Speaker 1: Right now, let's say good morning to the host of
Speaker 1: Rich on Tech right here on KFI KTLA's tech guy,
Speaker 1: Rich DeMuro.
Speaker 2: Good morning, Rich, Hey, good morning.
Speaker 1: Okay, there's a lot of buzz about Deep Seek, a
Speaker 1: new AI. What is it and do we want it?
Speaker 2: Well, this is a new AI out of China, and
Speaker 2: it kind of surprised a lot of people overnight because
Speaker 2: they're doing what CHATCHYBT and Google and Meta are doing
Speaker 2: at a fraction of the price, or so they say.
Speaker 2: And so this has kind of up ended everything we
Speaker 2: know about AI, like how much it costs to produce
Speaker 2: these models, how much it costs to run them, the
Speaker 2: chips that we need for these things, And of course
Speaker 2: it sent Silicon Valley into a tizzy because it seems
Speaker 2: like everything we knew over the past year or two
Speaker 2: has been thrown up and everything is up for grabs again.
Speaker 1: But it sounds like they kept this secret because I
Speaker 1: had not even heard that name until all of a
Speaker 1: sudden it was there and stucks for Nvidi and other
Speaker 1: ani we're tanking.
Speaker 2: Yeah, and now you can't hear enough about it. So again,
Speaker 2: this is a website just like chat GPT and also
Speaker 2: an app The app has sprung to the top of
Speaker 2: the App Store also on Google Play, so people are
Speaker 2: trying this, they're very curious about it. If you look
Speaker 2: at this deep cki, you know, you can ask it questions,
Speaker 2: you can have a brainstorm. I told it my favorite
Speaker 2: movies yesterday and asked for some similar recommendations. So it's
Speaker 2: everything that you need in this AI. But again, it's
Speaker 2: just being done at a fraction of the price, and
Speaker 2: so of course it's putting a lot of pressure on
Speaker 2: American companies to say, hold on, do we need to
Speaker 2: rethink how we're doing this now. Time will tell just
Speaker 2: how good this AI is over time, if this is
Speaker 2: just a blip on the radar, or if we have
Speaker 2: seen a sizeable shift in the entire industry.
Speaker 1: Okay, and then you mentioned that it's out of China,
Speaker 1: and there's already concerns over TikTok having our information and
Speaker 1: possibly using it for nefarious purposes. I would imagine that
Speaker 1: there would be even more concern over an AI.
Speaker 2: Out of China. Yeah, I'd be curious. I would think
Speaker 2: the exact same thing, especially because people are going to
Speaker 2: start dumping very sensitive information into this chat window right
Speaker 2: if they want to have their medical records analyzed, or
Speaker 2: their personal information or whatever. People use AI in really
Speaker 2: personal ways. So the fact that this is out of
Speaker 2: China obviously does have some of the same implications as TikTok.
Speaker 2: It's not more because people are using it for very
Speaker 2: personal information. So far we don't know is not owned
Speaker 2: by the government. But you know, things are a little
Speaker 2: bit different over there in China, So that is the concern,
Speaker 2: and I guess we'll hear more about that in the future.
Speaker 1: Okay, So for now, I mean, do you think it's
Speaker 1: worth a download or worth a It's I guess it's
Speaker 1: just on a website, right, It's not.
Speaker 2: An app, you it is the top Yeah, it's a
Speaker 2: top app right now in the iPhone and Android. Do
Speaker 2: I think you should switch to it? No? I think
Speaker 2: that unless you are an AI researcher or someone who's
Speaker 2: really interested in this stuff for building an app, I
Speaker 2: would stick to what we have here. But if you're curious,
Speaker 2: you know, there's no harm in checking me out. You
Speaker 2: do have to sign in with your Google account, just fyi.
Speaker 1: Okay, and then we have some iPhone and some Android news.
