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What's going to happen?
It's no secret.
They're basically going to trace it back to
the registered owner of the vehicle.
And that owner is going to get the
ticket.
How can a robot get a ticket?
It can't.
So probably the owner, the people that wrote
the software.
So there's going to be some different penalties
and fines in place.
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You can't ticket a software company, but you
can impose fines.
And you can ticket the owner of the
RoboTaxi.
So that can be some issues.
Number 13, guys, YouTube settles the Trump lawsuit
for $24 million.
The funds now are being used for a
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huge new White House ballroom.
Tech lawsuits reshape the District of Columbia.
In a headline-grabbing move that they did,
YouTube agreed to a $24 million settlement with
former President Trump, redirecting funds to upgrade the
White House facilities.
The case is fueling the debate about tech
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lawsuits and their impact on the nation's political,
geopolitical landscape.
And I think this is something that a
lot of people don't realize.
And so Trump didn't take these funds for
himself.
He redirected them toward the American government to
put it toward the White House.
I think that was very generous of him.
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And what he did, I mean, I think
that was a great idea of what went
on.
I think it's pretty interesting, all the stuff
that's happening.
But it's amazing to me how these different
things are transpiring, right?
But as these geopolitical tensions and rules and
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circumstances, situations just evolve, it causes people to
be, well, a little bit, let's say, on
the fence.
Now, something interesting I want to share with
you, I don't know if you know this,
but in China, okay, they actually, one of
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the reasons I don't want to go to
China, they have cameras in their streets, very
similar to we have in the United States.
But the cameras in China, if you know
this, yeah, the cameras in China track a
person and their gate.
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So what's that all about?
Yeah, so cameras in China track individuals using
gate recognition and artificial intelligence technology.
And so that identifies people by the unique
body movements and walking style.
It is used alongside facial recognition and other
AI surveillance tools in public spaces.
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How does gate recognition work?
I thought you'd never ask me.
First, it analyzes the movement.
The software extracts a person's silhouette from surveillance
footage and analyzes the movement of the entire
body, not just the feet.
That's how the arms move, hands move.
Every part of your body kind of sways,
has a gate.
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It doesn't need special cameras.
Gate recognition software can be integrated with existing
public surveillance cameras, making it widely applicable.
It identifies from a distance.
Now, the technology can reportedly identify individuals from
up to 50, they say meters, so 50
meters to feet.
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If we're to convert that, that's 164 feet,
roughly, that that does that within.
So as I said, the technology can be
reportedly identifying individuals from, like I said, 164
feet, roughly, even if their face is obscured
or they have their back to the camera.
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So a lot of people think that, oh,
if they cover their face, they're going to
be protected.
No, because the gate can still be recognized.
So it was developed by Waitrix, the leading
provider of the technology in the Chinese AI
company there, and it's used by police.
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Chinese police in cities like Beijing and Shanghai
have used the software to track suspects, manage
crowds and identify jaywalkers.
So it looks like they're not just trying
to keep track of things.
They're trying to keep track of people that
could be a potential problem.
I mean, here in the United States, if
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somebody walks the street illegally on a red
light, they may get a warning.
It's rare that they're going to get a
ticket.
It's not fully real-time.
Now, some earlier versions of the technology were
not capable of real-time identification, requiring footage
to be processed by a computer afterward.
However, newer versions are being developed for live
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analysis.
They're not out yet.
So the use of gate recognition, particularly by
an authoritarian regime, has drawn significant criticism from
human rights and privacy advocates.
Increased surveillance, it expands the government's ability to
monitor its citizens, adding another layer to extensive
AI surveillance network.
Lack of consent, the technology operates without people's
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cooperation as it can analyze a person's identity
without them being aware of it.
Potential for inaccuracy.
Though companies claim high accuracy rates, some AI
experts remain skeptical of the technology's effectiveness, especially
in large open populations.
The rise of false identification could lead to
wrongful arrests or public shaming.
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So they're using this not just for monitoring,
they're using this to make arrests on people,
targeting ethnic minorities.
Rights groups have expressed concerns that this surveillance
technology is used to monitor and repress ethnic
and religious minorities, such as the Uyghur and
the Xinjiang region.
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So, again, another reason that I definitely do
not want to visit Japan.
I want to visit a lot of places,
but not Japan.
So the question is technology and the government
shutdown.
I thought we would talk about this because
this is really an important one.
So the government shutdown is still going.
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I think we're on our 15th or 16th
day.
And so when we think about everything that's
going on, the United States federal government shutdown,
as we said, not too long ago after
President Donald Trump and the federal lawmakers failed
to reach a deal to basically put the
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funding in place, really shuttering a lot of
services.
And with hundreds of thousands of workers facing
potential furloughs and maybe even dismissal.
It's unclear how long the shutdown may last,
but the impasse could sweep in more lasting
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changes as the Trump administration looks to seize
on the moment to execute mass firings.
Still, the shutdown is already impacting key agencies
tasked with overseeing the tech and telecom sectors,
including the Federal Trade Commission and the Justice
Department.
I talked about the do not call dot
gov.
Well, the other day I went to go
to do not call dot gov.
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And when I went to do not call
dot gov, in case you didn't know, this,
well, it was a website.
It's not up right now that allows you
to register any of your phone numbers.
And then when you get a call, you
can report it.
Well, now, because the site's down, not only
is the site's down, they're also not enforcing
it.
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So it basically says this, Federal Trade Commission
do not call registry, government shutdown notice.
Due to the government shutdown, we are unable
to offer this website service at this time.
Information about unwanted calls can be found on
the FTCC's website at national do not call
registry consumer information.
We will resume normal operation when the government
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is funded.
So and then they put it in Spanish
as well.
So basically, that means that all these people
that are, let's say, bad actors trying to
come after you with their registries, I mean,
obviously have things like no more robo, but
the databases are not getting updated right now.
That's a big problem.
The FTC, which enforces competition and consumer protection
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laws in the tech space, closed as well.
And many of its consumer services would not
be available during the shutdown, including the tip
lines for reporting fraud or identity theft, and
the national do not call registry I mentioned,
for people can use to block unwanted telemarketing.
In a September 29 contingency plan outlining the
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next steps in the event of a shutdown,
the agency said around four employees, roughly a
third of its workforce, may be, let's say,
accepted from the furlough.
The furloughs are expected to cause lawyers and
some of the agency's active litigation, which includes
antitrust lawsuits against Amazon and Meta, to seek
delays for hearings or other proceedings.
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This is a real mess.
Depending on the length of the shutdown, that
could extend how long it takes.
The Justice Department, well, the DOJ, which also
has several major ongoing antitrust cases against tech
companies, is also on a hiatus to seek
delays or extensions in civil cases during the
shutdown through the agency's contingency plan.
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While the agency said a while back, criminal
litigation, quote-unquote, will continue without interruption, quote
-unquote, civil litigation will be curtailed or postponed
as much as possible.
Most of its major tech cases are civil
in nature, so therefore they're not moving forward.
The DOJ's antitrust division is expected to reduce
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the level of personnel that would be needed
if they had to reduce the personnel to
only be for those most critical during a
shutdown, meaning roughly 60% of its nearly
800-person staff of the plan are available.
