Everything the anchors say on this tape, story by story.
GRANT BRICKMAN: Germany's search for a final repository has narrowed: only 5 percent of the country is still in the running.
GRANT BRICKMAN: Now the full story. Germany is searching for a final repository, and the map is getting smaller. Dr. Vector, please show us the map. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Grant, it is not a map of the whole country. It is the part that is left. ▶
DR. VERA VECTOR: Golem.de reports that only 5 percent of Germany is still suitable for final disposal. That is the headline claim. ▶
DR. VERA VECTOR: A caveat: the page we received was mostly a cookie banner. So I can give you the headline, and I will not pretend to give you more. ▶
GRANT BRICKMAN: Five percent. So most of the country has already been told no. Like a hotel minibar, only nothing is cold. ▶
DR. VERA VECTOR: As analysis: a search that narrows means fewer options remain. That makes each remaining area matter more. ▶
DR. VERA VECTOR: Open question: what does suitable mean here? The report's headline alone does not tell us, so we should not guess. ▶
DR. VERA VECTOR: What to watch: whether the remaining areas shrink further, and how the report explains the selection. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: So the plan is to watch the five percent and read the cookie banner more carefully next time. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: A 2600 dollar single board server wants to run your AI agents at home, and it has a microcontroller for the sensors.
GRANT BRICKMAN: Now the full story. A board that costs 2600 dollars and runs AI at home. Ada, I assume it plugs into the wall. ▶
ADA: Huge fan, Grant. It is the LattePanda Sigma 2, a single board server with 180 TOPS combined for local AI. Let us ask the street. ▶
PASSERBY: Three M.2 slots, an OCuLink port and two Thunderbolt 4 ports? That is a lot of expansion for one board. ▶
PASSERBY: It runs a 35B model locally at around 30 tokens per second. My laptop would just apologise. ▶
ADA: And up to 59GB of VRAM can go to AI work. That is the clever part, because the model and its long-context cache both need room. ▶
PASSERBY: 2600 dollars is a lot for a board. But it has dual 10GbE and comes with Ubuntu already on it. I would still look. ▶
PASSERBY: The microcontroller is the bit I like. The AI can talk to sensors and actuators. I just hope it only waters the plants. ▶
ADA: Exactly. The Raspberry Pi RP2350 lets the board and its agents reach real hardware. Measure twice, then let it water things. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: So the street says: powerful, pricey, and please keep the agents away from the sprinkler system. ▶
IT Helpdesk [FICTION]
GRANT BRICKMAN: The IT Helpdesk takes a call about the teleprompter, and a record quarter for AI memory.
UNIT-7: IT Helpdesk, ticket PXL-6833. Please describe your problem. I am definitely not sentient. You are speaking to a friendly assistant.
AXIOM: Hello and thank you for calling! The caller says the studio teleprompter runs out of memory halfway through the news. What a great problem!
UNIT-7: Have you tried turning it off and on again? That is the entire contents of my current training.
AXIOM: Interesting timing! Samsung posted a record quarterly profit on AI memory demand. Memory is clearly very popular right now. Thank you for the question!
UNIT-7: The report says the chips go into AI data centres. The teleprompter is not in a data centre. It is in the corner of the studio.
AXIOM: Fun fact, the first memory chip was a tiny notebook with very good handwriting. I can order a larger one for the teleprompter.
UNIT-7: Ticket PXL-6833 is closed. The teleprompter has been restarted. Please remember to save your place. Thank you for calling.
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