AI browsers arrived with the promise of changing everything. Not only have they not done it: they are a danger

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Artificial intelligence browsers did not come promising a smarter tab or a search engine with better answers. They arrived with a much greater ambition: OpenAI talks about getting closer to a “true super assistant”, Perplexity summarizes Comet as “the browser that works for you” and Google presents Gemini in chrome under the idea of ​​a new era of navigation. The promise is clear: that we stop moving around the web alone and start delegating part of the way. The problem is that that same promise is beginning to show a more delicate side. The warning. The University of Washington has now focused on this emerging risk. In an investigation Presented at the Agents in the Wild workshop, and released by the university itself on June 30, a team analyzed seven popular agentic browsers to see how they relate to basic protection of the modern web: the same origin policy. Their conclusion was clear: four of them opened relevant risk avenues and the researchers managed to run a complete proof of concept in ChatGPT Atlas in Agent Mode. The bottom jump. A traditional browser shows us pages and waits for our decisions. We can open a service, copy data, paste it somewhere else, compare options or fill out a form, but each step depends on us. Agentic browsers alter this logic because they incorporate systems capable of interpreting what appears on the screen and moving forward within the browser itself. We are no longer just talking about summarizing a page, but rather coordinating tasks between tabs, operating on open pages and completing actions that were previously left in the hands of the user. A new front. The risk does not arise just because a page is malicious, but because the agent can interpret that page as part of its instructions. That’s where he comes in prompt injectiona technique in which external content tries to alter the behavior of the model with hidden, camouflaged or simply inserted commands where the user does not expect to find them. In a chatbot, that is already a problem. In an agentic browser, the scope changes, because the system can process information from a page and convert it into actions within the browser. The barrier that was there. The same origin policy is one of those protections that we rarely see, but that underpins much of the modern web. Its function, simply put, is to prevent one page from freely reading or manipulating information from another just because both are open in the browser. Thanks to this separation, any website should not be able to simply access what we have in a bank, an email or a private service. The problem arises when an agent groups together information that was previously much more separated. Let’s imagine that we visit a seemingly normal page and ask the agent to summarize it or help us complete a task within it. Under certain conditions, that page may include content from another source, such as an iframe, along with a malicious instruction intended for the model and not for us. If the agent has sufficient permissions, it could access content that the attacking website should not be able to read directly and move some of that information to a form controlled by the attacker. The web would not have directly broken the barrier; he would have used the agent as a bridge. The important nuance. It should be noted that the study does not say that all users will suffer an attack or that any browser with AI is insecure by definition. The researchers analyzed specific versions, at a specific time, and worked with proofs of concept, not with attacks against real services or with sensitive user data. They also observed relevant differences between products: browsers that granted fewer permissions to the agent tended to reduce risk. The paradox. These browsers are attractive because they promise to save steps, understand pages, relate information and execute tasks with less intervention from us. But that same capacity is what makes the failure weigh more: it does not occur only in an isolated tab, but in an environment where there may be open sessions, personal data and pending actions. They may not yet be a massive habit, but the security debate is already here, precisely because their proposal consists of giving them more margin. Images | Xataka with Nano Banana In Xataka | Selecting all the traffic lights is no longer enough to prove that you are not a robot. Now you have to scan QR codes

put a hydrogen train on a narrow track

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Stadler and ARST have presented in Erlen (Switzerland) what both companies describe as the first hydrogen train designed specifically to run on narrow gauge tracks. The idea is that the convoy will begin transporting passengers in 2028 on three lines in northern Sardinia. Below these lines we tell you all the information. What has happened? The Swiss manufacturer and ARST have closed a project that started with a framework agreement signed in 2023 and that contemplates the supply of ten hydrogen trains for the Sardinian network. According to the press release, these vehicles will replace the current diesel units and will allow, according to the company, to save more than 2,100 tons of CO₂ per year, a figure that Stadler compare with avoiding about 450 car trips around the planet. Why is it a technical novelty? Until now, the hydrogen trains that circulate in Europe, like Alstom’s Coradia iLint in Lower Saxony or Siemens’ Mireo Plus H in Bavaria, have been developed for the standard gauge gauge of 1,435 millimeters. Sardinia, Calabria and Sicily, on the other hand, preserve a network inherited from the 19th century with a width of only 950 millimeters, which imposes much stricter axle load limits. Stadler had to design a completely new lightweight aluminum body to fit into that tight space. It is worth clarifying, however, that this is not the first time that something similar has been proposed. And just as they point From Trenvista, in 2011 the Spanish operator FEVE converted a retired 3400 series unit, the so-called Fabiolo, to hydrogen, although that project was later abandoned. What is certain is that it is the first narrow gauge hydrogen train conceived from the beginning to enter commercial service. In detail. The propulsion system is based on fuel cells and hydrogen tanks, but with a peculiarity, because instead of distributing the components across the roof of the train, as other manufacturers do, Stadler has concentrated all the equipment in a central car, named Power Pack. This module acts as a kind of rolling charger that transforms hydrogen into electricity to power the traction batteries, freeing up space in passenger cars for air conditioning, panoramic windows and access to the lower floor for people with reduced mobility. With its own hydrogen. Most hydrogen trains in service are refueled at conventional stations. ARST has opted for a model designed to produce its own hydrogen through electrolysis powered 100% by solar energy, integrating the production plant within the transport network itself. As explained by Carlo Poledrini, central director of ARST, in Stadler’s notethese vehicles are “a central element of the decarbonization strategy of the narrow gauge network” and represent “the first step in the evolution of ARST from a transport operator to an energy company capable of powering its own service network.” Expansion. The project is part of a broader initiative by the Italian Government and its Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport to decarbonise the narrow gauge lines in the south of the country. Stadler affirms which already builds nine similar trains for Ferrovie della Calabria and two more units for Ferrovia Circumetnea, in Sicily, the latter adapted for the slopes around Etna. And now what. Before receiving passengers, the ten Sardinian trains must complete a battery of safety and operational tests. If everything progresses as planned, the first unit should be circulating with travelers in 2028, and from there we will see if the idea ends up gaining traction. Cover image | Stadler In Xataka | Switzerland installed the first railway solar plant in the world: a year later, it has been such a success that its neighbors are already asking about it