Last month, the DOJ kicked off a trial
to determine remedies in its ad tech case
against Google.
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The agency is also suing to break up
Apple over its alleged smartphone monopoly.
That's also taking a hiatus.
So, the FCC, the nation's top telecom enforcement
agency, said it's expected to send home a
vast majority of its staff during the shutdown,
probably close to 1,044 employees or 81
% of its workforce.
Many of its operations will cease to, including
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responding to consumer complaints, consumer protection, and competition
enforcement, licensing services, and spectrum management.
The agency is also saying, quote, necessary for
the protection of life or property would continue.
Everything else will cease for the moment.
The Commerce, which oversees numerous trade manufacturing and
research and development initiatives, said a vast majority
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of its nearly 43,000 staff would be
furloughed.
Additionally, the department said most research activities at
the National Institute of Standards, NISD, would cease
during the shutdown.
Cybersecurity and infrastructure security agencies, the CISA, the
nation's top cyber watchdog, kicked off Cybersecurity Awareness
Month by advising users that its website would
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not be actively managed.
I mean, that's just terrible.
More pivotally, the agency's latest projection was that
one-third of its staff would remain on
if funding lapsed.
The National Science Foundation, which provides great funding
to support research in science and engineering, said,
quote, it expected to furlough more than two
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-thirds of its 1,400 staff and ceasing
issues for new grants.
In general, no new grants, continuing grant increments,
cooperative agreements, or contracts will be awarded.
No new funding opportunities will be issued.
And the agency's plan is still being changed
and worked on.
So this is a complete mess, guys.
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And you're probably wondering, so what other websites
are down because of the government shutdown?
And some of these are going to blow
your mind, all right?
So a lot of federal websites have gone
dark.
That includes the DOHS, the Department of Homeland
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Security.
So if I'm going to go to the
department, let's just see, Department of Homeland Security,
let's just see if they're even up.
I'm just curious.
So if I go there, well, I get
to the website, but there's some stuff probably
that's not working.
Again, they said stuff for our own life
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would still continue.
So we'll have to see what else is
going on.
What other sites are being shut down?
The most visited U.S. government websites belong
to the U.S. Postal Service, which are
not impacted by the shutdown.
However, over highly traffic sites run by the
National Institute of Health could fall during the
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shutdown.
So two run by the NIHS, National Center
for Biotechnology, were the second and third most
visited U.S. government websites.
One is called, I believe it's called Statistica,
if I remember correctly.
And so Statistica is currently not being updated
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at the moment.
The social security site basically says during the
government shutdown, you could still access many of
the services online at socialsecurity.gov and do
more with my social security account.
So you could do that.
So there's closures or delays affecting in-person
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services.
So again, meanwhile, the Small Business Administration websites
feature a special announcement at the top of
the page that blames Senate Democrats for opposing
the Clean Funding Bill.
So let's see if the SBA website is
down.
Let's just see.
Very interesting to check this stuff out.
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Let me just see here.
So according to the SBA, so the site
is up, okay, but they do have a
very big mark at the top of the
site.
It says special announcement, Senate Democrats voted to
block a Clean Federal Funding Bill, HR 5371,
leading to a government shutdown that's preventing the
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U.S. Small Business Administration from serving America's
36 million small businesses.
Every day that Senate Democrats continue to oppose
a Clean Funding Bill, they're stopping an estimated
320 small businesses from accessing 170 million SBA
guaranteed funding.
As a result of the shutdown, we wanted
to notify you that many of our services
supporting small businesses are currently unavailable.
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The agency is executing its lapse plan.
And as soon as the shutdown is over,
we are prepared to immediately return to record
-breaking service we were providing before under the
leadership of the Trump administration.
If you need disaster assistance, please visit sba
.gov disaster.
And when you click on that site, let's
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just see if you get anywhere.
Well, you get that same banner at the
top.
So this is kind of crazy.
And I'm just looking at all these sites
that are down.
There are so many sites.
I wonder, let's see, the number of sites
down because of the government shutdown.
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And I think this is interesting to do,
just to share with you in real time
here.
So there are a lot of sites that
have been taken down.
There have actually been, they're saying close to
3,000.
So in 2018, there was a three-day
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shutdown.
In 2018, there was a 35-day shutdown.
So 35 days has been the longest shutdown
in 2018.
The New York Times also boasts that the
shutdown is a big issue.
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But again, I don't think you realize what
it means.
And when you go to the whitehouse.gov,
I think it's really funny.
It says right at the top here, whitehouse
.gov, Democrats have shut down the government 16
days, 14 hours, 26 minutes, and now 30
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-some seconds, the White House.
And then it says, view the economic impact
of the shutdown in your state.
Read your state's letter of support for a
clean bill.
Find my representative, I guess, and go after
them.
So if you want to view the impact
in your state, you can literally click whatever
state you live in.
And they have the whole map here.
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Trying to find New Jersey.
There we are.
Click on New Jersey.
So gross state product impact, decline of $440
million, I should say, each week, equivalent to
$1.9 billion per month.
An increase in unemployment, about 1,300 workers.
Federal workers affected, 50,000.
1.2% of the state workforce furloughed
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or working without pay.
SNAP benefits impact after 30 days.
826,000 total enrolled, 321,000 of whom
are children.
SBA loan delays, around $86 million in distributions.
Federal contract spending cuts, around $263 million.
Consumer spending declines from lost wages, estimated $559
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million each month.
So that's a lot, guys.
So they're claiming it's going to hurt businesses.
I think the biggest challenge is being able
to access some services.
So you might be wondering this right now.
So why are some banks out of money?
Is it the government shutdown?
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Well, they want us to believe that it
is, okay?
They have basically no money in their ATMs.
And so when I asked somebody the other
day, the real truth, now the banks are
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saying it's because of the government shutdown.
A government shutdown is not causing banks to
run out of money in their ATMs. The
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, FDIC, which insures deposits,
is funded by assessments on banks, not government
appropriations.
So its operations and coverage remain unaffected.
Your money is safe and financial services, including
ATMs and online banking.
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So the most likely reason for ATMs to
be out of cash include logistical challenges, high
demand or technical issues, heavy cash usage, logistical
problems, technical failures, cash forecasting challenges.
This is crazy, if you ask me, everything
that's going on with this.
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But what does it really mean?
So with the FDIC insured banks like Citizens,
that are, they claim fully operational during the
government shutdown with uninterrupted access to check accounts,
savings, ATM and digital banking services.
That's one thing.
Navigating the 2025 government shutdown, what does it
mean for you?
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Well, it could affect certain services.
So you're probably wondering, how will the government
shutdown affect me as a citizen in the
US?
Let's see what they're saying now.
I probably have a whole thing on this.
So in a short run, the impact, people
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are concerned about social security.
During the government shutdown, recipients will continue to
receive their SSI checks, Medicare benefits.
Your Medicare and Medicaid coverage will not be
immediately interrupted.
However, shutdown can cause administrative delays and longer
call wait times for certain services.
Well, I have access to temporary assistance, TANF,
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for my family, provides emergency food assistance to
families in need through local food banks and
food pantries.
If you live in certain areas, there can
be challenges.
And so a lot of it's about small
businesses, about loans.
So is the government shutdown affecting, let's say,
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like sales and use tax?
