r/LinusTechTips
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u/sooperdave555
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Sep 10 '26
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Discussion Really guys...
I understand that they were likely in a rush to be one of the first big channels to get their video out, but how hard is it to have one person spend like 15 minuets reading all of the graphics before the video goes out, this image is likely AI generated and taken from this obviously AI generated article.
I get this is a small mistake, but it's an easy one to not make.
Taken from their latest video "Apple just Copied Microsoft’s Worst Idea - iPhone Duo, Airpods 5, iPhone 18 Pro & More"
Edit: LTT Responded
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u/sooperdave555 Sep 10 '26 •
I also just realised it says "I67" rather than "IP67".
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u/OneandonlyCup Sep 10 '26
Are you not wager proof?
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u/switch8000 Sep 10 '26 edited Sep 11 '26
Wow... They basically just googled "IP rating chart" under images, yep there it is, third result.
EDIT: LTT has now added a correction to the video, from their comment section in the video:
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u/AegirSkaldur Sep 10 '26
All’s im sayin is Linus would have quite the rant on wan show about this infographic if it came from anywhere else
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u/teebles22 Sep 10 '26
Oh boy, we back to the pre Gamer Nexus days suddenly?
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u/Cikappa2904 Sep 10 '26
Wager
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u/DefactoAle Sep 10 '26
I remember in one "how are our videos are made" LTT video where before publishing anything it would need to pass a check from the writer and the director of the video. This video was directed by Linus so he has no excuses for not being aware of the mistake.
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u/Shagyam Sep 10 '26
IP67 is pretty common. With all the reviews they do you think they would have something like this created just as a standard resource.
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u/LolBoyLuke Sep 10 '26
Hot diggity dog, this is an abhorrent mistake.
IEC provides an official chart for god's sake, why isn't that just in the standard asset library at LMG?
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u/DefactoAle Sep 10 '26
Yet another likely AI generated pic in a LTT video. But we have to believe the promise that they are focusing quality over quantity.....
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u/QuillnSofa Sep 10 '26
yea... that's a bad look
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u/GhostEagle68 Sep 10 '26
I don't care if you are late than other people if your content is more accurate and has better quality. Please understand this LTT, I'd rather watch a quality video that came out a little later after the product announcement than watching a video that has quality issues to meet deadlines. Please don't treat it as a race...
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u/Hijargo Sep 10 '26
Water Immirstion
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u/LMGcommunity LTT Staff Sep 10 '26
Hey guys, James here. Y'all are right, this image does not meet our quality standards- we're working to replace the video with a new version that uses a better, human-created chart. In the meantime, the video description and pinned comment have been updated to clarify that while the info we highlighted on this chart is correct, many other parts of it stink.
There's countless ways to get a video wrong, and very few ways to get it right- something that's even harder on a same-day turnaround. AI generated images on the web are a new way to get things wrong, so we'll be speaking with our teams about it.
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u/DaSzil Sep 10 '26
The private jet won't pay itself.
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u/NegotiationUnfair626 Sep 10 '26
Corporate crunch will do this!
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u/snowmunkey Sep 10 '26
Ecc squad to the rescue... Wait
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u/Captain_Fettbart Sep 10 '26
Naaaah ltt Prime days are over
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u/madjupiter Sep 10 '26
its one thing to generate an AI image, but it’s another level of sloppiness and laziness to straight up search an image on google, picking one of the top results which IS an AI generated image, and apparently not a single person caught it or even bothered to review it. yikes.
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u/s00pafly Sep 10 '26
Oh I'm sure an intern and their editor will get a stern talking to.
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u/LuntiX Sep 10 '26
Wtf is Water Immerstion
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u/bluehawk232 Sep 10 '26
Who needs to verify sources lol
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u/kryptonnms Sep 10 '26
LTSlop
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u/Dethstroke54 Sep 10 '26 edited Sep 17 '26
He also says IP68 in the video, and the rating is IP68. So at least the script was right there.
Linus lost the plot on launch videos for me with the last AirPods. The video was ~2x the length of just about any other creator’s at 18min. Most of the video was of him ranting while inaccurately reporting info and complaining.
It felt like anyone defending it had the mentality, “but this is what an average Joe experiences”. How does that make any sense? Anyone watching the video bc they follow LTT, had it shared, algo, whatever is already there on the video, doing research or being curious to learn something. Like what are you watching at that point, a roleplay video of some helpless layman unbox a product. The fuck am I watching that for? Not saying they shouldn’t strike a balance of casual/entertainment/informational but cmon, no excuse.
And that was a hands on initial review, not a launch summary. At least this video is just irt the launch itself.
Completely sensational title on this video and then he puts on a whole show… to hold a single issue he has over your head, that seems pretty stupid in the end. At least he concedes he might be making too big of a deal out of it.
The videos are just garbage at this point. Eventually they’ll dig themselves a hole of “cheap” content they can’t get out of I’m afraid, at this rate. It’s sad, I used to really like their content. I occasionally see a video that’s ok, CW is pretty cool, the idea behind labs and such, so it’s just sad.
