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00:02:53.199All right, this is a very interesting subject.
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00:02:59.439Anthropic introduces a new watermarking system for detecting AI-generated text.
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00:03:04.960To learn more, let's go to our reporter for Jennifer Merrick with more on the story.
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00:03:07.120Thanks, Nathan.
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00:03:23.599Unlike Google's Gemini and other AI systems that rely on metadata or external labels, Enthropic's method embeds a subtle, invisible pattern directly into the text.
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00:03:29.840The goal is to give platforms, educators, and regulators a reliable way to spot AI-generated content.
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00:03:38.800Think of it as a code embedded in the words themselves, like a hidden cipher built from a combination of words.
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00:03:45.599The question I have is if everyone has access to find out if you use AI, will this make people stop using it?
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00:03:53.199You don't think I that's a good question.
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00:04:13.439If there is a system out there that I can cut in your information that you sent to me, let's see, let's talk about like a teacher or or your boss at work or anybody that they can just go to an easy site, cut and paste all the stuff that you've written, and then all of a sudden it comes on out and says 98% guaranteed to be AI.
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00:04:15.439Well, what happens to you then?
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00:04:17.759Uh well, I don't know.
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00:04:20.720I guess it depends on whether or not you're supposed to be using AI.
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00:04:27.839Okay, well, Anthropic is launching a new text watermarking system that acts like a fingerprint inside its AI writing.
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00:04:45.839Now, this is completely different than Google's Gemini and other watermarking techniques where they'll put in a hidden logo or a hidden image or something in there that most of the time, if you cut and paste and you put it into a different system, you can scrape it, you can get rid of that information, you can resave it as a new file.
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00:04:51.519But Enthropic's watermark system stays intact because it lives inside the text itself.
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00:05:02.480It means the system uses a technique called token steering where the AI nudges its phrasing forward with certain synonyms or structures.
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00:05:08.319When analyzed, these choices form a pattern that says, yes, this was written by Claude.
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00:05:11.600So it's nothing that you do, it's just it knows certain words.
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00:05:14.399So like take the word exaggerated.
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00:05:21.600It may use exaggerated on its AI models 98% of the time when it's writing something.
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00:05:28.800So it'll say, okay, this word exaggerated is now followed by the word the blah blah blah or some other word that it has.
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00:05:39.279And it says, okay, exaggerated with this word and this word, all of a sudden is how anthropic would come on up with the creation of this text, and then it labels it as AI written text.
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00:05:44.480So it's nothing that you do, you would have to go through, it's it's like a game of mad libs.
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00:05:52.959You'd have to go through in every advert chain, every adjective change that it written out there for you because that's how it detects the model.
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00:06:00.560Well, I feel very confident right now that that is not gonna work.
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00:06:14.240So I I it the watermarking system it I I think it's gonna work for a while, and then what I would think is that someone will come up a way to break the watermarking system, and then that will be used.
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00:06:32.319But all of a sudden, we're gonna have tons of companies that are gonna decide on if they're using AI generated logic to take a look at what people are creating, and I think it's gonna I think it's actually gonna r reduce people from using AI.
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00:06:36.480So we opened up we opened a Pandora's box.
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00:06:38.720We can't put the monster back in.
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00:06:54.160All right, and there's nothing that anybody's gonna be able to do to curb the usage of this piece because of how off how it's being used already.
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00:06:58.079So you already said you already said that you already said it.
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00:07:05.680Somebody isn't already trying to figure out how to get rid of that watermark, and they're gonna figure it out.
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00:07:08.160And then this system's not gonna work anymore.
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00:07:14.160And who knows if you can even just trick Claude into not doing that?
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00:07:15.920Well, so so it's interesting.
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00:07:23.360According to OpenAI, they've had the ability to do this for a while, but they haven't released any of the the models out there.
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00:07:30.959So are you gonna have one system like Claude where they decide that they have a tracking system and they're gonna create a tool so people can tell if it's AI or not?
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00:07:32.160Yeah, it's just not gonna work.
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00:07:41.839What what hap what triggers the AI by using some sneaky white text in the side?
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00:07:43.120So I'll I'll just say this.
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00:07:48.240I I'm not hearing tons of people talk about this in the mainstream media yet.
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00:07:52.959Give it two or three weeks, and I'm thinking I think this is gonna be a huge topic.
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00:08:03.759And what we're doing is we're talking about it now on the show, saying that we have some concerns on how they have the false positives, how the flock cameras misencode license plate.
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00:08:17.519If we're starting to just try to determine if AI is written or is not written, I think this is opening, and it's being created because EU regulators want to have this service available to know if things are AI or not.
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00:08:21.920So this is kind of the European Union's response to AI.
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00:08:24.160Very interested to see how this plays out.
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00:08:27.439I think less people will use AI, but you're saying that you don't think it'll be a good idea.
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00:08:30.240I don't think it no, I don't think it's gonna curb AI use.
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00:08:36.080This this this technology develops too quickly for guardrails to be put in place.
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00:08:47.440Well, the FBI has issued a warning that hackers are stealing private photos from online accounts.
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00:08:59.039This is a new nationwide alert warning that cyber criminals are breaking into online accounts belonging to both adults and children in order to try and steal sexually explicit photos and videos.
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00:09:05.840And then the investigators say that that stolen content is being used for blackmail harassment or resale in criminal markets.
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00:09:18.399According to the Bureau, attackers are targeting social media profiles and other online platforms, pulling any private images that they can find, and pairing them with the victim's personal information, which we already know is already out there.
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00:09:18.799Yep.
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00:09:22.639Including names, birthdays, emails, phone numbers, social media handles.
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00:09:28.320That data is then shared with other criminals who continue the exploitation through sextortion schemes.
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00:09:36.320Sextortion typically involves threatening to publicly release nude photos unless victims pay money or provide additional explicit content.
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00:09:48.000The FBI says victims often face repeated harassment, stalking, and impersonation, with some criminals even posting stolen images directly on the victims on social media pages.
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00:09:54.799The Bureau has also issued a joint warning with the NCAA noting that student athletes are increasingly being targeted.
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00:10:02.000Attackers attempt to compromise their accounts, steal private content, and use their public visibility to intensify threats.
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00:10:06.480Schools are being urged to educate athletes and staff about the growing risk.
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00:10:18.879Officials say that criminals often begin with fake verification messages, unsolicited text claiming an account will be disabled without code, or emails with password reset links referencing suspicious logins.
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00:10:27.039The FBI stresses that legitimate services never ask users to send back verifications, codes, or kit PIN numbers.
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00:10:39.279To reduce risk, the agency advises users not to store explicit content on social media or cloud accessible accounts, to use strong passwords and to enable multi-factor authentication.
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00:10:46.559While the FBI did not specify what prompted the latest alert, similar warnings have followed spikes in reported cases.
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00:10:57.679In one recent example, a Canadian man was sentenced to 33 years in prison for his extortion scheme targeting more than 145 US children over eight years.
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00:10:58.639Alright.
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00:11:00.000So there you go.
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00:11:01.840So she is you know what?
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00:11:06.960Why in the world do people still do this today?
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00:11:14.480Take nude photos and put them up on cloud services or social media accounts or anything if for that reason.
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00:11:18.000I don't my honest Yeah, what's your what's your what's your honest opinion?
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00:11:18.960People are stupid.
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00:11:19.919Okay, yeah, okay.
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00:11:20.639I get you that.
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00:11:21.279People are stupid.
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00:11:21.600Okay.
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00:11:26.720It's it's called it's why why do convenience stores exist?
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00:11:28.480Because we're lazy.
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00:11:28.879Right.
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00:11:30.240Instead of going to the grocery store.
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00:11:32.799Instead of going to the grocery store, we go to the convenience store.
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00:11:36.399Markups and grocery grocery stores are usually lower than convenience stores.
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00:11:36.879Absolutely.
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00:11:39.759I mean convenience stores are normally double the price of what you'd see.
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00:11:40.480Yep.
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00:11:41.519Same thing here.
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00:11:43.039It's convenient.
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00:11:44.879They always have access to it.
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00:11:48.480This is this is the devil's playground, right?
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00:11:49.440All right.
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00:11:56.559Because this is this is just everything you could ever want out of your technology.
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00:11:59.120It it gives you instant gratification.
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00:12:05.440You can you can be a grump online without having your identity showing.
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00:12:07.279You can do all kinds of things.
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00:12:15.519So, you know, the fact that we can even send explicit photos to people, yeah, that's just that's just par for the course.
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00:12:18.320Everything you could ever want out of your technology.
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00:12:20.879It it gives you instant gratification.