And so right now, it does not directly
affect the collection administration of New Jersey sales
and use tax, but it could affect some
of the workers.
So again, this is not the longest shutdown
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that we've ever had, which I just realized.
And so a lot of people are concerned.
Social security checks are going to continue.
FBI agents, CIA officers, air traffic controllers, airport
security staff continue to do their duties, along
with members of the armed forces, even though
they're not getting paid yet.
During a shutdown, veterans will still receive health
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care.
VA hospitals and clinics remain open.
Benefits continue to be processed and paid, and
burials at VA national cemeteries will still go
on as scheduled.
The U.S. Postal Service is not inflicted.
National parks as a general rule in a
facility or in areas inaccessible during non-business
hours, they'll be locked for the duration of
the lapse in funding, according to the March
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2020 24 plan.
So, you know, I think the thing is,
you know, why are the Democrats, okay, not
voting correctly?
And again, I'm not trying to make this
political, but what do they want?
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Well, they're asking for things that might not
be best for the greater good of our
country.
And I think that's something.
So you might ask, so what is it?
And this is a great question to ask
everyone.
What do the Democrats, you know, want to
vote yes on the bill?
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They're asking for services for people that are
not part of the country.
You know, they are starting to pay the
troops.
Senate Democrats tank in the GOP plan to
pay troops, fund the Pentagon, now hits day
16 on this Friday, October 17, 2025.
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So the big question you're probably wondering is
when, and this is a very good question,
because I don't know the answer, when, guys,
I think when is the question, when, you
know, when will the U.S. vote to
reopen?
According to the stories that are out there
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right now, and this could change, a Senate
vote will not take place on October 17,
unfortunately.
I'm not sure why.
They are hoping to reopen by the weekend.
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The Senate failed to advance the Republican backed
stopgap measure to extend the federal funding.
And it was only till November 21st.
So the question is, will they vote on
Monday to open the government?
Let's see here.
So it looks like, it's very vague.
A lot of details are not very clear.
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And it seems like, you know, and they
voted 10 times.
So this is like, like insane, if you
ask me.
And number 14, guys, ChatGPT launches strong parental
controls.
Parents gain new powers to shield teens on
AI platforms.
So ChatGPT's robust, newly launched parental controls give
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parents powerful tools to monitor and manage their
children's interactions with artificial intelligence services.
The update sets a new safety standard and
reflects growing demands for digital family protection.
You know, I think a lot of what's
going on, when people don't understand it, they
blame AI.
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You know, when it does something they like,
like, oh, AI is great, right?
But then when they don't understand something, then
they automatically blame AI.
And, you know, that's not really fair.
I said, AI is not good.
AI is not bad.
Just like technology is not good.
It's not bad.
It's a tool.
And how we use it makes it good
or bad.
So again, there's a lot going on.
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And there's a lot of politics with not
just the government reopening, but also how AI
is going to handle, you know, and now
that things are stopping, it's really, really crazy.
I mean, I think when we take a
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look at AI, we have to look at
the fact that AI is here, first and
foremost, to help us become better people.
It's not here to make us billionaires, okay?
AI is here to help us understand and
become better in our world, okay?
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So that's something to understand, okay?
But if we just allow things to go
through just because it's going to be profitable,
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just because it's going to be profitable, that
doesn't mean that it's going to be great
for you and for anyone else, right?
And so, you know, how do we protect
ourselves from bad AI?
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And again, it's not the AI that's bad.
It's the usage.
You have to be aware of the sources
and credibility information you're consuming and what you're
connecting with.
You have to know that a lot of
people are using AI to create large databases
and to mine information that they normally would
not have the time to do.
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They're even being used for something which is
they will try to massively fill up your
log files on your server or create large
bogus registrations.
I'm not talking about hundreds, I'm talking like
thousands.
And the question is why do they do
it?
I think they just want to, they want
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to create havoc.
And the other thing is that they keep
doing it, you're not aware of it, it
will crash your system, it'll crash your server.
That's a huge, huge problem for everybody, okay?
And if we don't understand that, that's a
problem, okay?
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I think sometimes people realize one thing.
They realize the fact that we see something
out there and we jump on the, let's
say, the bandwagon effect, right?
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Everybody else is doing it, so I guess
it's okay for me to do it too.
See, that doesn't mean it's okay.
So many people I know use AI for
something that is not going to create a
better life for them or a better life
for anybody else.
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They use it for just nonsense.
And if we're using public servers out there,
right, and they're costing lots of money to
cool down, I don't know if you guys
know this, but how much, let's take a
gamble, how much does it cost to cool
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an average AI data center, let's say, per
hour?
Anybody know?
So it's an estimate, okay?
Because it depends on what's running.
So cooling alone can account for over half
of the total energy usage.
I don't know if you know that.
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For a standard minimum, medium-sized AI data
centers cooling costs typically range from $1,000
to $4,000 per hour.
So if we think about that, let's take
it on the $2,000 mark, let's say
in the middle, and we take it times
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365, let's take $2,000 times, let's
say, let's say one whole day from mid
to mid, let's say is 24 hours, okay?
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All right.
Now multiply that times 365 days in a
year, $17,520,000 to keep just a
medium data center cool.
You have to realize they're going to be
passing that on to somebody, right?
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They can't just say, well, gee, we can't.
So that's why I think they're going to
have to be mindful of the stuff that
you use AI for.
If you're doing something that doesn't require a
lot of processing, fine.
But if you're just like consuming so much
power, right, it uses a lot of water.
And I bet you're probably wondering this.
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So how much water does this data center
use per hour?
How much water do you think it uses
per hour?
I mean, that's a really good question.
Again, we have to average it, right?
So we take a look at some of
the metrics out there.
A typical AI center will use between 18
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,000 and 550,000 gallons of water per
day.
So let's just take that on the low
side.
Let's take 18,000, okay, times 365.
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That's 6,570,000 gallons of water.
That's absurd.
That's insane.
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It's how we choose to use it that
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Have yourself a great one, and use technology
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It is so great to be with you
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We have another fantastic episode.
Today is Friday, October 17th.
And again, I think you're really going to
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So I'm John C.
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Always love people that enjoy our content.
So this week, the tech world erupts.
And so in case you're wondering what the
series of the show's title is today, it's
Tech Chaos.
AI targets your privacy, Oracle hacks hit 100
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firms, and Tesla's self-driving is under fire.
Series 4, show 42.
Can you believe guys, in just a few
months, we're actually going to be on the
air four years clear and we'll be starting
our fifth year.
I mean, that's like amazing guys, really, really
amazing.
As I say, it's a series of game
(02:21):
-changing breakthroughs with us and with technology and
alarming controversies dominate the headlines around us.
From mass data hacks and AI's new invasion
of privacy to breakthroughs in cancer care and
digital policy.
The digital landscape is rewriting rules for users,
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governments, and industries.
Catching these must-know stories is going to
be key for you staying aware and successful
in this great universe we're in.
Well number one is hackers.
So hackers hit 100 plus firms, stealing massive
amounts of data via Oracle apps.
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Google issues a global warning for this and
a sophisticated cyber attack exploited vulnerabilities in Oracle's
business applications, allowing hackers to infiltrate and siphon
massive amounts of sensitive corporate and customer records
from over 100 firms worldwide.
