
Digimasters Shorts
'Digimasters Shorts' is your daily dose of digital enlightenment, packed into quick, 3-5 minute episodes. Specializing in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Digital News, Technology, and Data, this podcast brings you the latest and most significant updates from these ever-evolving fields. Each episode is crafted to inform, inspire, and ignite curiosity, whether you're a tech enthusiast, a professional in the digital sphere, or just keen to stay ahead in the world of AI and technology. Tune in daily for your concise, yet comprehensive, update on the digital world's breakthroughs, challenges, and trends.
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Digimasters Shorts
Digimasters Shorts - Apple Shelves Veritas AI, Britain Fights Silicon Valley Control, Diraq's Quantum Leap, Huawei's Open-Source AI Gamble, Microsoft AI Organizes Chaos
Digimasters Shorts is your go-to podcast for quick, insightful updates from the digital world. Hosted by Adam Nagus and Carly Wilson, each episode delivers the latest scoops on tech industry breakthroughs, innovative AI developments, and important debates shaping our digital future. From Apple's internal testing of innovative chatbots to Europe's conversation around AI workers’ rights, and breakthroughs in quantum computing and open-source software, Digimasters Shorts keeps you informed and engaged—all in concise episodes designed for your busy schedule. Tune in for rapid-fire reports, expert analysis, and news you can use to stay ahead in the ever-evolving tech landscape.
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Welcome to Digimasters Shorts, we are your hosts Adam Nagus
Carly W:and Carly Wilson delivering the latest scoop from the digital realm. Apple is internally testing a new chatbot called Veritas as part of its efforts to revamp Siri. Veritas allows employees to interact with the system similarly to other AI chatbots, enabling detailed conversations and revisiting past queries. The tool is designed to help Apple develop and refine features like searching through personal data and performing in-app actions such as photo editing. Despite these advancements, there are no plans to release Veritas publicly at this time. Sources indicate that Apple may rely instead on Google’s Gemini for its AI-powered search capabilities. This decision highlights Apple’s ongoing struggle to keep pace in the competitive AI landscape. The company’s previous AI efforts, including the rebranded Apple Intelligence, have faced delays and lukewarm reception. Analysts suggest that withholding Veritas from the public could be a missed opportunity. For now, Veritas remains an internal testing platform within Apple’s ecosystem. The tech world will be watching closely to see how this strategy unfolds.
Adam N2:Britain is facing a critical moment as it welcomes U.S tech giants to lead its emerging digital revolution. The Trades Union Congress warns that workers must have a say in how AI and new technologies reshape their workplaces. Historical lessons from early 19th-century Luddites remind us that resistance to unchecked technological change often stems from genuine social harm. Creative professionals protesting the unlicensed use of their work to train AI exemplify the growing precarity of livelihoods under current tech practices. Public sentiment, reflected in recent research, largely views AI as a threat to the economy rather than an opportunity. The rapid automation of jobs and the environmental toll of data centers raise serious concerns about the net benefits for everyday people. Meanwhile, the opacity and social disruptions caused by algorithm-driven platforms exacerbate distrust toward Silicon Valley’s influence. Labour’s approach, focused on attracting private investment, risks ceding control of Britain’s digital future to external tech powers. Experts and unions alike call for a managed, worker-inclusive strategy that prioritizes social good alongside growth. A broad public dialogue led by the government is essential to ensure AI development serves society, not just corporate profits. UNSW Sydney nano-tech startup Diraq has demonstrated that its silicon-based quantum chips maintain over 99% accuracy in real-world manufacturing, confirming their viability beyond laboratory conditions. Partnering with the European nanoelectronics institute imec, Diraq showed these chips perform reliably when produced using standard semiconductor fabrication techniques. This breakthrough was detailed in a recent Nature publication, highlighting the chips' fidelity in two-qubit operations essential for scalable quantum computing. Professor Andrew Dzurak, Diraq's founder and C.E.O, emphasized that this confirms compatibility with decades-old manufacturing processes. Achieving such high fidelity at scale is critical for reaching the utility-scale threshold, where quantum computers surpass classical counterparts in practical applications. Diraq’s approach leverages mature semiconductor industry methods, promising cost-effective production of chips containing millions of qubits. Silicon remains the leading material for quantum computing due to its compatibility with existing chip technologies.
Carly W:Huawei announced plans to fully open-source its AI software stack by December 31, 2025, during Huawei Connect 2025. The company acknowledged past developer challenges with its Ascend infrastructure and committed to transparency and community-driven improvements. Key to this effort is CANN, Huawei’s core AI toolkit, which will have open interfaces for its compiler and virtual instruction set, allowing developers to optimize code compilation while some proprietary elements remain. Huawei also pledged to fully open-source its Mind series application enablement kits, including SDKs, debugging tools, and utilities, to foster ecosystem growth through community contributions. Additionally, the openPangu foundation models will be made fully open-source, although specifics on capabilities and licensing remain pending. To ease adoption, Huawei is open-sourcing the UB OS Component, enabling integration with existing Linux distributions without forcing operating system changes. The company emphasized compatibility with popular AI frameworks like PyTorch and vL.L.M to lower barriers for developers using Ascend hardware. However, questions around license types, governance, and detailed integration remain unanswered at this stage. The upcoming December release will be crucial for developers to assess completeness, documentation, and community engagement. Huawei’s strategy aims for long-term open-source success, but sustained support and clear governance will determine if the developer community embraces the platform. Microsoft is testing a new AI feature for the Photos app on Windows 11 Insiders with Copilot Plus P.C's. The update will automatically sort images like receipts, screenshots, identity documents, and handwritten notes into specific folders. This smart categorization is based on the visual content of each image. Impressively, the AI can recognize text in multiple languages, so documents like a Hungarian passport will be correctly grouped. These folders will appear under the Categories section in the app's left navigation bar. Currently, the feature is limited to these four categories. Microsoft may expand the functionality in the future to allow users to customize folder types. This update aims to reduce the clutter in photo libraries and make important documents easier to find. It represents a growing trend of integrating AI to enhance daily digital organization. Users can expect a smoother way to manage their diverse photo collections soon.
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