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<v Speaker 1>The machines are getting smarter. This is tech Talk, brought

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<v Speaker 1>to you by Skynett. Mark Saltzman is our tech guy.

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<v Speaker 2>We talk all things well smart with Mark Saltzman. You

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<v Speaker 2>can follow him on x Marc Underscore Saltzman for all

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<v Speaker 2>the great tech tips of the day, and you can

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<v Speaker 2>listen to him on the tech It Out podcast and

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<v Speaker 2>all of that good stuff. And we've talked before about

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<v Speaker 2>technology that exists in cars these days, far and above

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<v Speaker 2>what it was even five years ago. The models that

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<v Speaker 2>have come out, and now we're talking about some pretty

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<v Speaker 2>incredible tech that is also attached to in some cases

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<v Speaker 2>an internal combustion engine and sometimes a giant electric motor.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>I think a lot of the innovation is happening in

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<v Speaker 3>the EV space for sure. And so this week, I know,

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<v Speaker 3>the LA Auto Show is at the end of the year,

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<v Speaker 3>but we have the Canadian International Auto Show and so

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<v Speaker 3>there's you know, a couple of dozen car makers here

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<v Speaker 3>and yeah, there's been so I've been kicking the tires

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<v Speaker 3>on some really cool vehicles, some of which are out

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<v Speaker 3>now and some are coming down the road, and you know,

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<v Speaker 3>they many of them, of course, have a lot of

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<v Speaker 3>tech which is was what piques my interest for evs

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<v Speaker 3>range is really getting up there. I know the Lucid

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<v Speaker 3>Error Grand Touring has over five hundred miles, but the yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>the twenty twenty five Chevy Silverado EV does as well.

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<v Speaker 3>So that's the equivalent of driving from LA to Vegas

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<v Speaker 3>and back again without needing to charge up. Yeah, as

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<v Speaker 3>the proclaimers once famously saying about going to be five

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<v Speaker 3>hundred miles, So that's you can say goodbye.

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<v Speaker 1>To range anxiety with that.

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<v Speaker 3>With that kind of range, that's great, right, So not

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<v Speaker 3>every vehicle has that.

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<v Speaker 1>That's kind of where we're capped out.

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<v Speaker 3>I'll give it another couple of years and we'll see

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<v Speaker 3>a thousand miles between charges as we see innovations in

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<v Speaker 3>both the battery department as well as in the in

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<v Speaker 3>the software to manage it all. But yeah, that was

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<v Speaker 3>pretty cool. Then the pickup truck, the Chevy was pretty well.

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<v Speaker 3>That's on one of their options, the rally Sport model

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<v Speaker 3>it's called. It also has this sidewinder steering, so it's

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<v Speaker 3>kind of like a crab walk where all four wheels

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<v Speaker 3>can turn in the same direction. So that helps you

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<v Speaker 3>over a rugged terrain or to sneak into a little

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<v Speaker 3>tight parking.

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<v Speaker 1>Little party lot.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, you know, I'm kind of surprised that that never

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<v Speaker 2>really caught I remember back in the I want to say,

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<v Speaker 2>late eighties early nineties, Honda did that with four wheels steering,

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<v Speaker 2>where they would if you turn the wheel a little bit,

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<v Speaker 2>it would kind of do that crab walk, and if

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<v Speaker 2>you turn it all the way, the wheels would actually

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<v Speaker 2>go stept the front wheels and the back wheels would

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<v Speaker 2>go opposite directions for an even tighter turn.

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<v Speaker 1>You know.

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<v Speaker 3>And I think also when it comes to autonomous vehicles,

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<v Speaker 3>which there's no shortage of those debuting this week here

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<v Speaker 3>at the Auto Show as well, you know, the first

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<v Speaker 3>sort of sign of autonomous driving was the parallel parking feature.

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<v Speaker 3>I remember ten fifteen years ago. Easily wress a button

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<v Speaker 3>and the vehicle assesses the distance between two cars and

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<v Speaker 3>can squeeze between it. Not with the crab walk feature,

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<v Speaker 3>but it just seems like that was like one of

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<v Speaker 3>the first examples of autonomous technology. And so yeah, I

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<v Speaker 3>don't you're right, I don't think the sidewinder or the

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<v Speaker 3>crab walk feature has really taken off, but for those

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<v Speaker 3>who want it, I guess, especially those in a pickup truck.

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<v Speaker 1>I think it's kind of neat.

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<v Speaker 3>And this isn't exactly new either, but BMW was showing

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<v Speaker 3>off its new grill. It's at the front of the vehicle.

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<v Speaker 3>It's like a self healing grill. It's been out for

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<v Speaker 3>a couple of years, but it's getting better, so it's

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<v Speaker 3>on the.

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<v Speaker 1>On some of their latest models.

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<v Speaker 3>So it's basically the way it works is that there's

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<v Speaker 3>this I guess they call it a digital kidney grill,

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<v Speaker 3>but it has this additional polyurethane coating that can repair itself.

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<v Speaker 3>So you get scratches on it and within twenty four

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<v Speaker 3>hours at room temperature, it could get rid.

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<v Speaker 1>Of its scratches. So that's kind of neat.

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<v Speaker 3>BMW, by the way, at the Consumer Electronics Show, over

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<v Speaker 3>the last couple of years, they've shown color changing vehicles,

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<v Speaker 3>first with grayscale, like going from black to white and

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<v Speaker 3>kind of in between to full color. So I mean

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<v Speaker 3>they're really invested in technology, but that was kind of neat.

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<v Speaker 1>We've seen some really cool gary, some.