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Glad I don't use Oracle for a lot
of things.
Actually, I don't use Oracle for anything.
Used to use Oracle many years ago with
some of the companies we work with.
I'm glad we don't use them.
Anyway, Google responded with an urgent security bulletin
to raise awareness and promote immediate action from
IT teams as experts worry that secondary breaches
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could start rippling out across cloud ecosystems.
And that would definitely be very, very bad.
I think the problem with a lot of
these companies out there is they just do
what they need to do, but they don't
always do the right thing.
And so these are important things, guys.
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So I know that a lot of people
out there want the answers for certain things,
but then they don't always know how or
why.
And then they rush ahead because they want
profits, but they don't realize the damage it
could be causing to people that are using
the technology, like exploiting their privacy, possibly having
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identity theft, and all kinds of other things.
Well, Meta's AI chats now fuel ad targeting
on Facebook.
Don't know if I like this.
Instagram Messenger has a no opt-out user
privacy because it's at risk.
Meta made headlines as its new AI-powered
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chat system features feed data directly into the
company's advertising algorithms, meaning users' private conversations can
now be used to refine targeted ads.
With no opt-out offered or allowed, privacy
advocates say that this marks a very big
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grave shift, intensifying debates about digital rights, transparency,
and the need for regulatory intervention.
I know it might not get stopped in
the United States, but I think the European
Union has already got their eyes on this.
And trust me, they're going to step in
and do something very, very quickly, if not
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later, because this is a really, really big
problem.
And I know you might be saying, John,
what's the big deal?
Well, so you're home, you're talking about something,
and suddenly Facebook or Instagram decides to serve
up an ad that is, let's say, in
a line with what you're talking about.
Already, your cell phone's been doing this with
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different ads for different websites popping up, but
now they're going to feed everything in, and
I think that's going to be very bad.
Number three, guys, Intel unveils its Panther Lake
AI chip, blazing speeds now aiming to reclaim
the laptop market from the AMD market.
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Intel's Panther Lake AI chip debut brings an
unprecedented leap into speed and multitasking, promising to
disrupt AMD's black streak in the laptop sector.
The chip's efficiency boosts generative AI tasks, graphics,
and security, sparking interest from PC makers eager
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to regain lost market share.
Number four, Battlefield 6 is back.
EA's shooter, that's EA Sports shooter franchise, takes
on Call of Duty to win back gaming
fans.
EA Sports' relaunch of Battlefield 6 sets up
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a head-to-head rivalry with Call of
Duty now.
Enhanced graphics, new game modes, and stronger community
integration are the forefront and center for this
release, energizing FPS fans as the franchise seeks
to return to its former glory and regain
its competitive edge.
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Wow, the game market is getting very brutal.
In some sense, you'd say it's, well, let's
say more than just a game.
Well, it's a business for EA Sports.
And I think some people have gotten so
drawn into games that, you know, it's like
if you were to take it away from
them, they would react very similar to the
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way a dog reacts if you take away,
you know, their food.
I remember being at a client's home the
other day, and this person telling me that,
you know, their dog is very friendly, and
the dog was like barking like, you know,
a mile a minute at me.
And she's like, you know, the dog's bark
is worse than its bite because it doesn't
bite.
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And so I said, really?
I said, so the dog never bit anybody?
Well, almost never.
And I said, what do you mean almost
never?
Well, we had this toy that he likes
to play with.
So basically, one of my son's friends took
the toy and threw it.
Well, the dog didn't realize it was just
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a toy, thought it was like food, and
went out and actually nipped the kid.
Now, it just kind of, you know, let's
say sheared his skin a little bit.
But still, never take anything away from a
pet.
I think that's the lesson to be learned
there.
Tesla's quote-unquote self-driving faces federal probe
for crash reports and wrong way driving.
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And it really is asking the question, can
tech be trusted?
I don't know about that.
After the new crash reports and troubling incidents
of wrong way driving, Tesla's self-driving system
faces a sweeping federal investigation.
Lawmakers and regulators are asking tough questions about
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the reliability, accountability, and safety of autonomous vehicles,
while advocates call for clear standards in the
race to smarter transportation.
That's a very, you know, how can I
say, that's a very interesting trend, you know,
what's going on.
And I have to say, guys, that it's
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something that a lot of people aren't really
aware of.
And I think a lot of life is
us just choosing to be aware of something.
When we are aware of something, I'll give
you a perfect example.
So I'm always looking to improve my eyesight.
And one of the best ways you can
improve your eyesight is to exercise your peripheral
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vision.
So what your peripheral vision is, so if
I'm looking at something, my peripheral vision would
be able to sense things while I'm looking
straight ahead.
A perfect example is an exercise I do
where it has this board and these lights
light up.
So when you start, you have so many
seconds to do it.
And then the lights keep lighting up, but
they lay up all around.
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And as they do, your brain, like, as
soon as it sees you, like, have to
respond as soon as you see and hear
the beep.
But if you're not peripherally aware, you could
miss the entire picture, all right?
You can miss the entire picture.
And I think that's something that a lot
of people, you know, don't realize that it's
about the entire picture.
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Number six, guys, sound waves, not surgery.
New ultrasounds destroy tumors, offering hope for non
-invasive cancer care.
A medical breakthrough recently uses powerful sound waves
to target and dissolve tumors.
No scalpel needed.
Early trials show clear promise for safer, more
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comfortable treatment options, pointing to a future where
cancer therapy could become less invasive and dramatically
more accessible.
Number seven, guys, AI gives teachers back six
weeks a year.
Huh?
Yep.
Schools race to update ethics and training policies.
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AI is transforming the classroom now, automating grading
and lesson planning to save teachers nearly six
weeks of work per year.
As schools implement these new tools, a scramble
to update ethics codes and faculty training highlights
both excitement and concern for the future of
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education.
I think a lot of times, you know,
the students coming up the pike are always
looking to get their homework done.
But a lot of them, unfortunately, are not
looking to learn their homework.
They're just looking to get it done at
whatever way they can.
And I think that's a very, very big
problem to just do it any way you
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can, but then not learn it.
You know, you're really cheating the system.
You're also cheating yourself.
And if you cheat yourself, you're really not
going to learn.
And if you're not going to learn something,
you're not going to own the material.
And if you're not going to own the
material, well, you can't apply it in life.
Just because you got a grade on the
test doesn't mean you know the material.
You have to own it.
And practice it.
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Number eight, guys.
California bans loud streaming ads.
Netflix and Prime must keep commercials chilled right
now.
California passed a new law limiting the volume
of commercials on streaming platforms like Netflix and
Prime Video.
Now, this was the case on other systems,
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but now Netflix and Prime with the California
law is starting to step in.
And it's targeting user complaints about jarring ad
interruptions.
The move signals growing attention to consumer comfort
and new standards for digital advertising.
I think it's a great thing.
I know a lot of times I'd be
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watching TV when I was younger and the
commercial comes on.
And the commercial is so much louder than
the program.
So it really not only catches your attention,
but it's jarring.
And I think that's a very, very bad
thing.
And so for years, people were just getting
away with it because, well, they could or
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they can.