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00:12:29.039You can you can be a grump online without having your identity showing, you can do all kinds of things.
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00:12:37.279So, you know, the fact that we can even send explicit photos to people, yeah, that's just that's just par for the course.
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00:12:40.480I I'm starting to struggle a lot with uh I I love Reddit, right?
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00:12:41.440So I go to Reddit.
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00:12:46.480You you you can now post on Reddit anom anonymously, right?
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00:12:49.679Yeah, why the heck would you ever post anonymously?
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00:12:55.360If you're gonna post something on the internet, the internet was built for this kind of trash.
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00:12:58.159And that's why that's why the internet is trashy.
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00:13:01.759The internet is the social media is the sewer of the internet.
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00:13:02.240Okay.
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00:13:03.919Okay, I'd agree with you there.
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00:13:14.399All the garbage that you can pour into into this social network that can't be regulated.
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00:13:15.120All right.
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00:13:17.120I I you know what the note to self.
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00:13:19.840Please, if you're taking nude photos, I'm already going.
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00:13:21.840Don't be don't be putting them on your phone.
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00:13:23.200Don't be putting them on.
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00:13:26.639Go back to that old traditional thing called an original camera, you know?
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00:13:28.480Go get an oil painting.
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00:13:29.279There you go.
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00:13:31.120All right, story number three.
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00:13:35.759All right, speak speaking of unique things, Bumble.
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00:13:38.399You know, Bumble is the big dating service, right?
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00:13:38.879Yeah.
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00:13:43.759It's making a major shift, cutting its long-standing woman first messaging rule.
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00:13:45.360Somebody did that already.
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00:13:46.320Well, no, no, no.
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00:13:47.360So they're removing it.
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00:13:48.240They're removing it.
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00:13:52.960So Bumble used to be that women would have to engage the man first.
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00:13:57.440This feature has defined the app since its launch in 2014.
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00:14:06.639The company says, though, changes follow user testing and survey showing 66% of women now prefer men to send the first message.
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00:14:14.159So it's the women on the platform that are asking for the change because they don't want to spend the time to send the first message.
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00:14:16.879They want the man to send the first message.
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00:14:18.240With why?
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00:14:20.240Well, I don't know.
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00:14:24.399I I I don't I I so you can go to Tinder.
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00:14:30.159There's plenty of other dating apps that you can be using to do this type of stuff if you want the man to reach out first.
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00:14:33.600But 66% of the women now prefer to have men send the first message.
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00:14:37.279With the update, though, either person in a match can start the conversation.
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00:14:39.120So they didn't turn it over just to men.
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00:14:41.360Now, either or wow, what a concept.
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00:14:45.039Okay, Bumble is also extending its match timer.
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00:14:53.279Users now have three days to send the first message instead of 24 hours, a move aimed to reducing pressure and increasing engagement.
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00:15:05.279Founder Whitney Wolf heard says the platform community is asking for more flexibility in that the original rule, while groundbreaking at launch, no longer reflects how people want to connect.
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00:15:08.000Reaction online has been mixed.
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00:15:11.360Some of the users say the change makes Bumble feel like any other dating app.
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00:15:12.159It is.
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00:15:13.039Well, that's right.
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00:15:19.120Well, others welcome the shift after finding the women first rule frustrating or ineffective.
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00:15:21.519Who's Okay, all right, all right.
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00:15:22.960Who's saying it's okay.
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00:15:24.559This this whole thing is stupid.
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00:15:28.240All right, so you said you mentioned earlier that there is a bumble community.
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00:15:29.840There is a whole bumble community.
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00:15:30.240Okay.
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00:15:35.679So that right there in itself tells you how stupid dating apps are.
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00:15:39.519There's not supposed to be a community on dating apps.
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00:15:40.399You mean you're supposed to be able to do that?
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00:15:45.039You're supposed to get on on a dating app, find a date, and get off the dating app, right?
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00:15:45.360What?
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00:15:48.240But these these dating apps are not signed up that way.
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00:15:49.279They're not set up that way.
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00:15:51.679No, they're set up to keep you coming back.
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00:15:58.240They're set up because if you if you don't keep coming back, what does that mean for them?
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00:15:59.440They don't get paid.
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00:16:00.080That's right.
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00:16:00.480That's right.
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00:16:00.879Right?
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00:16:01.200Yep.
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00:16:05.279So dating apps are set up to not get you a date.
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00:16:07.279They're set up to keep you on the dating app.
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00:16:07.919Yeah.
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00:16:08.639Right?
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00:16:26.240So if you have sixty-six of sixty-six percent of women who don't want to which is really kind of a weird thing that's come up because bumble started with this whole idea, and that's what made it successful in the first place.
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00:16:27.039That is correct.
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00:16:35.200And now if sixty six sixty si uh I can't even say that, sixty-six percent of women are now saying they prefer the man to do it.
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00:16:36.240Well, just get on Tinder.
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00:16:36.639Okay.
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00:16:40.879Well, you know, match can't be just get rid of your bumble community, BS.
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00:16:41.279Okay.
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00:16:50.879Matchmaking experts note that the feature that was once empowering early on is lost relevance as dating norms have evolved.
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00:16:55.440So so the dating norms have evolved back to the traditional.
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00:16:56.559They've devolved.
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00:17:04.319So they've evolved back to the 1970s where the guy would go into the bar and uh do pickup lines to the way.
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00:17:06.880So we've now evolved all the way back to 1970s.
00:17:07.519 -->
00:17:08.559Here's my recommendation.
00:17:08.640 -->
00:17:08.799Yeah.
00:17:09.039 -->
00:17:09.519Always.
00:17:10.480 -->
00:17:11.759Don't use dating apps.
00:17:12.319 -->
00:17:12.799They're stupid.
00:17:12.960 -->
00:17:13.599Okay, that's there.
00:17:13.759 -->
00:17:14.000You go.
00:17:14.160 -->
00:17:15.119Is that how you feel?
00:17:15.359 -->
00:17:16.079I I yes.
00:17:16.240 -->
00:17:16.400Okay.
00:17:16.559 -->
00:17:18.960Oh well, that ends our top technology stories of the week.
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00:17:25.200Next, we dive into our letter segment featuring scams submitted by the listeners, some studio selected emails.
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00:17:26.319Make sure you listen.
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00:17:39.680This will help save your security, save your mind, save your ability to distinguish between phishing emails, bad emails, and those that you should be clicking.
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00:17:41.599We'll see you after this commercial break.
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00:18:35.440Welcome back to Tech Time with Nathan Mum.
00:18:35.680 -->
00:18:40.160Our weekly show covers the top technology subjects without any political data.
00:18:40.240 -->
00:18:42.720We verify, or without any political agenda.
00:18:42.960 -->
00:18:43.359Data?
00:18:44.000 -->
00:18:45.519Without any political agenda.
00:18:45.680 -->
00:18:46.640We verify the facts.
00:18:46.720 -->
00:18:49.920We do it with a sense of humor in less than 60 minutes, and of course, a little whiskey on the side.
00:18:50.000 -->
00:18:52.720Today, Mark Gregoire, our whiskey connoisseur, is not in studio.
00:18:52.799 -->
00:18:55.039That should just now be removed from the script.
00:18:55.279 -->
00:18:57.920Mark, our whiskey connoisseur is remote.
00:18:58.240 -->
00:19:01.599He's spending his time, I think, around the United States.
00:19:01.680 -->
00:19:03.680He's kind of like Carmen San Diego.
00:19:03.839 -->
00:19:06.319Where is Mark and Carmen San Diego?
00:19:06.400 -->
00:19:06.640Okay.
00:19:06.799 -->
00:19:11.039All right, Mark, what have you where are you at and what have you what have you chosen for us today?
00:19:11.279 -->
00:19:13.039Where in the world is Carmen San Diego?
00:19:13.119 -->
00:19:14.480That's how that, that's how that works.
00:19:14.640 -->
00:19:14.880Okay.
00:19:15.039 -->
00:19:15.519All right.
00:19:15.920 -->
00:19:20.160I'm glad today it's not singing National Singing Day because Nathan would fail that.
00:19:21.039 -->
00:19:21.359Okay.
00:19:21.680 -->
00:19:29.279So today, what you gentlemen are drinking is Bardstown, the single barrel barrel wheated Kentucky straight bourbon.
00:19:29.519 -->
00:19:30.000It's delicious.
00:19:31.759 -->
00:19:33.920From Bardstown's bourbon company's website.
00:19:34.000 -->
00:19:35.440Let's see what they say about it, Mike.