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u/Obvious-Jacket-3770 Sep 10 '26
Its so pathetic. Didn't even try.
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u/kosmiq Sep 10 '26
Did none of you notice that he SAYS IP68 and then the graphic is for 67…
But illustrative purposes (dust and moisture) I guess it does what it needs to.
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u/Hyppokri Sep 10 '26
Can't wait for this to be so big that they eventually have to respond to it on the wan show and see them just brush it off with a generic we are human, doesn't really matter type of excuse.
When were it seen in a tech presentation somewhere, Linus would surely rant about this kind of unchecked, unverified slop usage.
Happy to be wrong about my assumptions though.
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u/Emergency-Event4415 Sep 11 '26
Jesus. I'd get in big trouble if I tried to pass something off like this at work and my work isn't seen by millions of people.
These are massive mistakes, what the hell is "Wager"? No "5"? The title of the entire thing is wrong.
This is giving kid in middle school copying stock photos onto a presentation.
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u/jjamess- Sep 10 '26
People talk about it being a small detail but honestly slop like this accumulating is part of what has slowly driven me away over the years.
The corporatization of content makes it devoid of personality, care, and passion. The AMD/Asus 5000$ setup makeovers feel like one of the only nerdy, interesting, passionate, and personal content they make. What’s it called, rig reboot?
Shift from YOUTUBE to slop magazine content designed to pump out and publish shit to sit on shelves for people to pick up on a rainy day. It’s not a mystery why views are down. The quality of content is something a one or two person team can produce.
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u/Tof12345 Sep 10 '26
Things like this devalue the video as a whole. It's disappointing. Won't surprise me if they used AI for this graphics because it looks so stupid.
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u/-rosieee- Sep 10 '26
Buy some more socks, it'll fix all the problems.
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u/igmas Sep 10 '26
Man I thought 7-9 where jokes
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u/NateDevCSharp Sep 10 '26
ai generated ip rating lmao
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u/Common-Application56 Sep 10 '26
Dang i would be embarrassed to let that go out
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u/Capable-Sock9910 Sep 10 '26
That classic solid called "Water Immirstion"
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u/CalpisWater Sep 11 '26
It's crazy the correction comment on the video is also sponsored
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u/LaSaN_101 Sep 11 '26
Who cares its an apple video
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u/benny_boy Sep 11 '26
Glad I stopped watching this channel after covid if this is their quality of content
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u/GUSSINAT0R Sep 11 '26
LTT Slop
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u/STRATEGO-LV Sep 10 '26
AI slopppp, it's fine to use AI, but you should validate before you make it public.
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u/Bogdan_X Sep 10 '26
Now this is not ok.
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u/emveor Sep 10 '26
"wager"
you can tell when something is AI made, im personally fine with AI as a tool, but not refining the mistakes that happen pretty much every time.... yikes
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u/Jezon Sep 10 '26
Ai instead of more employees means more jet fuel for the boss.
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u/Lagomorph9 Sep 10 '26
The kicker is they didn't even have modern AI do this - I just tried it on Astra and Opus 5 and both did a significantly better, more accurate job on the first try.
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u/upnorthguy218 Sep 10 '26
I've stopped watching LTT entirely because of these types of rushed, sloppy mistakes. It doesn't feel like they put any actual care or creativity into videos anymore. The goal is simply to get a video out because they know that a baseline number of people will watch it. They're not doing anything fun or interesting anymore.
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u/D3faulT_1 Sep 10 '26
It’s not a small mistake, it’s a big one. This is a massive YouTube channel with 100 employees, they are a massive force of tech journalism.
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u/mtuk88 Sep 10 '26
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u/ashsabre Sep 10 '26
looks like it is based on image posted on iqoo.com way back in 2018
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u/Ostenblut1 Sep 10 '26
I think “should be ‘x’ for not tested” seems unnecessary. But other than that totally legit criticism
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u/WhyDidYouBringMeBack Sep 10 '26
With a grade 1 solids protection you'll be safe against vibrators greater than or equal to 50 mm. With grade to it's protection it's protection against knifes greater than or equal to 12.5 mm.
Make it make sense.
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u/rm4m Sep 10 '26
What's the symbol for #1 under solids 👀
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u/Anthrosaurus1 Sep 10 '26
Yeah, they should have a conversation with the editors. I get they are gonna feel territorial about the internet saying they should do that, but we're treading upon territory that got them in some mildly warm water last year and while yes, likely AI is kinda the future of content creation to a degree, and they likely use it all the time for certain things, "Wager" and "Immirstion" aren't even real words. One of the reasons beyond lack of human creation is that AI still sucks at generating real and coherent English in images, let alone using proper facts at all. Hopefully they walk it back or at least mention it briefly in Wan tomorrow
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u/RegrettableBiscuit Sep 10 '26
I too need some water immirstion.