I think that's a very big thing to
understand is that just because we can do
something doesn't mean we should do something.
I think that's a very important thing.
Again, just because we can doesn't mean we
should.
I think that's something that a lot of
people have to realize and recognize is that
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it's about knowing what's going on.
And so when I say what's going on,
it comes down to us being able to
understand things.
And so with everything transpiring right now and
advertising, even Facebook's platforms are changing, right?
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The way you target is different.
And there's a real art, I'm not going
to get into that on this show, but
there's a real art to how you craft
not only your creative, but your campaigns in
such a way that you can smartly manage
your budget and allow Facebook to actually show
what's working.
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And there's some tricks to do that.
So if you were thinking you got to
create five or six campaigns, well, that's not
the way it has to be done anymore.
You'd be wasting a lot of money.
If you could put them into a certain
campaign where they could be smartly chosen, well,
that would be pretty cool because now you
wouldn't be wasting your money and you'd be
using the power of Facebook to actually figure
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out who to serve, what ads to, right?
And I think that's a different thing.
You could decide what type of technique you're
using and it could choose not only when
we say the ad, but ads can target
different things and it can figure out which
ones are best.
Number nine, the Taliban tightened social media filters
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in Afghanistan.
This is crazy.
Deepening digital isolation, women have been hit the
hardest.
The Taliban is escalating its control of online
content, introducing stricter social media filters that choke
off access to information and community.
Now, Afghanistan women report being especially impacted by
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this, losing vital channels for education, networking, and
personal safety.
I think that's a big problem.
And I think in other worlds, not so
much in the U.S., but in other
worlds, both genders are not treated well.
I mean, in Afghanistan, they don't treat women
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well over there.
It's their culture, okay?
They're not treated well.
We're saying that that's true, but some studies
are saying that that's not accurate.
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People call it gender apartheid by the United
Union, particularly since the Taliban takeover in August
of 2021.
The Taliban have implemented a broad campaign to
systematically erase women from public life by stripping
away their rights and autonomy through dozens of
repressive decrees.
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Definitely seems like they are discriminating.
Some things they're doing.
Restrictions, male guardian, mahram requirement, a woman must
be accompanied by a close male relative when
traveling long distances.
In some provinces, this requirement is enforced for
much shorter trips.
Mandatory dress code, women are required to cover
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themselves completely in public, often with, they call
it a burqa, and have been detained for
not complying with the prescribed dress codes.
Bans from public spaces, women and girls are
prohibited from visiting public parks, gyms, beauty salons,
and other public venues.
A 2024 law banned women from even letting
their voices be heard in public.
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That's terrible, guys.
So, education bans.
Girls are forbidden from attending school beyond the
sixth grade, and women are banned from universities.
This has resulted in devastating loss of access
to education, leaving an estimated 80% of
young women out of school or training.
Exclusion from the workplace, women have been systematically
barred from most jobs in the public sector,
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and the NGOs in the UN, many women
-run businesses, including beauty salons, have been forced
to shut down.
This has led to one of the world's
largest gender gaps in the workplace.
So, it's really about an erosion of legal
political rights, political exclusion, dismantling of the justice
system, increased violence, deteriorating health and mental well
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-being, and I think this is a problem
that all women are facing in Afghanistan.
I think it's terrible that they're allowed to
do this.
Number ten, chat GPT helps with court cases.
This is funny.
But AI errors are sparking some warnings.
Of course, like the guy that got basically
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removed from the bench several years ago because
he came up with a brief citing that
didn't exist.
It was all BS.
Always double-check your bot lawyer, because we
learned from many years ago that lawyer got
basically removed from the bench.
I don't know if he got disbarred, but
he got removed from the bench.
And AI-powered legal research, like chat GPT,
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has hit the courtroom and scored victories.
But recent blunders from automated systems have prompted
warnings.
Experts are urging users to always verify bot
-generated information before relying on it in high
-stakes situations.
I think that's just common sense, right?
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You've got to make sure that you check
everything out.
If you don't check it out, then I
think that could be a huge problem, like
for everybody.
I think sometimes people don't realize how this
works, and they don't realize about these different
situations and what can transpire.
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So definitely a lot going on, guys, a
lot.
Number 11, Apple pulls the ice block after
the White House.
Pressure, that is.
Platforms under scrutiny now for government influence.
Apple has removed the ice block app from
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its platform, following behind-the-scenes, quote-unquote,
pressure from, yes, the White House.
The move reignites controversy on tech companies' role
in governance, transparency, and users' access to privacy
tools.
That's just nuts.
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But you have to understand what the ice
apps do.
So the ice apps typically get downloaded, well,
they were available from the App Store and
the Google Store.
I'm just checking while I'm doing this.
Let's see.
Is the ice app still in the Google
Play Store?
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I'm just curious if they are moved, because
I don't have Google Play.
I'm just curious if they're moved.
I'll let you know right now.
And it looks like, yep, so Google removed
similar apps for violating its policies, apps that
track U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, ICE
agents have removed by both Google and Apple
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due to concerns about safety risks to law
enforcement and policy violations related to user-generated
content and potentially vulnerable groups.
I think the concept there was to protect
ICE workers, but is it giving the wrong
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message?
Because the way it works is somebody would
download the app, and then they would go
ahead and report a sighting.
And then it would send it out to
everyone within so many miles of that.
And I guess it's making the ICE agent's
job, let's just say, a little bit harder
than, let's say, it could be.
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So that's definitely a problem.
And we'll have to see what happens.
I think sometimes people don't realize like how
this works.
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I think they don't realize the potential of
how something like this could just cause a
lot of problems.
So was the ICE app free?
So the ICE app was a free app,
and the ICE app developers are suing.
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Yeah, well, they're attempting to sue anyway.
I don't know if they're going to go
anywhere.
Joshua Aaron, the developer of ICE Block Apps,
is planning to sue Apple after it removed
his app from the App Store in October
2025.
Recently, the app allowed users to crowdsource and
report location immigration and custom enforcement ICE agents.
So I think that's an important thing to
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understand.
And we have to be cognizant of these
things, right?
But a lot of this stuff is getting
so political, it's not even funny.
RoboTaxi recently runs a red light.
Now, get this.
The police stopped the RoboTaxi to give the
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driver a ticket, not only for the red
light, but it turns out it also runs
two or three illegal U-turns.
This really gets the police on fire to
now want to get them a ticket.
But guess what?
The police can't ticket the person.
Why?
When the police officer goes over to the
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vehicle and picks up his mobile device to
write a ticket, he realizes there's no option
in his app or program to ticket an
autonomous vehicle or a robot driver.
So he can't ticket Waymo driverless cars.
New laws, though, guys, are coming for robot
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infractions.
A Waymo RoboTaxi, again, caught running a red
light and making illegal U-turns.
However, current laws don't allow police to find
the vehicle.
Legislators are now fast-tracking bills to resolve
how driverless cars should be held accountable for
traffic violations.
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What's going to happen?
It's no secret.
They're basically going to trace it back to
the registered owner of the vehicle.
And that owner is going to get the
ticket.
How can a robot get a ticket?
It can't.
So probably the owner, the people that wrote
the software.
So there's going to be some different penalties
and fines in place.
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You can't ticket a software company, but you
can impose fines.