00:19:35.519 -->
00:19:44.480So they say their single barrel weeded is a six-plus year Kentucky straight weeded bourbon made with locally sourced Kentucky corn and wheat.
00:19:44.720 -->
00:19:49.920The 20% wheat mashville is designed to create a softer, more rounded bourbon.
00:19:50.400 -->
00:19:54.480Each barrel is bottled at barrel strength, so every selection has its own character.
00:19:54.960 -->
00:20:02.400Bardtown describes this weeded recipe with notes of stone fruit, coffee, cocoa, and a rich balanced finish.
00:20:03.519 -->
00:20:10.799So this is brought to you by the company Lofted Spirits, which owns Bardstown's bourbon company, which is in Bardstown, Kentucky.
00:20:10.880 -->
00:20:13.440It's a straight bourbon, six plus years old.
00:20:13.599 -->
00:20:16.960It's 128.4 proof.
00:20:17.200 -->
00:20:18.559But it sure doesn't taste that way.
00:20:18.720 -->
00:20:19.279It doesn't.
00:20:20.480 -->
00:20:20.799No.
00:20:21.039 -->
00:20:26.400The mash bill is 68% corn, 20% wheat, 12% malted barley.
00:20:26.720 -->
00:20:29.759And this particular bottle was$81.
00:20:31.200 -->
00:20:31.680You know what?
00:20:31.839 -->
00:20:32.799This is$81.
00:20:33.680 -->
00:20:36.559This is really, really, really good.
00:20:37.359 -->
00:20:42.640This is really, really I mean, I can taste the proof, but there's no bad bite.
00:20:42.799 -->
00:20:52.559I mean, it's just boom in your face, and then you feel it, and it just kind of has that sultry little sultry little burn.
00:20:53.200 -->
00:20:54.000Sultry burn.
00:20:54.319 -->
00:20:54.640Okay.
00:20:54.799 -->
00:20:55.039Yeah.
00:20:55.440 -->
00:21:01.119So that's gonna tell me that the remaining uh liquid in that bottle will not be making its way back to me.
00:21:01.599 -->
00:21:02.400So that's fine.
00:21:02.640 -->
00:21:03.200That's true.
00:21:03.359 -->
00:21:04.960And I also I also know this.
00:21:05.119 -->
00:21:05.680What's that?
00:21:05.839 -->
00:21:08.160AI will never accuse you of using it.
00:21:08.400 -->
00:21:09.359That's right.
00:21:09.920 -->
00:21:10.400Of me?
00:21:10.559 -->
00:21:11.599Of me using it?
00:21:12.079 -->
00:21:12.880Of you using it.
00:21:12.960 -->
00:21:13.359Yeah, I know.
00:21:13.440 -->
00:21:13.680That's true.
00:21:13.839 -->
00:21:14.240Yeah, yeah.
00:21:14.319 -->
00:21:14.480Yeah.
00:21:14.720 -->
00:21:17.200After you read our scripts, you know that AI isn't writing these.
00:21:17.279 -->
00:21:18.000Is that what you're trying to say?
00:21:18.160 -->
00:21:19.920No, after listening to you use words.
00:21:20.000 -->
00:21:20.400Oh, okay.
00:21:20.640 -->
00:21:23.599It will never, it will never say you're using AI.
00:21:23.759 -->
00:21:24.240Oh, okay.
00:21:24.319 -->
00:21:25.039All right, okay.
00:21:25.279 -->
00:21:32.400And for those of you that like to hear about AI and Nathan stumble over words like I'm doing, don't forget to like and subscribe.
00:21:32.559 -->
00:21:36.799And for those of you out there drinking, drink responsibly, Evan can wait.
00:21:37.039 -->
00:21:37.359All right.
00:21:37.440 -->
00:21:40.559With our whiskey tasting completed, let's move on to our feature segment.
00:21:40.720 -->
00:21:46.799Today, we bring back the funny yet informative reading of emails that I've received during the last couple weeks.
00:21:46.960 -->
00:21:54.799This includes scam, phishing emails, texting scams, and all out mistruths disguised as legitimate emails in a segment we call letters.
00:22:08.240 -->
00:22:08.640All right.
00:22:08.720 -->
00:22:10.160These emails have been sent to me.
00:22:10.400 -->
00:22:12.400I know that each of us I'll have one to read.
00:22:12.559 -->
00:22:14.480So we're going to start out with the board operator first.
00:22:14.640 -->
00:22:15.599Tracy's up first.
00:22:15.680 -->
00:22:19.279Now, you Tracy, you have like three, but they're all connected together.
00:22:19.440 -->
00:22:26.400So the as you as you go through this, you're going to kind of see that all of these have kind of the same things that are sent.
00:22:26.559 -->
00:22:29.519So what do you have to start out your letter segment?
00:22:29.839 -->
00:22:32.240Well, these were all sent to you on Thursday.
00:22:32.559 -->
00:22:32.880Okay.
00:22:33.279 -->
00:22:37.920The first one was from No Reply Warner Brothers Studio Tour Hollywood.
00:22:38.160 -->
00:22:38.720Ooh, okay.
00:22:38.880 -->
00:22:39.759Warner Brothers.
00:22:40.559 -->
00:22:43.839And it's Dear Amelia Smith via keyword thrust.
00:22:44.160 -->
00:22:48.000Thank you for contacting the Warner Brothers Studio Tour Hollywood.
00:22:48.400 -->
00:22:53.920This is an automated response to provide reassurance that your email has been received, your case number, and they give you a number.
00:22:54.400 -->
00:22:57.359Our team will respond to you as soon as possible for further assistance.
00:22:57.440 -->
00:22:59.920Please visit our online FAQ page.
00:23:00.880 -->
00:23:02.400With a big link there to click on.
00:23:02.960 -->
00:23:03.200Yes.
00:23:03.440 -->
00:23:03.680Okay.
00:23:04.000 -->
00:23:05.039And what time was that sent?
00:23:05.359 -->
00:23:06.880This was sent at 10.02 AM.
00:23:07.279 -->
00:23:08.0001002 AM.
00:23:08.319 -->
00:23:08.559Okay.
00:23:08.640 -->
00:23:08.799Yeah.
00:23:09.200 -->
00:23:09.839What's the next email?
00:23:10.079 -->
00:23:14.720Then you have one also sent at 10.02 AM on August 13th.
00:23:14.880 -->
00:23:15.440Whoa, okay.
00:23:15.680 -->
00:23:17.680But from Big Scoots Abuse.
00:23:17.839 -->
00:23:18.160Ooh.
00:23:18.400 -->
00:23:18.720Yeah.
00:23:18.880 -->
00:23:21.680And it's inquiries via keyword thrust.
00:23:21.920 -->
00:23:22.079Okay.
00:23:22.480 -->
00:23:23.599Thank you for your requests.
00:23:23.759 -->
00:23:25.200We'll be in touch momentarily.
00:23:25.440 -->
00:23:27.440Thank you for reaching out to Globeite.
00:23:28.720 -->
00:23:34.480And it has a ticket URL with a big link that you're supposed to click on.
00:23:34.720 -->
00:23:34.960Okay.
00:23:35.359 -->
00:23:41.359And the third one also sent at 10.02 AM on August 13th from Big Scoots Abuse.
00:23:41.680 -->
00:23:42.000Okay.
00:23:42.400 -->
00:23:44.319Inquiries via keyword thrust.
00:23:44.400 -->
00:23:45.279Thank you for your request.
00:23:45.359 -->
00:23:46.960We'll be in touch momentarily.
00:23:47.279 -->
00:23:48.880Thank you for reaching out to Globelite.
00:23:48.960 -->
00:23:51.279It's identical to the second one, actually.
00:23:51.519 -->
00:23:51.839Okay.
00:23:52.960 -->
00:23:56.400So so I have so I had an email sent to me exactly the same time.
00:23:56.720 -->
00:23:56.960Yep.
00:23:57.200 -->
00:23:58.079Three at the same time.
00:23:58.319 -->
00:23:59.440At three at the same time.
00:23:59.680 -->
00:24:04.640So probably first red flag is if you got three emails coming into you exactly at the same time.
00:24:04.880 -->
00:24:06.079All of them have links.
00:24:06.400 -->
00:24:08.400All of them have like some keywords in there.
00:24:08.480 -->
00:24:11.680They have kind of the the the same type of formatting.
00:24:11.839 -->
00:24:13.759All of them wanting you to click on a link.
00:24:14.720 -->
00:24:16.319Guess what happens when you click on the link?
00:24:17.680 -->
00:24:18.319Nothing.
00:24:18.960 -->
00:24:20.400No, actually something happened still.
00:24:20.480 -->
00:24:22.079It was still alive when I when I clicked on the link.