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<v Speaker 3>Infotainment systems as big as forty eight inches for a

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<v Speaker 3>panoramic display in sid distracting more than maybe, so it's arguable. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>this is the twenty twenty five Lincoln Navigator that I'm

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<v Speaker 3>referring to. Yeah, I mean, it's it's like a full

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<v Speaker 3>on dashboard in there. Some people thought the Tesla's big

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<v Speaker 3>tablet like display was distracting, But the more the vehicles

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<v Speaker 3>are driving for you, the more I guess you need

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<v Speaker 3>to keep your eyes on the road. I am kidding,

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<v Speaker 3>but yeah, I mean, look, I as a geek, I

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<v Speaker 3>like the innovations when it comes to technology and safety

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<v Speaker 3>and range and some of the amenities, like you know,

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<v Speaker 3>all the different kinds of cameras and sensors and autonomous driving.

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<v Speaker 1>That that's excites me.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm not a you know, I'm not a big car

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<v Speaker 3>guy other than that, but yeah, it does have to

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<v Speaker 3>be safe to use. I'll give you that one hundred percent.

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<v Speaker 3>So that was pretty cool. So it's going on till

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<v Speaker 3>the twenty third in Toronto. But we've had lots of

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<v Speaker 3>visitors from the States. After all, we may be the

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<v Speaker 3>fifty first state soon. Anyways, Right, let's not go there.

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<v Speaker 2>Listen, we try to keep politics out of this set.

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<v Speaker 1>That is true. That is true. Are you gonna watch

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<v Speaker 1>that hockey game tonight? By the way, I know that's

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<v Speaker 1>a big one. Yeah, I've got a Ideah, it's gonna

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<v Speaker 1>be a big one. I know. I even Trump posted

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<v Speaker 1>about it. Yeah, we'll see.

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<v Speaker 3>But I hope that Canada does not reciprocate and boo

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<v Speaker 3>the US national anthem. I'm disappointed that that happened at

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<v Speaker 3>two previous games in Canada. But hopefully, you know, we'll

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<v Speaker 3>see what happens in Boston. But yeah, it should be good,

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<v Speaker 3>should be a great game.

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<v Speaker 2>AI from from X from Twitter Elon Musk is Grock

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<v Speaker 2>three and now they're saying it's available to everybody so temporarily.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>So on Monday, I believe, Elon Musk announced that Grock three,

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<v Speaker 3>which is his large language model, his generative AI platform

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<v Speaker 3>to compete against Chat, GPT, his nemesis, and other players

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<v Speaker 3>like Google Gemini. It is temporarily free to use. So

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<v Speaker 3>if you go to X dot com and click on

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<v Speaker 3>grock on the left hand side, that is the AI

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<v Speaker 3>platform you can play around with. And it's pretty intelligent.

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<v Speaker 3>I've been using it this week and you can have

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<v Speaker 3>it do everything from create images for you royalty free

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<v Speaker 3>that you can use I typed in show me an

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<v Speaker 3>image of a peacock using a tablet sitting on the moon,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, and it's like it's so fast too. But

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<v Speaker 3>there are more practical applications. They have what's called the

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<v Speaker 3>think option for deeper math and science and coding questions

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<v Speaker 3>you may have. But this is just upping the AI

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<v Speaker 3>arms race. Another feature called deep so is kind of

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<v Speaker 3>like a search engine on steroids. It'll immediately give you

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<v Speaker 3>the summary of the results, not telling you where you'll

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<v Speaker 3>find the results. And you can even attach a document

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<v Speaker 3>like if you've got I don't know, a gym membership

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<v Speaker 3>contract a pdf, right, you can upload it to grock

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<v Speaker 3>and for free it will summarize it for you in

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<v Speaker 3>plain English.

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<v Speaker 1>There's a lot of cool stuff.

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<v Speaker 3>You can add an audio file and say, translate this

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<v Speaker 3>to another language, or give me a summary of this.

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<v Speaker 3>I typed in as Gary and Shannon are they funny?

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<v Speaker 3>And the answer was yes. But there's style leans so

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<v Speaker 3>they say that your style liens on witty banter, playful chemistry,

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<v Speaker 3>and an act for finding human excuse excuse me, finding

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<v Speaker 3>humor in both the absurd and the every day, which

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<v Speaker 3>helped them build a loyal audience in Southern California's competitive

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<v Speaker 3>talk radio scene. Yeah, and then it said that said

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<v Speaker 3>their comedy is more morning coffee chuckle, then laugh out

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<v Speaker 3>loud hysterics, which is tempered by their newsroom roots.

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<v Speaker 1>So giving you kudos, but you know, yeah, very accurate too.

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<v Speaker 1>That's scary.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, and it gave it me that answer and like

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<v Speaker 3>a split second, so yeah, you have some fun with it.

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<v Speaker 3>If your listeners are on X there is going to

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<v Speaker 3>be a Windows and Mac download, like a separate application

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<v Speaker 3>as well, but Grock three is free to try at

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<v Speaker 3>x dot com.

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<v Speaker 2>Wow, that's very very cool. We were doing a quick

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<v Speaker 2>audience participation in asking if you had a favorite kid,

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<v Speaker 2>and I know you've got kids, so do you have

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<v Speaker 2>a favorite?

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<v Speaker 1>I don't have a favorite.

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<v Speaker 3>We have twins, a boy girl twin who are turning

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<v Speaker 3>twenty three and a younger boy.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>I was listening to that and all the call in comments,

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<v Speaker 3>which were great, We don't. My wife tells me she's

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<v Speaker 3>got a favorite, but I don't play that game. Now

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<v Speaker 3>it's thirty three point three percent love between them all.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah no, but genuinely, genuinely, I really don't have a favorite.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh that's too bad. I mean, hey, the day is young.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe one of them screws up. Yeah yeah, exactly. Give

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<v Speaker 1>them time, all right, Mark, Thanks, great talk.