And you can ticket the owner of the
RoboTaxi.
So that can be some issues.
Number 13, guys, YouTube settles the Trump lawsuit
for $24 million.
The funds now are being used for a
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huge new White House ballroom.
Tech lawsuits reshape the District of Columbia.
In a headline-grabbing move that they did,
YouTube agreed to a $24 million settlement with
former President Trump, redirecting funds to upgrade the
White House facilities.
The case is fueling the debate about tech
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lawsuits and their impact on the nation's political,
geopolitical landscape.
And I think this is something that a
lot of people don't realize.
And so Trump didn't take these funds for
himself.
He redirected them toward the American government to
put it toward the White House.
I think that was very generous of him.
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And what he did, I mean, I think
that was a great idea of what went
on.
I think it's pretty interesting, all the stuff
that's happening.
But it's amazing to me how these different
things are transpiring, right?
But as these geopolitical tensions and rules and
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circumstances, situations just evolve, it causes people to
be, well, a little bit, let's say, on
the fence.
Now, something interesting I want to share with
you, I don't know if you know this,
but in China, okay, they actually, one of
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the reasons I don't want to go to
China, they have cameras in their streets, very
similar to we have in the United States.
But the cameras in China, if you know
this, yeah, the cameras in China track a
person and their gate.
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So what's that all about?
Yeah, so cameras in China track individuals using
gate recognition and artificial intelligence technology.
And so that identifies people by the unique
body movements and walking style.
It is used alongside facial recognition and other
AI surveillance tools in public spaces.
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How does gate recognition work?
I thought you'd never ask me.
First, it analyzes the movement.
The software extracts a person's silhouette from surveillance
footage and analyzes the movement of the entire
body, not just the feet.
That's how the arms move, hands move.
Every part of your body kind of sways,
has a gate.
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It doesn't need special cameras.
Gate recognition software can be integrated with existing
public surveillance cameras, making it widely applicable.
It identifies from a distance.
Now, the technology can reportedly identify individuals from
up to 50, they say meters, so 50
meters to feet.
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If we're to convert that, that's 164 feet,
roughly, that that does that within.
So as I said, the technology can be
reportedly identifying individuals from, like I said, 164
feet, roughly, even if their face is obscured
or they have their back to the camera.
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So a lot of people think that, oh,
if they cover their face, they're going to
be protected.
No, because the gate can still be recognized.
So it was developed by Waitrix, the leading
provider of the technology in the Chinese AI
company there, and it's used by police.
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Chinese police in cities like Beijing and Shanghai
have used the software to track suspects, manage
crowds and identify jaywalkers.
So it looks like they're not just trying
to keep track of things.
They're trying to keep track of people that
could be a potential problem.
I mean, here in the United States, if
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somebody walks the street illegally on a red
light, they may get a warning.
It's rare that they're going to get a
ticket.
It's not fully real-time.
Now, some earlier versions of the technology were
not capable of real-time identification, requiring footage
to be processed by a computer afterward.
However, newer versions are being developed for live
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analysis.
They're not out yet.
So the use of gate recognition, particularly by
an authoritarian regime, has drawn significant criticism from
human rights and privacy advocates.
Increased surveillance, it expands the government's ability to
monitor its citizens, adding another layer to extensive
AI surveillance network.
Lack of consent, the technology operates without people's
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cooperation as it can analyze a person's identity
without them being aware of it.
Potential for inaccuracy.
Though companies claim high accuracy rates, some AI
experts remain skeptical of the technology's effectiveness, especially
in large open populations.
The rise of false identification could lead to
wrongful arrests or public shaming.
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So they're using this not just for monitoring,
they're using this to make arrests on people,
targeting ethnic minorities.
Rights groups have expressed concerns that this surveillance
technology is used to monitor and repress ethnic
and religious minorities, such as the Uyghur and
the Xinjiang region.
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So, again, another reason that I definitely do
not want to visit Japan.
I want to visit a lot of places,
but not Japan.
So the question is technology and the government
shutdown.
I thought we would talk about this because
this is really an important one.
So the government shutdown is still going.
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I think we're on our 15th or 16th
day.
And so when we think about everything that's
going on, the United States federal government shutdown,
as we said, not too long ago after
President Donald Trump and the federal lawmakers failed
to reach a deal to basically put the
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funding in place, really shuttering a lot of
services.
And with hundreds of thousands of workers facing
potential furloughs and maybe even dismissal.
It's unclear how long the shutdown may last,
but the impasse could sweep in more lasting
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changes as the Trump administration looks to seize
on the moment to execute mass firings.
Still, the shutdown is already impacting key agencies
tasked with overseeing the tech and telecom sectors,
including the Federal Trade Commission and the Justice
Department.
I talked about the do not call dot
gov.
Well, the other day I went to go
to do not call dot gov.
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And when I went to do not call
dot gov, in case you didn't know, this,
well, it was a website.
It's not up right now that allows you
to register any of your phone numbers.
And then when you get a call, you
can report it.
Well, now, because the site's down, not only
is the site's down, they're also not enforcing
it.
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So it basically says this, Federal Trade Commission
do not call registry, government shutdown notice.
Due to the government shutdown, we are unable
to offer this website service at this time.
Information about unwanted calls can be found on
the FTCC's website at national do not call
registry consumer information.
We will resume normal operation when the government
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is funded.
So and then they put it in Spanish
as well.
So basically, that means that all these people
that are, let's say, bad actors trying to
come after you with their registries, I mean,
obviously have things like no more robo, but
the databases are not getting updated right now.
That's a big problem.
The FTC, which enforces competition and consumer protection
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laws in the tech space, closed as well.
And many of its consumer services would not
be available during the shutdown, including the tip
lines for reporting fraud or identity theft, and
the national do not call registry I mentioned,
for people can use to block unwanted telemarketing.
In a September 29 contingency plan outlining the
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next steps in the event of a shutdown,
the agency said around four employees, roughly a
third of its workforce, may be, let's say,
accepted from the furlough.
The furloughs are expected to cause lawyers and
some of the agency's active litigation, which includes
antitrust lawsuits against Amazon and Meta, to seek
delays for hearings or other proceedings.
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This is a real mess.
Depending on the length of the shutdown, that
could extend how long it takes.
The Justice Department, well, the DOJ, which also
has several major ongoing antitrust cases against tech
companies, is also on a hiatus to seek
delays or extensions in civil cases during the
shutdown through the agency's contingency plan.
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While the agency said a while back, criminal
litigation, quote-unquote, will continue without interruption, quote
-unquote, civil litigation will be curtailed or postponed
as much as possible.
Most of its major tech cases are civil
in nature, so therefore they're not moving forward.
The DOJ's antitrust division is expected to reduce
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the level of personnel that would be needed
if they had to reduce the personnel to
only be for those most critical during a
shutdown, meaning roughly 60% of its nearly
800-person staff of the plan are available.
Last month, the DOJ kicked off a trial
to determine remedies in its ad tech case
against Google.
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The agency is also suing to break up
Apple over its alleged smartphone monopoly.
That's also taking a hiatus.
So, the FCC, the nation's top telecom enforcement
agency, said it's expected to send home a
vast majority of its staff during the shutdown,
probably close to 1,044 employees or 81
% of its workforce.