00:24:22.240 -->
00:24:23.200Well, it's gotta be bad.
00:24:23.440 -->
00:24:23.920Well, it does.
00:24:24.000 -->
00:24:28.640So when you click on the link itself, it says, We see your support ticket has been closed.
00:24:28.880 -->
00:24:36.720So all of those supposedly are sending me a link so we can have a ticket that we can get taken care of or an issue that needs to be taken care of.
00:24:37.759 -->
00:24:42.240So when you click on it, it says your ticket has been closed.
00:24:42.400 -->
00:24:44.960If this is an error, please call us.
00:24:45.119 -->
00:24:50.400And it gave a 1877 number, which is kind of like a 1-800 number.
00:24:50.480 -->
00:24:51.759So it was a free number.
00:24:51.920 -->
00:24:53.680I could call for support.
00:24:53.920 -->
00:24:56.880So I call for support, and guess what happens?
00:24:57.200 -->
00:24:57.920Bad thing.
00:24:58.079 -->
00:24:59.599Well, no, I got a person from it.
00:24:59.680 -->
00:25:00.880Sounds like they're in a call center.
00:25:01.119 -->
00:25:02.640There's a bunch of noise going on in the background.
00:25:02.720 -->
00:25:07.440And I got a heavy accented individual here trying to unlock my computer.
00:25:07.759 -->
00:25:08.720Unlock your computer.
00:25:09.039 -->
00:25:10.160When did your computer get locked?
00:25:10.319 -->
00:25:13.839Well, I I so I call him up and I say, Hey, I have this email from Warner Brothers.
00:25:13.920 -->
00:25:15.759They said, Oh, your ticket was closed, wasn't it?
00:25:15.920 -->
00:25:17.680I said, Yes, my ticket was closed.
00:25:17.759 -->
00:25:20.319He's like, Oh, yes, we need to go take a look at your computers.
00:25:20.559 -->
00:25:22.400Probably give us remote access.
00:25:22.559 -->
00:25:23.759That's exactly why.
00:25:23.920 -->
00:25:26.240This is like you're setting up a tour.
00:25:26.559 -->
00:25:28.160What does that have to do with your computer?
00:25:28.400 -->
00:25:29.039Well, you know what?
00:25:29.119 -->
00:25:32.559I guess the Warner Brothers studio wasn't really setting up tour for me.
00:25:32.720 -->
00:25:32.960Yeah.
00:25:33.200 -->
00:25:45.039And so what was happening is there's a call center in India or anywhere around the world with a person, and their job was to get me online and to tell me my computer was corrupted.
00:25:45.200 -->
00:25:48.079So they're luring you into giving them remote access.
00:25:48.559 -->
00:25:49.200Remote access.
00:25:49.279 -->
00:25:52.319This is kind of the whole uh This is the beekeeper movie right here.
00:25:54.319 -->
00:25:55.519Watch the beekeeper movie.
00:25:55.759 -->
00:25:56.160What's that?
00:25:56.240 -->
00:25:56.559That's right.
00:25:56.640 -->
00:25:57.039What's that?
00:25:57.359 -->
00:25:58.640It doesn't even make any sense.
00:25:58.799 -->
00:26:00.559And what is keyword thrust?
00:26:00.720 -->
00:26:01.119What's that?
00:26:01.279 -->
00:26:03.039Is that something we should be looking out for?
00:26:03.279 -->
00:26:03.920Keyword thrust.
00:26:04.160 -->
00:26:05.200I have no idea why it's there.
00:26:05.440 -->
00:26:06.799Because it's all over all of these.
00:26:07.119 -->
00:26:13.279And I don't know why you would put that as your main header in in your emails that you would send to somebody.
00:26:13.519 -->
00:26:17.839Well, yeah, and then it just means if you push this link, you're gonna get screwed.
00:26:18.079 -->
00:26:22.240Yeah, keyword underscore thrust at PPC outsourcing agency.
00:26:22.480 -->
00:26:23.119Yes.
00:26:23.440 -->
00:26:25.599And all your case numbers are different, by the way.
00:26:25.839 -->
00:26:28.480Oh, they are, but when I click on the link, it goes all to the same spot.
00:26:28.720 -->
00:26:29.440I bet it does.
00:26:29.599 -->
00:26:30.720So it does that.
00:26:40.880 -->
00:26:43.119So why would I follow that trail of thought?
00:26:43.359 -->
00:26:43.680What?
00:26:43.920 -->
00:26:47.599They have to do so much to get you so confused that you're not sure what's happening.
00:26:48.000 -->
00:26:49.519Yeah, my computer had a virus.
00:26:49.759 -->
00:26:50.079Correct.
00:26:50.319 -->
00:26:51.440Your computer didn't have a virus.
00:26:53.119 -->
00:26:53.519No, no, no.
00:26:53.759 -->
00:26:55.839The person told me I had a virus and he was here to help me.
00:26:56.079 -->
00:26:56.640That's insane.
00:26:56.799 -->
00:26:57.519He was here to help me.
00:26:57.680 -->
00:26:57.920That's it.
00:26:58.160 -->
00:26:59.680People don't follow for these.
00:26:59.759 -->
00:27:00.079Come on.
00:27:00.319 -->
00:27:00.640Okay.
00:27:00.720 -->
00:27:01.680Well, you know what?
00:27:01.759 -->
00:27:09.279If you get three emails from the same place in the same exact minute, probably it's a scam or somebody is sending them all out.
00:27:09.359 -->
00:27:10.079That would be the first thing.
00:27:10.160 -->
00:27:11.759Oh, wait, just I don't have my hat.
00:27:12.000 -->
00:27:12.880Oh, you don't have your hat.
00:27:13.279 -->
00:27:14.079You need to get it for this one.
00:27:15.440 -->
00:27:16.240Don't click on things.
00:27:17.119 -->
00:27:20.160That's just the number one I've I've taught everybody I know.
00:27:20.480 -->
00:27:21.200Don't click on it.
00:27:21.279 -->
00:27:23.920And if you're not sure, Google it.
00:27:24.240 -->
00:27:29.119Straight out, Google it, and say, Is this a legitimate email address?
00:27:29.200 -->
00:27:30.880Or is this a scam?
00:27:30.960 -->
00:27:32.720And tell the title of your thing.
00:27:32.960 -->
00:27:34.000Google it and check.
00:27:34.160 -->
00:27:35.039Call a friend.
00:27:35.279 -->
00:27:36.240Phone a friend.
00:27:36.559 -->
00:27:37.279Don't click on it.
00:27:37.519 -->
00:27:43.759So on this article, Mark Mike's gonna wear this hat, and then on the next article, he's gonna wear his other hats because he's now got two cuts.
00:27:44.000 -->
00:27:44.559I got two hats.
00:27:46.240 -->
00:27:46.640That's right.
00:27:46.720 -->
00:27:46.880All right.
00:27:46.960 -->
00:27:48.000This this is a great story.
00:27:48.319 -->
00:27:49.200Tell us what we got here.
00:27:49.359 -->
00:27:51.440This this is a little diabolical here.
00:27:51.680 -->
00:27:55.599This is from IDagent Marketing at IDAgent.com.
00:27:55.839 -->
00:27:57.680Was sent on Wednesday.
00:27:59.039 -->
00:28:00.240Subject is U.S.
00:28:00.319 -->
00:28:05.200agencies issue urgent alert as Microsoft fishing surges, right?
00:28:05.359 -->
00:28:07.200And then it's got this kind of stuff down here.
00:28:07.680 -->
00:28:09.920So it's like a URS organization.
00:28:10.079 -->
00:28:10.400U.S.
00:28:10.559 -->
00:28:18.319agencies warn that Iranian affiliated actors are exploiting internet connected PLCs across critical infrastructure.
00:28:18.480 -->
00:28:24.319The activity has been already disrupted, has already disrupted key sectors.
00:28:24.480 -->
00:28:26.640Read more, which is a link.
00:28:27.200 -->
00:28:28.160So here's what it is.
00:28:28.319 -->
00:28:31.519So it this is an email that looks like it is a security email.
00:28:31.680 -->
00:28:33.200Yeah, this is diabolical, man.
00:28:33.440 -->
00:28:34.480It is very diabolical.
00:28:34.559 -->
00:28:36.880And it is really uh something to watch out for.
00:28:36.960 -->
00:28:40.559So they're sending me information regarding security breaches.
00:28:41.119 -->
00:28:44.240In this information, the information is actually correct.
00:28:44.480 -->
00:28:46.400The breaches are real breaches.