Speaker 1: You've got the Samsung S twenty five ultra tell us
Speaker 1: about that one.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I've been playing with this. They had the event
Speaker 2: last week up in San Jose. I don't think we
Speaker 2: got to talk because of that, but it was. It's
Speaker 2: a great phone so far. I'm very impressed. It's all
Speaker 2: about AI. Of course, the camera's slight upgrade, so the
Speaker 2: cameras are really good. I will just say I'll cut
Speaker 2: to the chase here on this phone. If you're thinking
Speaker 2: of upgrading your Samsung or your Android, or even switching
Speaker 2: to Android, this is the year to do it, because
Speaker 2: Samsung finally came out with the phone that is, there's
Speaker 2: no flaw on this that I can discern, so it's
Speaker 2: really really nice. And it also, by the way, they
Speaker 2: got the size of it perfect, so it fits in
Speaker 2: your hand really nicely. Even though they made the screen bigger,
Speaker 2: somehow they made it fit in your hand better than
Speaker 2: last year, which is pretty amazing.
Speaker 1: Okay, and what kind of cost are we looking at?
Speaker 2: Well, you're looking at about thirteen hundred dollars for the
Speaker 2: top of the line, eight hundred dollars for the standard.
Speaker 2: But nobody pays the full Samsung prices. There is always
Speaker 2: a discount. They've got discount for military teachers, students. If
Speaker 2: you're employed by a company, you know, you can get
Speaker 2: up to thirty percent off plus trade in. Someone emailed
Speaker 2: me after they heard me talk about it my radio,
Speaker 2: so they paid three hundred and ninety nine dollars for
Speaker 2: the top of the line device after trade in.
Speaker 1: Okay, so big thumbs up from Rich for that one.
Speaker 1: And there's an awesome new feature in the latest iOS update.
Speaker 2: What is it? Oh my gosh, this is so handy.
Speaker 2: So iOS eighteen point three if you haven't downloaded it
Speaker 2: a bunch of you know, a little polish for the
Speaker 2: latest operating system. But the coolest feature. If you have
Speaker 2: one of these newer iPhones with the camera control button,
Speaker 2: you can aim your phone at a poster or anything,
Speaker 2: or a flyer whatever you have that has like a
Speaker 2: calendar event on it, Press and hold the button and
Speaker 2: it will recognize that calendar event and add it to
Speaker 2: your calendar. So for me, my kid came home yesterday
Speaker 2: with an event at school they have to go to,
Speaker 2: and it was a printed flyer that would take me
Speaker 2: a while to type it into my phone. I literally
Speaker 2: just scanned it with this new feature and in seconds
Speaker 2: it added all the information to my calendar. That to
Speaker 2: me is worth the upgrade.
Speaker 1: It's almost like the.
Speaker 2: Job search.
Speaker 1: Websites that you go to where it like auto fills
Speaker 1: your resume. Sounds like the same kind of thing where
Speaker 1: it's reading your stuff and then inputting it.
Speaker 2: Yeah, like that was my dream forever. It's like, here's
Speaker 2: my resume, you tell me which jobs i'd be good for? Right, Like,
Speaker 2: why do I have to search? So I think we're
Speaker 2: seeing more of that.
Speaker 1: Okay, so that's cool. So you just point your camera
Speaker 1: at it and automatically does it.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I've been using it like all afternoon. I showed
Speaker 2: my wife. She's like, Okay, that's amazing.
Speaker 1: Okay, and have to try that one. And that's on
Speaker 1: the new or the updated iOS. So if you haven't updated,
Speaker 1: maybe now's the time to do that.
Speaker 2: Yes, I was eighteen point three. Yeah, remember that's on
Speaker 2: the iPhone sixteen. I'm not sure if that's available on
Speaker 2: the older models because they don't have that camera control button.
Speaker 2: You know, Apple's trying to give you an excuse to
Speaker 2: upgrade by adding all these new features exclusive for the
Speaker 2: new phones.
Speaker 1: They're sneaky that way. Yes, all right, that's KFI is
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Speaker 2: Thank you, Rich DeMuro, Thank you Amy. Have a great Wednesday,
Speaker 2: right We'll talk to you soon