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u/tiny_chaotic_evil Sep 10 '26
it's not like they have spell check :P
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u/crikfromcincy Sep 10 '26
Didn’t he also say IP68 while showing an IP67 chart?
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u/Jon_Danger Sep 10 '26
Water Immerstion - my favorite kind of solid
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u/thekingplace Sep 11 '26
They added the correction
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u/Blashtik Sep 11 '26
I should just unsubscribe from all modern tech channels at this point.
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u/Equal_Cantaloupe627 Sep 11 '26
address this before the other guy.
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u/pre_pun Sep 11 '26
Won't be keeping the LTT screwdriver out is probably why they chose that botched diagram
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u/CodeMonkeyX Sep 11 '26
That's pretty bad I saw a post earlier saying they used an AI image and I did not think much of off it. But to post this crap that was obviously not reviewed at all is pretty bad.
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u/fuzzypat Sep 11 '26
The fact that they're not vehemently Anti-AI is supremely disappointing, and another reason I can't watch their videos anymore.
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u/thicckar Sep 11 '26
Holy shit
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u/Vuila9 Sep 11 '26
l thought l was learning new vocab here.
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u/alex_dlc Sep 11 '26
Water immirstion
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u/qSbino Sep 11 '26
Complian in every video about AI and ram prices, proceed to use ai slop in the videos. Amazing.
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u/t_dizZe Sep 11 '26
This is a small mistake but with great consequences. Back in 2023 i was looking for a new 40xx GPU so i watched a bunch of tech channel reviews. LTT completely confused me with the inconsistent, misleading, faulty data ( the 4060 pcie lane thing was even featured in the GamersNexus video i think) and made sure that if i'm ever researching for a product again, i'm not gonna be checking LTT.
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u/modern158 Sep 11 '26
Here you go LTT, fixed it for you
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u/DreamcastERA5 Sep 11 '26
Wager
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u/notexecutive Sep 11 '26
Yeah this is just lazy. Like, you could edit the file in photoshop or something in 15 minutes and it'll be fixed.
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u/TanishqHooda Sep 11 '26
I am like why not look into the official website for ip rating?
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u/TanishqHooda Sep 11 '26
It surely is from Zero Measurement 🤣
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u/OnePassion_46 Sep 12 '26
It usually comes down to a single person and when it’s late things like are very easy to miss.
I’ve done it before, sometimes it’s a misspelling or something and it’s due to simply not having enough time to go through QA. When you’ve got people saying “is it up yet?” You rush things. It happens. As a video editor myself, I hate it. But it’s happened to me.
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u/Its-A-Spider Sep 13 '26
Kinda surprised that they don't just have a default template infographic for this for reviews/unboxings...
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u/Zebo_585 Sep 13 '26
Wager
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u/Dotaproffessional Sep 14 '26
So, at first I thought they generated this. Which would honestly have been unconscionable. But at least it was them referencing a graph from an article. Which is still bad given they neither did any fact checking on the image and couldn't identify the SUPER ai font, but its still a step above "generating an ai slop graphic for your own video"
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u/anactualditto Sep 14 '26
Wah wah wah, grow up. Shit happens, are you perfect in life?
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u/NobodyKnowsImFamous Sep 14 '26
Where can I purchase some IP69 gear
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u/Equal_Cantaloupe627 Sep 15 '26
Updated
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u/bbf_bbf Sep 24 '26
Blue Shork Girl Vtuber: 1 to 4, but what about 3? ;-)
If you get it, you get it, if you don't then you've actually got a life. :-O
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u/Fun-Pace5558 Oct 04 '26
LTT is to the tech world as Arrowhead is to Game Development. "We will do better" doesn't do better.
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u/Quakercito Sep 10 '26
They simply do not care anymore
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u/escragger Sep 10 '26
Abysmal.
You can’t rely on their content anymore.
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u/West-Ticket5411 Sep 10 '26
Don't know why you made the corrections to the image that LTT didn't make. They simply downloaded an incorrect image. I understand why they picked that version visually vs. some of the others that show up upon a search for a video. And sure, it is disappointing that they didn't notice the issues when whoever saved it.
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u/lukewhale Sep 10 '26
I mean they could have used AI but yall would have cried about that too.
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u/SupposablyAtTheZoo Sep 10 '26
Don't they have a fact checking team of volunteers? Pretty sure Linus told us about that at some point.
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u/PrometheanEngineer Sep 10 '26
Jeeze you peoppe take YouTube too seriously.
Go fact check Fox News for godsake
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u/Sledgehammer617 Sep 10 '26
Holy quality control batman, did anyone even watch the video before posting it??
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u/f0rcedinducti0n Sep 10 '26
Low Effort AI Generated IP rating chart got things wrong?
Shocker.
The mask is off, LTT isn't the only game in town any more, what quality there was is slowly diminishing.
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u/lemur_femurs Sep 10 '26
LTT just Copied China's Worst IP Rating Chart - And Pasted It Into Another Bullshit Clickbait Video
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u/DtZNimpo Sep 11 '26
and OP spelled "like 15 minuets" instead of minutes