00:28:46.559 -->
00:28:55.440The information that they're providing on there is actual real uh items that that you'd want to be uh what do you want to say, be very careful about.
00:28:55.920 -->
00:29:02.000When you read it, the it looks like it's a news press release where they're trying to help me learn about the current breaches that are going on.
00:29:02.720 -->
00:29:06.240In here, there's a read more link, so it has a little subject title.
00:29:06.559 -->
00:29:18.319When you click on the read more link of this article, it then sends you to an application that it wants to download so that it can fish you and load malware on your machine.
00:29:18.480 -->
00:29:23.920So what they're doing is they're using a security-based system.
00:29:24.240 -->
00:29:26.400Yeah, they're thinking this is a smart one.
00:29:26.880 -->
00:29:27.359Very smart.
00:29:27.680 -->
00:29:30.720Somebody, somebody using this is pretty intelligent here.
00:29:31.039 -->
00:29:35.119They are so they have the information, it's current, it's correct information.
00:29:35.359 -->
00:29:41.440It leads into with kind of two or three sentences or a couple sentences about the thing, and it says read more.
00:29:41.680 -->
00:29:47.680So when you click on the read more, you're gonna think that it's gonna open up and it's gonna tell you more information regarding the scams itself.
00:29:47.839 -->
00:29:55.920But what it's doing is it's actually loading a payload malware onto your machine when you click on the read more link.
00:29:56.160 -->
00:29:58.319Is it automatic or do you have to agree to something?
00:29:58.480 -->
00:30:01.279No, it's uh it starts running it in the background automatic.
00:30:01.440 -->
00:30:05.440So this so this, if you're on a Mac machine, you'll be fine.
00:30:05.680 -->
00:30:15.680But if you're on a Windows machine, it actually runs an executable, it will ask you for administration access, so it does need your to have administration access of your machine.
00:30:15.759 -->
00:30:19.119So if you only have a standard user on your Windows machine, you're safe.
00:30:19.200 -->
00:30:28.240But most people at home, when they set up their machine, they don't do a standard users, they set up an administrator of their local machine because they want to download apps and use it as needed.
00:30:28.400 -->
00:30:34.240This would automatically go on in and start downloading and will hijack your machine.
00:30:34.400 -->
00:30:46.640It will load a browser infiltration that will then track everything that you do when you go and you search on the internet from a supposed security email that was sent to us.
00:30:46.960 -->
00:30:52.480Yeah, this is this is this is why you should follow the mic the AI guy rule method.
00:30:52.799 -->
00:30:53.200What's that?
00:30:53.440 -->
00:30:54.640Never open an email.
00:30:54.880 -->
00:30:56.559Never open up any email.
00:30:56.720 -->
00:30:57.279Well, okay.
00:30:57.440 -->
00:31:04.000Or you should you should you should be very I only open emails from play from places that I actually know exist.
00:31:04.160 -->
00:31:09.359Like when Nathan Mum sends me an email, I I can usually open that one too.
00:31:10.400 -->
00:31:13.839So if you see here, they put the marketing at at the at address here.
00:31:13.920 -->
00:31:19.200So it looked like it was just like a marketing ad, but it was actually a horrible, horrible fishing attack.
00:31:19.359 -->
00:31:22.000And I'm sure they've gotten many people with this attack.
00:31:22.880 -->
00:31:27.680This is very subtle and very good.
00:31:28.160 -->
00:31:30.559Yeah, this is this is one that I would fall for.
00:31:30.799 -->
00:31:31.599Okay, well, here you go.
00:31:31.680 -->
00:31:32.640We're gonna we're gonna switch hats.
00:31:32.720 -->
00:31:34.480You ready to switch back to your standard hat now?
00:31:35.039 -->
00:31:35.680All right, here we go.
00:31:36.079 -->
00:31:37.359Our last letters.
00:31:37.440 -->
00:31:37.759Here we go.
00:31:37.839 -->
00:31:38.319Look at that.
00:31:38.400 -->
00:31:40.400Now you're back to now you're back to normal guy.
00:31:40.880 -->
00:31:49.279All right, I I received an email here from security at facebookmail.com.
00:31:49.519 -->
00:31:54.880But the mail, the L is a one instead of a male.
00:31:55.039 -->
00:31:59.839Now, FacebookMail.com is a legitimate Facebook site.
00:32:00.640 -->
00:32:06.240Facebookma i one dot com, which is very tough to pick up, but is not.
00:32:06.720 -->
00:32:09.440Now on here it says one more step for your account.
00:32:09.599 -->
00:32:12.880We got a request to confirm your account from someone using Facebook.
00:32:13.039 -->
00:32:13.839Enter this code.
00:32:13.920 -->
00:32:18.799And they gave us a six-digit code, 88115167.
00:32:19.119 -->
00:32:20.400Don't share this code.
00:32:20.880 -->
00:32:26.480If this is don't share this code with anyone, especially if they tell you they work for Facebook or Meta.
00:32:26.720 -->
00:32:28.160They may be trying to hack the code.
00:32:28.480 -->
00:32:29.279Are they gonna call me?
00:32:30.079 -->
00:32:31.519Is Facebook gonna call me out?
00:32:32.480 -->
00:32:34.160They put too much information in here.
00:32:34.640 -->
00:32:36.960Facebook doesn't actually say all this information.
00:32:37.200 -->
00:32:40.640So what it does is it says this may be trying to hack your account.
00:32:40.799 -->
00:32:41.680Didn't request this.
00:32:41.839 -->
00:32:46.240Please click on and make sure your account is secure or visit security checkup.
00:32:46.319 -->
00:32:48.559And this security checkup is a link.
00:32:48.960 -->
00:32:50.960I think it's from the same people that are doing that.
00:32:51.039 -->
00:32:54.079When you click on the security checkup, it says air loading.
00:32:54.319 -->
00:33:00.079Now, this page has been taken down because it was I I didn't get to get to it in time to test it.
00:33:00.240 -->
00:33:03.599So somebody else reported it and it was a fake page and they took it down.
00:33:03.839 -->
00:33:14.720But what would have happened probably before, my guess, because I didn't get to see it in real time, would be that it would have asked you for your Facebook username and password, and it would have asked it for it again.
00:33:14.880 -->
00:33:19.519You would have typed it in and it would have just collected those, so then they would have access to your Facebook account.
00:33:19.599 -->
00:33:21.279Don't click on that was two weeks ago, right?
00:33:21.359 -->
00:33:23.039That was that was our last letter segment.
00:33:23.279 -->
00:33:23.680That's right.
00:33:23.759 -->
00:33:24.799All right, you know what?
00:33:25.039 -->
00:33:26.720We thank everybody for joining us.
00:33:26.880 -->
00:33:29.680Remember, do not click on links.
00:33:30.000 -->
00:33:32.160All right, now let's move.
00:33:32.319 -->
00:33:33.440Don't click on shh.
00:33:34.559 -->
00:33:37.200All right, let's move now to Mike the AI guy.
00:33:38.799 -->
00:33:42.480We have the grumpiest guy in the world coming up.
00:34:02.480 -->
00:34:02.799Okay.
00:34:03.920 -->
00:34:04.640Guess what?
00:34:04.880 -->
00:34:05.519What what's up?
00:34:05.759 -->
00:34:09.840It's time for your weekly reminder that AI is absolutely not here to help you.
00:34:10.000 -->
00:34:10.320Okay.
00:34:10.480 -->
00:34:14.159It's here to chew up your life, spit out a model, and ask for seconds.
00:34:14.480 -->
00:34:17.360This week's shining example is Twitch.
00:34:18.000 -->
00:34:27.920Yeah, the place where you stream video games, hang out with your community, and apparently donate your soul to Amazon's AI training pipeline without even knowing it.
00:34:28.239 -->
00:34:35.039Twitch's new AI policy proves Jeff Bezos won't rest until every human is just training data with a pulse.
00:34:35.679 -->
00:34:47.840Because this week Twitch quietly rolled out a new setting that lets you stop Amazon from training its generative AI models on your streams, clips, chat logs, and basically anything you've ever uploaded.
00:34:48.079 -->
00:34:49.119That's cool, right?
00:34:49.360 -->
00:34:49.679Okay.
00:34:50.320 -->
00:35:04.480Except the setting is buried deep in the security settings, crypt off by default, and designed so that the Bezos robot army can keep slurping up your content like it's a Prime Day deal, and we know how you love Prime Day.
00:35:04.880 -->
00:35:06.079That's uh yep.
00:35:06.960 -->
00:35:11.519Twitch's chief product officer, Mike Minton, didn't even bother sugarcoating it.