Many of its operations will cease to, including
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responding to consumer complaints, consumer protection, and competition
enforcement, licensing services, and spectrum management.
The agency is also saying, quote, necessary for
the protection of life or property would continue.
Everything else will cease for the moment.
The Commerce, which oversees numerous trade manufacturing and
research and development initiatives, said a vast majority
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of its nearly 43,000 staff would be
furloughed.
Additionally, the department said most research activities at
the National Institute of Standards, NISD, would cease
during the shutdown.
Cybersecurity and infrastructure security agencies, the CISA, the
nation's top cyber watchdog, kicked off Cybersecurity Awareness
Month by advising users that its website would
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not be actively managed.
I mean, that's just terrible.
More pivotally, the agency's latest projection was that
one-third of its staff would remain on
if funding lapsed.
The National Science Foundation, which provides great funding
to support research in science and engineering, said,
quote, it expected to furlough more than two
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-thirds of its 1,400 staff and ceasing
issues for new grants.
In general, no new grants, continuing grant increments,
cooperative agreements, or contracts will be awarded.
No new funding opportunities will be issued.
And the agency's plan is still being changed
and worked on.
So this is a complete mess, guys.
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And you're probably wondering, so what other websites
are down because of the government shutdown?
And some of these are going to blow
your mind, all right?
So a lot of federal websites have gone
dark.
That includes the DOHS, the Department of Homeland
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Security.
So if I'm going to go to the
department, let's just see, Department of Homeland Security,
let's just see if they're even up.
I'm just curious.
So if I go there, well, I get
to the website, but there's some stuff probably
that's not working.
Again, they said stuff for our own life
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would still continue.
So we'll have to see what else is
going on.
What other sites are being shut down?
The most visited U.S. government websites belong
to the U.S. Postal Service, which are
not impacted by the shutdown.
However, over highly traffic sites run by the
National Institute of Health could fall during the
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shutdown.
So two run by the NIHS, National Center
for Biotechnology, were the second and third most
visited U.S. government websites.
One is called, I believe it's called Statistica,
if I remember correctly.
And so Statistica is currently not being updated
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at the moment.
The social security site basically says during the
government shutdown, you could still access many of
the services online at socialsecurity.gov and do
more with my social security account.
So you could do that.
So there's closures or delays affecting in-person
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services.
So again, meanwhile, the Small Business Administration websites
feature a special announcement at the top of
the page that blames Senate Democrats for opposing
the Clean Funding Bill.
So let's see if the SBA website is
down.
Let's just see.
Very interesting to check this stuff out.
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Let me just see here.
So according to the SBA, so the site
is up, okay, but they do have a
very big mark at the top of the
site.
It says special announcement, Senate Democrats voted to
block a Clean Federal Funding Bill, HR 5371,
leading to a government shutdown that's preventing the
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U.S. Small Business Administration from serving America's
36 million small businesses.
Every day that Senate Democrats continue to oppose
a Clean Funding Bill, they're stopping an estimated
320 small businesses from accessing 170 million SBA
guaranteed funding.
As a result of the shutdown, we wanted
to notify you that many of our services
supporting small businesses are currently unavailable.
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The agency is executing its lapse plan.
And as soon as the shutdown is over,
we are prepared to immediately return to record
-breaking service we were providing before under the
leadership of the Trump administration.
If you need disaster assistance, please visit sba
.gov disaster.
And when you click on that site, let's
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just see if you get anywhere.
Well, you get that same banner at the
top.
So this is kind of crazy.
And I'm just looking at all these sites
that are down.
There are so many sites.
I wonder, let's see, the number of sites
down because of the government shutdown.
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And I think this is interesting to do,
just to share with you in real time
here.
So there are a lot of sites that
have been taken down.
There have actually been, they're saying close to
3,000.
So in 2018, there was a three-day
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shutdown.
In 2018, there was a 35-day shutdown.
So 35 days has been the longest shutdown
in 2018.
The New York Times also boasts that the
shutdown is a big issue.
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But again, I don't think you realize what
it means.
And when you go to the whitehouse.gov,
I think it's really funny.
It says right at the top here, whitehouse
.gov, Democrats have shut down the government 16
days, 14 hours, 26 minutes, and now 30
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-some seconds, the White House.
And then it says, view the economic impact
of the shutdown in your state.
Read your state's letter of support for a
clean bill.
Find my representative, I guess, and go after
them.
So if you want to view the impact
in your state, you can literally click whatever
state you live in.
And they have the whole map here.
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Trying to find New Jersey.
There we are.
Click on New Jersey.
So gross state product impact, decline of $440
million, I should say, each week, equivalent to
$1.9 billion per month.
An increase in unemployment, about 1,300 workers.
Federal workers affected, 50,000.
1.2% of the state workforce furloughed
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or working without pay.
SNAP benefits impact after 30 days.
826,000 total enrolled, 321,000 of whom
are children.
SBA loan delays, around $86 million in distributions.
Federal contract spending cuts, around $263 million.
Consumer spending declines from lost wages, estimated $559
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million each month.
So that's a lot, guys.
So they're claiming it's going to hurt businesses.
I think the biggest challenge is being able
to access some services.
So you might be wondering this right now.
So why are some banks out of money?
Is it the government shutdown?
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Well, they want us to believe that it
is, okay?
They have basically no money in their ATMs.
And so when I asked somebody the other
day, the real truth, now the banks are
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saying it's because of the government shutdown.
A government shutdown is not causing banks to
run out of money in their ATMs. The
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, FDIC, which insures deposits,
is funded by assessments on banks, not government
appropriations.
So its operations and coverage remain unaffected.
Your money is safe and financial services, including
ATMs and online banking.
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So the most likely reason for ATMs to
be out of cash include logistical challenges, high
demand or technical issues, heavy cash usage, logistical
problems, technical failures, cash forecasting challenges.
This is crazy, if you ask me, everything
that's going on with this.
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But what does it really mean?
So with the FDIC insured banks like Citizens,
that are, they claim fully operational during the
government shutdown with uninterrupted access to check accounts,
savings, ATM and digital banking services.
That's one thing.
Navigating the 2025 government shutdown, what does it
mean for you?
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Well, it could affect certain services.
So you're probably wondering, how will the government
shutdown affect me as a citizen in the
US?
Let's see what they're saying now.
I probably have a whole thing on this.
So in a short run, the impact, people
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are concerned about social security.
During the government shutdown, recipients will continue to
receive their SSI checks, Medicare benefits.
Your Medicare and Medicaid coverage will not be
immediately interrupted.
However, shutdown can cause administrative delays and longer
call wait times for certain services.
Well, I have access to temporary assistance, TANF,
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for my family, provides emergency food assistance to
families in need through local food banks and
food pantries.
If you live in certain areas, there can
be challenges.
And so a lot of it's about small
businesses, about loans.
So is the government shutdown affecting, let's say,
(45:33):
like sales and use tax?
And so right now, it does not directly
affect the collection administration of New Jersey sales
and use tax, but it could affect some
of the workers.
So again, this is not the longest shutdown
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that we've ever had, which I just realized.
And so a lot of people are concerned.
Social security checks are going to continue.
