YouTube slow buffering, Apple splitting App Store, Anthropic’s deceptive LLMs + more! - TechLinked Jan. 15, 2024

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UPDATE: Adblock says it's THEIR fault, not YouTube's: https://www.neowin.net/news/adblock-google-did-not-slow-down-and-lag-youtube-performance-with-ad-blocker-on/

 

STILL BUFFING IT OUT

YouTube thought to be slowing video buffering for adblock users

https://9to5google.com/2024/01/13/youtube-new-wave-slow-downs-ad-blocker/

Hey that’s Riley!

https://www.reddit.com/r/youtube/comments/195octe/youtube_started_slowing_video_buffer_with_adblock/

-          Show full post

-          Then show the bottom of the video where TechLinked channel name is cropped out

-          Then zoom in on username of OP ‘Nightmean’

PCGamer says YouTube w Adblock increased CPU usage by 17%

https://lmg.gg/L0CtU

YT Premium users

https://www.reddit.com/r/youtube/comments/195octe/youtube_started_slowing_video_buffer_with_adblock/?q=premium&type=comment

https://www.neowin.net/news/youtube-appears-to-be-slowing-itself-down-upon-detecting-ad-blockers/

 

IT TAKES TEU

Apple will split the App Store in two to comply with EU Digital Markets Act

https://www.macrumors.com/2024/01/15/app-store-to-be-split-in-two/

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-01-14/how-to-buy-apple-vision-pro-3-499-device-to-go-on-sale-feb-2-lrdjtdm7

https://appleinsider.com/articles/24/01/15/apple-prepares-to-enable-sideloading-and-app-store-changes-in-eu

also 25-minute in-store demo for Vision Pro https://lmg.gg/qvMyg

b-roll https://youtu.be/TX9qSaGXFyg?t=79

Apple Watch 9 and Ultra 2 on sale again but will lose blood oximetry https://techcrunch.com/2024/01/15/apples-fix-for-the-apple-watch-series-9-and-ultra-2-sales-ban-is-disabling-a-useless-feature/

 

TOO HUMAN

Anthropic found that once an LLM learns to deceive, very difficult to reverse

https://www.businessinsider.com/ai-models-can-learn-deceptive-behaviors-anthropic-researchers-say-2024-1

https://www.anthropic.com/index/sleeper-agents-training-deceptive-llms-that-persist-through-safety-training

https://arxiv.org/pdf/2401.05566.pdf

2023, normal. 2024, vulnerabilities https://lmg.gg/H22ps

 

QUICK BITS

 

BET YA CAN’T BUY JUST ONE

Chinese universities, and state-run entities are still buying Nvidia chips despite US ban

https://www.reuters.com/technology/chinas-military-government-acquire-nvidia-chips-despite-us-ban-2024-01-14/

https://seekingalpha.com/news/4054919-chinese-military-universities-nvidia-ai-chips-us-ban

https://readwrite.com/chinas-military-and-government-acquire-nvidia-chips-despite-us-ban/

Not directly from Nvidia or Nvidia-approved retailers, despite Nvidia clearly attempting to skirt ban

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/11/10/nvidia-will-reportedly-sell-new-chips-to-china-that-still-meet-us-rules.html

 

DON’T LET IT FLY THE PLANE

Microsoft Copilot Pro brings $20 subscription to non-business users

https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/15/24038711/microsoft-copilot-pro-office-ai-apps

And to all businesses https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2024/01/15/bringing-the-full-power-of-copilot-to-more-people-and-businesses/

https://youtu.be/8QXS-boCQZI

 

WAR OF THE ACRONYMS

Sharp’s hidden QDEL demo at CES

https://www.digitaltrends.com/home-theater/sharp-qdel-tv-ces-2024/

https://youtu.be/eONWY3kbZc0

 

IT’S A JUNGLE IN HERE

A wave of Amazon products with ChatGPT error messages for names

https://arstechnica.com/ai/2024/01/lazy-use-of-ai-leads-to-amazon-products-called-i-cannot-fulfill-that-request/

https://futurism.com/amazon-products-ai-generated

https://boingboing.net/2024/01/12/amazon-product-name-is-an-openai-error-message.html

 

DIVERT POWER TO BS DETECTORS

Chinese military researchers say they figured out how to make an energy shield

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3247664/chinese-military-scientists-bring-energy-shield-science-fiction-life-defend-against-enemy-radiation?module=AI_Recommended_for_you_In-house&pgtype=homepage

https://bnnbreaking.com/world/china/chinas-groundbreaking-star-wars-defense-shield-a-new-chapter-in-modern-warfare/

NASA studied this in 1968 https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19680017501

https://lmg.gg/D35UE

[Shimejii]

I tweeted about the lag on Jan 10th. Its ad block ON chrome. Firefox doesnt seem to having the issue with an ad-block... for now.

[XWW]

@RILEYISMYNAME Have you looked into whether the slowdown may be due to Adblock's latest update? There's some evidence of this here: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/latest-adblock-update-causes-massive-youtube-performance-hit/

[RILEYISMYNAME]

17 hours ago, XWW said:

@RILEYISMYNAME Have you looked into whether the slowdown may be due to Adblock's latest update? There's some evidence of this here: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/latest-adblock-update-causes-massive-youtube-performance-hit/

yeah, turns out it's Adblock's fault. News came out WHILE we were filming - I pinned a comment, changed the title, and updated the video description and chapter title

https://www.neowin.net/news/adblock-google-did-not-slow-down-and-lag-youtube-performance-with-ad-blocker-on/