00:35:11.679 -->
00:35:15.519He straight up said, if it was opt-in, nobody would opt in.
00:35:16.159 -->
00:35:17.360Okay, that is true, right?
00:35:17.440 -->
00:35:17.599Yeah.
00:35:17.840 -->
00:35:20.880It was the opt-in to help train the AI, you're probably not gonna do that.
00:35:20.960 -->
00:35:21.199Okay.
00:35:21.440 -->
00:35:26.480The translation is, of course, we know you'd say no, so we just went ahead and said yes for you.
00:35:27.760 -->
00:35:30.400Corporate honesty at its finest.
00:35:30.960 -->
00:35:34.559It's the kind that makes you want to yeet your router into the nearest lake.
00:35:35.599 -->
00:35:39.519Everything you do on Twitch is now AI chow.
00:35:39.840 -->
00:35:40.079Right?
00:35:40.320 -->
00:35:51.760Twitch is feeding AI models, your streams, your past broadcasts, your clips, your channel art, your voice, your chat messages, your personality, your emotional breakdowns during Elden Ring boss fights.
00:35:52.079 -->
00:35:59.760Basically, if you've ever breathed near Twitch, congratulations, you're now part of a data set powering basis as an ex robot butler.
00:36:00.559 -->
00:36:07.679And even if you opt out, your chat messages and other people's streams can still be harvested if they didn't opt out.
00:36:07.840 -->
00:36:18.239So if I'm watching somebody on the stream and I'm saying, Way to go, see if Thieves Man, you just got a brand new thing, if he hasn't chosen the opportunity to opt out, my chats are then.
00:36:18.800 -->
00:36:19.920Your chats are now being used.
00:36:20.079 -->
00:36:20.400Oh boy.
00:36:20.559 -->
00:36:27.119So your privacy now depends on whether some streamer named 420 Crypto Daddy found the toggle.
00:36:27.360 -->
00:36:30.639We are truly living in the future.
00:36:31.280 -->
00:36:39.199Amazon has probably probably been doing this for years, and when asked if Amazon already used streamers' videos for AI training, Mitten said he didn't know.
00:36:39.360 -->
00:36:39.920He didn't know.
00:36:40.079 -->
00:36:41.199Which is corporate speaker.
00:36:41.519 -->
00:36:44.880Yeah, obviously, but legal told me to pretend I'm confused.
00:36:45.119 -->
00:36:45.440Okay.
00:36:45.679 -->
00:36:48.159Because he said that if it was on by default.
00:36:48.320 -->
00:36:51.599So clearly he knows about it, but when it was asked about it, he says he doesn't know.
00:36:51.840 -->
00:36:52.880Okay, okay, all right.
00:36:53.039 -->
00:36:53.280Yep.
00:36:53.440 -->
00:36:58.320Reports say that Twitch content has been feeding Amazon's AI pipeline for a couple of years now.
00:36:58.480 -->
00:37:00.800The toggle is new, the practice is not.
00:37:00.880 -->
00:37:06.480Even if you opt out, AI still handles chat moderation, ad targeting, and recommendations.
00:37:06.960 -->
00:37:09.039The entire Twitch experience.
00:37:09.599 -->
00:37:17.280So opting out is basically telling Amazon, please stop training your robot brain on my content, but feel free to use your robot brain to judge me.
00:37:19.360 -->
00:37:22.239Why didn't why didn't Twitch email anyone?
00:37:22.639 -->
00:37:30.400When asked why Twitch didn't notify the creators, the head of the community said, Not everybody reads their emails because they listen to our letter segment.
00:37:30.719 -->
00:37:30.960Okay.
00:37:31.199 -->
00:37:31.440Right?
00:37:31.519 -->
00:37:37.599But everyone definitely uh reads the terms of service update written in 14 pages of legal Sudoku, right?
00:37:37.920 -->
00:37:38.639Yeah, right.
00:37:38.719 -->
00:37:40.079Uh you go through those.
00:37:40.320 -->
00:37:44.239Uh you know, I actually spent a little bit of time going through one once, and then I was like, Yeah, forget it.
00:37:44.559 -->
00:37:45.039Yeah, you can't.
00:37:45.119 -->
00:37:51.679It's it's a it's a map it's it's slogging through a swamp of AI generated information.
00:37:51.920 -->
00:37:52.239Okay.
00:37:52.800 -->
00:37:55.599AI isn't just changing the world, it's strip mining it.
00:37:55.760 -->
00:38:07.679So your content, your voice, your jokes, your gameplay, your chat logs, all shoveled into the AI furnace so Amazon can build a smarter robot that still can't recommend a decent indie game or count to 200.
00:38:08.639 -->
00:38:18.239Twitch didn't ask for permission, Amazon didn't ask for permission, Bezos didn't ask for permission, they just flipped the switch and said, It's fine, you won't notice.
00:38:19.599 -->
00:38:20.639Well, guess what?
00:38:20.800 -->
00:38:22.480What I noticed.
00:38:22.800 -->
00:38:25.199You did Mike the AI guy noticed.
00:38:25.360 -->
00:38:25.599Okay.
00:38:26.159 -->
00:38:27.920And I am not done yelling.
00:38:28.320 -->
00:38:28.639Okay.
00:38:28.880 -->
00:38:30.239I'll see you next week.
00:38:37.280 -->
00:38:40.400Uh okay, all right, let's just move on to our secret sound.
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00:39:08.400So jump online, click on our talk back system, leave us a message at 206-649-6098.
00:39:08.639 -->
00:39:11.920We've had a couple guesses completely off the rails.
00:39:12.079 -->
00:39:15.280It is not a hammer, it's not something being hammered in.
00:39:15.440 -->
00:39:17.119It's not something hitting something.
00:39:17.199 -->
00:39:21.119It's there is there's an actual sound for this, so you need to guess what the sound is.
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00:39:43.679We're gonna go out here, take another commercial break.
00:39:44.000 -->
00:39:45.599So thank you for listening.
00:39:45.679 -->
00:39:51.519And remember, Mike is gonna be here next week to continue telling us about his AI frustrations.
00:39:51.679 -->
00:39:52.480See you after the break.
00:39:52.719 -->
00:39:53.199Hey Mike.
00:39:53.360 -->
00:39:54.159Yeah, what's up?
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00:39:55.360Hey, so you know what?
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00:39:58.559We need people to start liking our uh social media pages.
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00:40:05.360Or is it Patreon?
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00:40:06.320I think it's Patreon.
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00:40:07.199Okay, Patreon.
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00:40:12.880I I butcher the English language?
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00:40:15.519You know you butcher the English language all the time.
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00:40:58.559That's that simple.
00:41:00.000 -->
00:41:05.440And now, let's look back at this week in technology.
00:41:05.760 -->
00:41:10.800Alright, our way back machine goes to August 22nd, 1987.
00:41:11.440 -->
00:41:13.199It's dangerous to go alone.
00:41:13.360 -->
00:41:14.320Take this.
00:41:14.800 -->
00:41:17.679The gold cartridge that changed gaming forever.
00:41:17.840 -->
00:41:21.920North American gamers were handed a shearing piece of video game history.
00:41:23.119 -->
00:41:23.280No.
00:41:24.000 -->
00:41:27.199The Legend of Zelda was released on the NES.
00:41:27.360 -->
00:41:29.679It's an iconic gold cartridge.
00:41:30.000 -->
00:41:30.960It looked flashy.
00:41:31.199 -->
00:41:36.320Marketing gimmick turned out to be the birth of one of the most influential franchises ever created.
00:41:37.039 -->
00:41:40.719Now, The Legend of Zelda didn't just launch a game, it launched an entire genre.
00:41:41.360 -->
00:41:51.840It introduced people to spawning worlds, nonlinear exploration, dungeon crawling, puzzle solving, and a sense of adventure that home consoles had never delivered before at that time.
00:41:52.000 -->
00:42:00.400It was the blueprint for modern role-playing and action adventure games, inspiring everything from Final Fantasy to Skyrim and to the Breath of the Wild.
00:42:00.639 -->
00:42:03.920The gold cartridge itself became a crucial artifact.
00:42:04.079 -->
00:42:05.599Kids traded it like a treasure.
00:42:05.760 -->
00:42:13.599Rental stores kept it behind the counter, and anyone who owned it instantly felt like they had something rare, powerful, and a little bit magical.
00:42:14.239 -->
00:42:15.840I might still have mine.
00:42:16.239 -->
00:42:17.440I have mine too.
00:42:17.679 -->
00:42:19.199That was this week in Technology.
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00:42:34.960When we return, we have our Mark Mumble whiskey review.
