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00:00This is Daily World Podcast's Tech Insights broadcast for May 20th, 2025.

00:15I'm Angela, ready to dive into the latest advances in the world of technology.

00:21Klarna CEO Sebastian Simiakowski has announced a shift back towards human customer support

00:27after the company's reliance on AI resulted in lower quality service.

00:32This decision follows a significant drop in Klarna's valuation,

00:35prompting a recruitment drive for customer support roles while still planning to integrate AI into operations.

00:42President Trump has signed the Take It Down Act,

00:44which criminalizes the distribution of non-consensual intimate images, including AI-generated deepfakes.

00:50The law requires social media platforms to remove such content within 48 hours of notification.

00:57While the legislation aims to protect survivors,

01:00critics raise concerns about potential negative impacts on privacy technologies.

01:05The Federal Trade Commission will oversee enforcement, with companies granted a year to comply.

01:11In the gaming sector, many Russian users are facing mass account suspensions on PlayStation.

01:17Sony has implemented these blocks to prevent circumvention of regional restrictions,

01:21particularly concerning PS, plus subscriptions unavailable in Russia,

01:25causing significant issues for users with purchased accounts.

01:29A student has developed a tool that utilizes AI to identify individuals labeled as radicals on Reddit,

01:36deploying bots to engage with them in conversation.

01:39This innovative approach aims to address online extremism.

01:44Elfinjohn has expressed strong opposition to UK government plans

01:48that would allow big tech to train AI on artists' works without permission or compensation.

01:53He has labeled this move as theft on a high scale,

01:57and criticized it for undermining the rights and resources of young artists,

02:01urging Prime Minister Kerr Starmer to take action.

02:05Microsoft has announced layoffs affecting around 6,000 employees,

02:09with software engineers and product managers being the most impacted.

02:13This restructuring reflects a shift in the company's priorities,

02:17particularly regarding the increasing role of AI in coding tasks.

02:20A groundbreaking development in technology has emerged with the introduction of the CL1 computer

02:27by Melbourne-based Startup Cortical Labs.

02:30This computer integrates human neurons with silicon technology,

02:34aimed at applications in disease modeling and drug discovery,

02:37raising ethical questions about synthetic biological intelligence.

02:43Civitai is temporarily halting card payments due to its payment processor ceasing service,

02:47urging users to purchase buzz or annual memberships before the deadline.

02:52The platform assures users it will continue operations with alternative payment methods

02:56like cryptocurrency and ACH coming soon.

03:00Amber Scora, a whistleblower advocate, has co-founded PST,

03:04a non-profit designed to help tech and government whistleblowers

03:08share information safely and anonymously.

03:11PST offers a digital safe and an information escrow system

03:15to protect identities and encourage collective reporting.

03:19The integration of sliding window attention support into LAMA CPP

03:23has significantly reduced the memory requirements for running the Gemma 3 model,

03:28allowing for a more efficient caching mechanism,

03:30despite introducing limitations on context caching.

03:35Microsoft has announced that it will open-source

03:38almost all of the Windows subsystem for Linux,

03:40a tool essential for developers since its launch in 2016,

03:45allowing for community contributions while keeping two components closed-source.

03:50Amazon's new generative AI-driven digital assistant Alexa

03:54has been in an early access program for six weeks,

03:57but reports indicate a lack of verified users,

04:00raising questions about public engagement and the product's readiness.

04:03Microsoft has introduced a new USB-C standard aimed at enhancing AI applications,

04:11while a developer claims to have open-sourced a similar concept just three days earlier,

04:16highlighting the competitive landscape in the tech industry.

04:20The VS Code team has announced their transition

04:23to an open-source AI editor

04:25by open-sourcing the GitHub Copilot chat extension under the MIT license,

04:30aiming to enhance community collaboration and transparency in AI development.

04:36SAGAFTRA has filed an unfair labor practice charge against LAMA Productions

04:41for using an AI-generated voice of Darth Vader in Fortnite without proper negotiation,

04:46arguing that this replacement of human performers violates their members' rights.

04:50A new book about open AI reveals that co-founder Ilya Sutskever

04:56proposed building a doomsday bunker

04:58to protect the company's scientists from potential chaos

05:01following the release of artificial general intelligence.

05:04This reflects deep anxieties among open AI's leadership

05:08regarding the implications of AGI.

05:12Microsoft's Ramanathan V. Guha

05:14has introduced NLWEB,

05:16an open protocol aimed at allowing any website

05:19to implement AI-driven search features easily.

05:22This initiative seeks to decentralize AI interactions on the web,

05:26enabling developers to create custom chatbots

05:29that leverage their own data,

05:31potentially transforming user engagement online.

05:35This concludes our tech-focused broadcast of Daily World podcast.

05:40I'm Angela, encouraging you to stay curious about the future of technology.

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