FBI agents, CIA officers, air traffic controllers, airport
security staff continue to do their duties, along
with members of the armed forces, even though
they're not getting paid yet.
During a shutdown, veterans will still receive health
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care.
VA hospitals and clinics remain open.
Benefits continue to be processed and paid, and
burials at VA national cemeteries will still go
on as scheduled.
The U.S. Postal Service is not inflicted.
National parks as a general rule in a
facility or in areas inaccessible during non-business
hours, they'll be locked for the duration of
the lapse in funding, according to the March
(46:37):
2020 24 plan.
So, you know, I think the thing is,
you know, why are the Democrats, okay, not
voting correctly?
And again, I'm not trying to make this
political, but what do they want?
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Well, they're asking for things that might not
be best for the greater good of our
country.
And I think that's something.
So you might ask, so what is it?
And this is a great question to ask
everyone.
What do the Democrats, you know, want to
vote yes on the bill?
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They're asking for services for people that are
not part of the country.
You know, they are starting to pay the
troops.
Senate Democrats tank in the GOP plan to
pay troops, fund the Pentagon, now hits day
16 on this Friday, October 17, 2025.
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So the big question you're probably wondering is
when, and this is a very good question,
because I don't know the answer, when, guys,
I think when is the question, when, you
know, when will the U.S. vote to
reopen?
According to the stories that are out there
(48:12):
right now, and this could change, a Senate
vote will not take place on October 17,
unfortunately.
I'm not sure why.
They are hoping to reopen by the weekend.
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The Senate failed to advance the Republican backed
stopgap measure to extend the federal funding.
And it was only till November 21st.
So the question is, will they vote on
Monday to open the government?
Let's see here.
So it looks like, it's very vague.
A lot of details are not very clear.
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And it seems like, you know, and they
voted 10 times.
So this is like, like insane, if you
ask me.
And number 14, guys, ChatGPT launches strong parental
controls.
Parents gain new powers to shield teens on
AI platforms.
So ChatGPT's robust, newly launched parental controls give
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parents powerful tools to monitor and manage their
children's interactions with artificial intelligence services.
The update sets a new safety standard and
reflects growing demands for digital family protection.
You know, I think a lot of what's
going on, when people don't understand it, they
blame AI.
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You know, when it does something they like,
like, oh, AI is great, right?
But then when they don't understand something, then
they automatically blame AI.
And, you know, that's not really fair.
I said, AI is not good.
AI is not bad.
Just like technology is not good.
It's not bad.
It's a tool.
And how we use it makes it good
or bad.
So again, there's a lot going on.
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And there's a lot of politics with not
just the government reopening, but also how AI
is going to handle, you know, and now
that things are stopping, it's really, really crazy.
I mean, I think when we take a
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look at AI, we have to look at
the fact that AI is here, first and
foremost, to help us become better people.
It's not here to make us billionaires, okay?
AI is here to help us understand and
become better in our world, okay?
(50:53):
So that's something to understand, okay?
But if we just allow things to go
through just because it's going to be profitable,
(51:15):
just because it's going to be profitable, that
doesn't mean that it's going to be great
for you and for anyone else, right?
And so, you know, how do we protect
ourselves from bad AI?
(51:36):
And again, it's not the AI that's bad.
It's the usage.
You have to be aware of the sources
and credibility information you're consuming and what you're
connecting with.
You have to know that a lot of
people are using AI to create large databases
and to mine information that they normally would
not have the time to do.
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They're even being used for something which is
they will try to massively fill up your
log files on your server or create large
bogus registrations.
I'm not talking about hundreds, I'm talking like
thousands.
And the question is why do they do
it?
I think they just want to, they want
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to create havoc.
And the other thing is that they keep
doing it, you're not aware of it, it
will crash your system, it'll crash your server.
That's a huge, huge problem for everybody, okay?
And if we don't understand that, that's a
problem, okay?
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I think sometimes people realize one thing.
They realize the fact that we see something
out there and we jump on the, let's
say, the bandwagon effect, right?
(53:07):
Everybody else is doing it, so I guess
it's okay for me to do it too.
See, that doesn't mean it's okay.
So many people I know use AI for
something that is not going to create a
better life for them or a better life
for anybody else.
(53:28):
They use it for just nonsense.
And if we're using public servers out there,
right, and they're costing lots of money to
cool down, I don't know if you guys
know this, but how much, let's take a
gamble, how much does it cost to cool
(53:51):
an average AI data center, let's say, per
hour?
Anybody know?
So it's an estimate, okay?
Because it depends on what's running.
So cooling alone can account for over half
of the total energy usage.
I don't know if you know that.
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For a standard minimum, medium-sized AI data
centers cooling costs typically range from $1,000
to $4,000 per hour.
So if we think about that, let's take
it on the $2,000 mark, let's say
in the middle, and we take it times
(54:33):
365, let's take $2,000 times, let's
say, let's say one whole day from mid
to mid, let's say is 24 hours, okay?
(54:53):
All right.
Now multiply that times 365 days in a
year, $17,520,000 to keep just a
medium data center cool.
You have to realize they're going to be
passing that on to somebody, right?
(55:14):
They can't just say, well, gee, we can't.
So that's why I think they're going to
have to be mindful of the stuff that
you use AI for.
If you're doing something that doesn't require a
lot of processing, fine.
But if you're just like consuming so much
power, right, it uses a lot of water.
And I bet you're probably wondering this.
(55:35):
So how much water does this data center
use per hour?
How much water do you think it uses
per hour?
I mean, that's a really good question.
Again, we have to average it, right?
So we take a look at some of
the metrics out there.
A typical AI center will use between 18
(55:56):
,000 and 550,000 gallons of water per
day.
So let's just take that on the low
side.
Let's take 18,000, okay, times 365.
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That's 6,570,000 gallons of water.
That's absurd.
That's insane.
Well, ladies and gentlemen, I am John C.
Morley, serial entrepreneur.
I invite you to check out BelieveMeAchieve.com
(56:38):
for more of my amazing inspiring creations, short
form content, long form content, videos, reels, and
you can actually start to pick up some
nuggets that are going to improve the quality
of your life.
I hope you've enjoyed this episode of The
JMOR Tech Talk Show.
You can catch other shows that'll be airing
(56:58):
later on, and you can always catch them
on BelieveMeAchieve.com.
But most importantly, guys, I'm going to see
you next week for The JMOR Tech
Talk Show.
That'll be October 24th, and that'll just be
one week away from Halloween.
Have you figured out what you're going to
use for Halloween?
I got something really special I'm going to
share with you on next week's show.
I'm not going to share it today.
(57:19):
A neat costume that you can put on,
and let's just say it's pretty techie in
the way that it works.
Again, I am John C.
Morley, serial entrepreneur.
I hope you have a great rest of
your day, a great rest of your weekend.
I'll catch you guys next week right here
same time on The JMOR Tech Talk
(57:42):
Show, October 24th.
But if you missed the time, just go
out to the site, and you can watch
the show whenever it's convenient for you.
I leave you with this thought.
Technology, AI, and everything that's morphing every day
is not good, and it's not bad in
our world.
It's how we choose to use it that
makes it so.
Have yourself a great one, and use technology
(58:03):
wisely and smartly.
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