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00:43:04.880The segment we've been waiting all week for.
00:43:18.079 -->
00:43:19.119What do we get for Nathan?
00:43:19.440 -->
00:43:21.440What do we get for our mumble today?
00:43:21.679 -->
00:43:25.199We are celebrating a loving, caring day today.
00:43:25.519 -->
00:43:25.840Okay.
00:43:27.119 -->
00:43:29.519It is National Couples Day.
00:43:29.760 -->
00:43:30.079Oh.
00:43:31.280 -->
00:43:33.360Yeah, so today is National Couples Day.
00:43:33.599 -->
00:43:41.360Doubt Day, Mike, to celebrate the special relationship built on trust, patience, and somehow tolerating the same person year after year.
00:43:41.679 -->
00:43:45.199Which makes me think of Nathan and Mike.
00:43:45.519 -->
00:43:45.760Oh.
00:43:46.079 -->
00:43:50.480After all these years together on tech time, Mike is still patiently listening.
00:43:50.639 -->
00:43:53.599Well, Nathan talks and talks and talks.
00:43:53.840 -->
00:43:57.119You know, if that's not love and commitment, I don't know what it is.
00:43:57.760 -->
00:43:59.280It's it's stubborn.
00:44:01.840 -->
00:44:02.960Is that what it is?
00:44:05.039 -->
00:44:05.199Okay.
00:44:06.559 -->
00:44:07.039I get you.
00:44:07.199 -->
00:44:07.840I get you.
00:44:09.119 -->
00:44:09.760All right.
00:44:10.480 -->
00:44:12.000But tell us more about this whiskey.
00:44:12.159 -->
00:44:12.880There's a couple of things.
00:44:13.119 -->
00:44:15.679Yeah, let's get off the whole relationship thing and talk about the whiskey.
00:44:16.800 -->
00:44:26.559After speaking about long-term relationships and finding your perfect match, Bar Town uses those exact words for its single barrel program, which is what you're drinking today.
00:44:26.639 -->
00:44:30.000Although fortunately, we only had to commit to one bottle.
00:44:30.239 -->
00:44:45.199Now, one of the cool things about Bartown's single barrel program is that the barrel that they use, so the bourbon, uses the same 68% corn, 20% weed, and 12 malted barley recipe that their famous weeded bottled and bond uses.
00:44:45.360 -->
00:44:51.679But instead of proofing it down to 100 proof, this bottle is bottled at whatever strength nature gave it.
00:44:52.000 -->
00:44:53.599Now for me, this one's good.
00:44:53.840 -->
00:45:02.719And 128.4 proof has plenty of richness and intensity with the Wii Pelt wheat, helping to keep everything rounded, despite the high proof.
00:45:02.880 -->
00:45:06.239And that's why you guys are it's going down very easy.
00:45:06.400 -->
00:45:06.639Wow.
00:45:06.800 -->
00:45:16.639It has good sweetness, oak, plenty of flavor, but I also pick up a slightly funky note in the background that keeps it from moving into the delicious category for me.
00:45:16.880 -->
00:45:17.199Okay.
00:45:18.559 -->
00:45:19.840And that comes from the wheat.
00:45:20.239 -->
00:45:20.880It comes from the wheat.
00:45:22.159 -->
00:45:23.199I'm liking that.
00:45:23.519 -->
00:45:30.800Yeah, so if you like that funky flavor, that's usually uh uh wheat that's a little bit younger.
00:45:30.960 -->
00:45:32.559So this is about six years old.
00:45:32.800 -->
00:45:33.119Okay.
00:45:34.000 -->
00:45:39.760But at$81 though, it's a still a very solid barrel strength bourbon, and when I was happy to drink once.
00:45:39.840 -->
00:45:41.599I'm just not putting a ring on it.
00:45:41.920 -->
00:45:42.239Okay.
00:45:42.480 -->
00:45:43.039All right.
00:45:43.280 -->
00:45:48.159So it's not gonna you're not gonna celebrate your relationship day with this whiskey?
00:45:48.960 -->
00:45:52.000No, we had our time together and it's over now.
00:45:52.719 -->
00:45:56.079Like 50% of all marriages in the United States.
00:45:56.400 -->
00:45:57.360It's so sad.
00:45:58.079 -->
00:46:02.159And I've already been told it's not coming back to me, this whiskey, so Nathan will be.
00:46:02.559 -->
00:46:04.079Yeah, Nathan's not gonna give it back to you.
00:46:04.719 -->
00:46:09.440Yeah, you know, the other night I I I finished off your other bottle that you left here, uh last week's stuff.
00:46:09.519 -->
00:46:15.199It was really, really good sitting down there having a little bit of a whiskey and I'm talking to the wife.
00:46:16.159 -->
00:46:18.400That was the uh hundred percent rye one.
00:46:18.480 -->
00:46:19.920That one was delicious from James E.
00:46:20.079 -->
00:46:20.400Pepper.
00:46:20.639 -->
00:46:23.119There's only very little, there was very little left on the bottle.
00:46:23.280 -->
00:46:25.599So you know, it's all yours.
00:46:25.760 -->
00:46:27.760These bottles I leave there, the rest is all you.
00:46:29.280 -->
00:46:31.360You're his whiskey disposal unit.
00:46:32.480 -->
00:46:34.159All right, well, okay.
00:46:34.639 -->
00:46:36.000All right, well, you know what?
00:46:36.400 -->
00:46:40.480Whiskey and technology are such a great pairing, like summer cleanup and garage sales.
00:46:40.719 -->
00:46:43.679Who says your junk doesn't have value?
00:46:44.559 -->
00:46:45.199I do.
00:46:45.599 -->
00:46:46.239Right.
00:46:47.599 -->
00:46:48.079You know what?
00:46:48.159 -->
00:46:49.920Isn't that always how we have things, Mark?
00:46:50.000 -->
00:46:50.800Is that right?
00:46:51.760 -->
00:46:52.639One man's transfer.
00:46:52.719 -->
00:46:53.599Yeah, but have two man's track.
00:46:53.840 -->
00:46:56.000Have you ever have you ever got rid of your stuff?
00:46:56.159 -->
00:46:57.760Have you ever had a garage sale?
00:46:58.719 -->
00:47:00.159No, I've had a couple garage sales.
00:47:00.239 -->
00:47:01.360We've had a couple garage sales.
00:47:01.840 -->
00:47:03.840What you do is you just throw it in a natural garage.
00:47:04.400 -->
00:47:11.119Really what you what you do is you throw it in a container, and then 20 years later you open up that container, and then all of a sudden, whoa, there's a collector item for it.
00:47:11.199 -->
00:47:12.159So that's all right.
00:47:12.320 -->
00:47:14.239Okay, well, you know what?
00:47:14.559 -->
00:47:20.800Speaking of sometimes having too much stuff to sell, let's move on to our technology fail of the week.
00:47:21.119 -->
00:47:23.920Congratulations, you're a failure.
00:47:24.239 -->
00:47:26.320Oh, I failed, did I?
00:47:26.559 -->
00:47:27.039Yes.
00:47:27.280 -->
00:47:27.920Did I?
00:47:28.159 -->
00:47:28.480Yes.
00:47:28.800 -->
00:47:37.840Well, this week's technology fail goes out to Ohio State Senator Andrew Brenner, who tried to outsmart Zoom and absolutely did not.
00:47:38.079 -->
00:47:46.159During a government meeting streamed live to the public on the same day Ohio was debating a bill cracking down on distracted driving.
00:47:46.559 -->
00:47:49.920Brenner appeared on camera sitting in the driver's seat of his car.
00:47:50.079 -->
00:47:58.320He briefly turned off his video, and when he came back, he had magically teleported into a cozy office with wooden cabinets, framed art, and a house plant.
00:47:58.639 -->
00:48:00.079Except for one small detail.
00:48:00.239 -->
00:48:02.320He was still wearing his seatbelt.
00:48:02.639 -->
00:48:11.920Throughout the call, Brenner can't kept traffic out the driver's side window, giving viewers a clear look at the scenery rolling by.
00:48:12.079 -->
00:48:18.719The background filter may have not been his office, but it was a reality of a moving vehicle.
00:48:19.039 -->
00:48:26.800His spokesperson defending him says Brenner was simply following the law using hand-free audio technology.
00:48:27.039 -->
00:48:35.039Brenner himself insisted that he wasn't distracted, adding that he often takes calls while driving and treats video meetings like a phone call.
00:48:35.280 -->
00:48:36.960The timing couldn't have been worse, though.
00:48:37.280 -->
00:48:55.199Again, the Ohio lawmakers were using this to discuss House Bill 283, which would make holding or using a phone while driving a primary offense, banning texting, taking photos, using apps, and even looking up directions behind the wheel, let alone doing a live stream.
00:48:55.440 -->
00:49:02.800Now, Ohio's governor has pushed for tougher distracted driving laws, saying that the laws currently don't go far enough.
00:49:02.960 -->
00:49:13.280But I don't know what they're gonna do when the culture has one of their own, Brenner, using Zoom while driving moments joins a growing list of remote work mishaps.
00:49:13.440 -->
00:49:17.840A Canadian lawmaker accidentally appeared completely naked on a house of common Zoom call.
00:49:17.920 -->
00:49:27.760A Sacramento plastic surgeon joined us traffic court hearing while in the operating room, mid-surgery, and of course a Texas attorney who appeared in virtual court as a wide-eyed cat.
00:49:28.079 -->
00:49:28.880I'm not a cat.
00:49:29.760 -->
00:49:32.559Famously declaring, I'm here live.
00:49:32.800 -->
00:49:33.760I am not a cat.
00:49:33.840 -->
00:49:34.480Thanks, Mike.
00:49:34.639 -->
00:49:36.880And now for our Nathan Nugget.
00:49:37.440 -->
00:49:40.239This is your nugget of the week.
00:49:40.639 -->
00:49:41.840Now we're talking about romance.
00:49:41.920 -->
00:49:46.639I want to say in 2026, romance isn't dead, it's just now being stored in the cloud.
00:49:46.960 -->
00:49:52.880Sometimes the most honest relationship advice doesn't come from your heart, it comes from a spreadsheet.
00:49:53.039 -->
00:49:54.639Just like Carolyn Travis did.
00:49:54.800 -->
00:50:05.760After a few dates with a charming older engineer she met in an entrepreneur class, Carolyn did what all modern women do, decided to take this to the data-driven romance of creating a spreadsheet.
00:50:06.000 -->
00:50:11.039While she was with her luncheon friends, she stepped away, and those friends did what any true friends would do.
00:50:11.199 -->
00:50:14.559They opened a compatibility spreadsheet and ran the numbers.
00:50:14.719 -->
00:50:16.960They plugged in their core values, they plugged in his.
00:50:17.119 -->
00:50:19.280They hit enter and the spreadsheet spit out.
00:50:19.440 -->
00:50:20.800The verdict, nope.
00:50:21.599 -->
00:50:24.239Her entire personality perspective shifted.
00:50:24.400 -->
00:50:28.880She saw him a few more times, but the data had spoken and it was already over.
00:50:29.199 -->
00:50:34.559Today she tracks her dating life with an app called Spread, built by one of those friends.
00:50:34.800 -->
00:50:41.360Because nothing says I am ready for love, like a conditional formatting and highlighting of fields.
00:50:41.679 -->
00:50:46.800This is a new way of love hackers, believing dating apps have made it too easy to ignore red flags.
00:50:46.880 -->
00:50:47.679We just talked about this.
00:50:47.760 -->
00:50:48.159You know what?
00:50:48.880 -->
00:50:49.039Yeah.
00:50:49.519 -->
00:50:50.000And you know what?
00:50:50.079 -->
00:50:50.719Today is couples.
00:50:51.119 -->
00:50:55.039I'm pretty sure that this idea is just as stupid as those ideas.
00:50:55.360 -->
00:51:04.400So fighting back the way that everybody should, with formulas, pivot charts, and dashboards to tell them if they're compatible or not.
00:51:04.639 -->
00:51:08.239And now our pick of the day, whiskey tastings.
00:51:10.159 -->
00:51:13.920And now our pick of the day for our whiskey tastings.
00:51:14.719 -->
00:51:17.119Let's see what bubbles to the top.
00:51:17.760 -->
00:51:18.159Look at that.
00:51:18.320 -->
00:51:20.480Did you even know I was doing the spreadsheet story?
00:51:20.559 -->
00:51:22.000And you had your dating thing.
00:51:22.559 -->
00:51:24.159But you didn't say did she use Excel?
00:51:24.239 -->
00:51:26.000She was Lotus 123.
00:51:27.599 -->
00:51:29.039Well, they created their own app.
00:51:29.119 -->
00:51:33.039Her friends decided that they, you know, as an engineer, they decided to create their own app version.
00:51:33.119 -->
00:51:39.679So they probably used a little bit of Claude, copied some data, so now we can take a look at it at a later time and know that it was AI generated.
00:51:40.239 -->
00:51:43.039Yeah, this is this is why dating just doesn't work anymore.
00:51:43.280 -->
00:51:43.679So you know what?
00:51:44.320 -->
00:51:51.280This is why birth rates are going down in in America and marriages are dissolving and and people are just unhappy in general.
00:51:51.519 -->
00:51:55.119And Bumble's going back to the 1970s version of meeting somebody in a bar.
00:51:55.760 -->
00:51:55.920Sure.
00:51:56.079 -->
00:51:57.039We just re- you know what?
00:51:57.119 -->
00:52:00.960We're just going back 50 years because that's when all love happens.
00:52:01.360 -->
00:52:01.840All right.
00:52:02.400 -->
00:52:03.679Tell us about our pick of the day.
00:52:04.000 -->
00:52:06.159Yeah, especially on National Relationship Day.
00:52:06.480 -->
00:52:07.199Whatever the heck it is.
00:52:07.519 -->
00:52:08.000Wow.
00:52:08.320 -->
00:52:08.639All right.
00:52:08.719 -->
00:52:18.719Well, today you guys are drinking the Bardstown single barrel, barrel strength weeded, Kentucky Straight Bourbon from Bardstown Bourbon Company in Bardstown, Kentucky.
00:52:18.880 -->
00:52:20.880Straight bourbon, six plus years.
00:52:21.039 -->
00:52:23.920This one is 128.4 proof.
00:52:24.159 -->
00:52:27.360As a 20% weeded mash bill,$81.
00:52:28.079 -->
00:52:29.280Dude, this is really good.
00:52:29.599 -->
00:52:30.800Nathan gives it a thumbs up.
00:52:31.039 -->
00:52:32.239I'm giving it a thumbs up.
00:52:32.400 -->
00:52:33.039Thumbs up.
00:52:33.199 -->
00:52:34.079Big thumbs up.
00:52:34.400 -->
00:52:36.000Ding ding ding ding ding ding.
00:52:36.239 -->
00:52:36.960I I like it.
00:52:37.119 -->
00:52:41.840I like I can feel I I I I I'm buzzing a little bit in the nicest of ways.
00:52:41.920 -->
00:52:46.159I can feel the the alcohol content being pretty strong there, but it didn't affect me drinking it.
00:52:46.239 -->
00:52:47.119Yeah, how about you?
00:52:47.599 -->
00:52:48.559Uh I like it.
00:52:48.800 -->
00:52:49.840You like it too, Mike?
00:52:49.920 -->
00:52:50.320Yeah.
00:52:50.480 -->
00:52:52.079It's it's very nice.
00:52:53.679 -->
00:52:57.840It's very balanced and I don't have that weird.
00:52:58.400 -->
00:53:01.519I don't have any weird aftertaste like you're talking about.
00:53:01.760 -->
00:53:02.880No, neither do I.
00:53:03.199 -->
00:53:03.840I enjoyed it.
00:53:03.920 -->
00:53:09.679It just had a little of that funky weeded flavor in it that kept me from being over the moon on it.
00:53:09.760 -->
00:53:13.679But it was a s I said it's a solid, delicious bottle of bourbon.
00:53:13.840 -->
00:53:16.000Now it's given, I mean you can see I drank the rest of it.
00:53:16.159 -->
00:53:17.119You did, you did, you did.
00:53:17.280 -->
00:53:20.800Now I I got a funny feeling because I I I because we plan ahead here.
00:53:20.960 -->
00:53:23.519I think next week we have something from the same company.
00:53:23.599 -->
00:53:24.800Is that correct?
00:53:25.440 -->
00:53:26.559I haven't decided yet.
00:53:26.639 -->
00:53:30.079You have uh one from them and you have one from another one still left.
00:53:30.320 -->
00:53:30.960Okay, okay.
00:53:31.039 -->
00:53:32.639I'd I'd be interested to try the other one.
00:53:33.039 -->
00:53:38.800And then I'd be interested to know if you liked this one better or the other one better after we try it.
00:53:38.880 -->
00:53:42.400So I'm very interested to see how you how you think about that one.
00:53:43.280 -->
00:53:43.920All right.
00:53:44.239 -->
00:53:44.480All right.
00:53:44.639 -->
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00:53:47.360 -->
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