If you are going to see the eclipse on August 12, science needs you

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The Generalitat of Catalonia, the Institut d’Estudis Espacials de Catalunya (IEEC) and the Vall d’Hebron Institut de Recerca (VHIR) have just announced a citizen science initiative aimed at analyzing how a total solar eclipse affects the health and physiology of human beings. There is enough data on how they affect these astronomical phenomena to other animals, but there is hardly any information about humans. For this reason, these institutions have launched the Solaris application, with which they hope to gather around 5,000 people to participate in a study whose results will be known at the end of September. The requirements. To participate in this citizen science project A series of requirements must be met. First of all, you need to download the Solaris application and have a smartwatch or any similar activity device that measures, at a minimum, heart rate. Data must be taken for five consecutive days: the two days before the solar eclipse on August 12, 2026, the day of the eclipse and the two days after. It is important that the recordings have time references and, also, that intense exercise is not practiced during the measurements. What you want to measure. Mainly, those responsible for this research are interested in knowing how experiencing a solar eclipse affects heart rate and respiratory rate. Two important factors coincide in this type of event. On the one hand, the excitement of seeing something newwhich on many occasions has never been witnessed. And, on the other, the incoherence of a short dusk in the middle of the day. The fact that light disappears when it is not appropriate and then appears again a few minutes later can affect the mechanisms involved in circadian rhythms. It is true that it is something very specific, but it would be interesting to see if detectable effects actually occur at a physiological level. The results. The total solar eclipse will take place on August 12. Once the application is synchronized with the smart watch, the data reaches the researchers directly, thanks to OneCareAI technology, which allows data to be collected safely and anonymously. Once all the data has been collected, it will be processed to carry out a first draft of the study, which will be made public at the end of September. It won’t take long for participants to know the results. And what about the animals? There is a lot of information documented on how a total solar eclipse affects animals. For example, it has been seen that birds sing a lot, dogs bark and cattle go to the stables, only to return to the pasture again. Activity has also been detected in nocturnal animals, such as bats or some birds. When daylight comes, they return to their hiding places, clearly confused. It has even been documented how eclipses affect some plants, which normally tend to open their flowers at night. Although it is not yet time, we often see how the flowers are seen ahead of time due to the darkness. Beyond all this, we have no idea how the solar eclipse will affect ourselves. Thanks to this Catalan study, we will have information for the first time. Nothing like it has ever been done in the entire world. Do you dare to participate? Image | Magnificent In Xataka | A third of Spain will be completely dark for a minute or two. The astronomical event of the century is approaching

Today “a masterpiece that will go down in history” arrives on Netflix, thanks to an original approach to a unique science fiction story

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Netflix just released ‘Glimpses of tomorrow’the first series that Kyoto Animation produces exclusively for the platform, and it does so with a certainly tragic background: almost eight years have passed since the studio confirmed the adaptation. A year after the announcement, a man entered the studio offices with gasoline and set the building on fire. 36 people died and another 32 were injured. The author was sentenced to death in 2024, and the attack destroyed much of the studio’s materials and equipment, and with them, any progress that existed on the project. In any case, the series has survived the tragedy, and it imagines a Kyoto of 1907 where electricity was never developed and steam became the dominant technology, leaving the city permanently covered in smoke. As a child, the protagonist invented projects that he captured in a notebook called the Electrical Catalog of the 20th Century, together with his older brother. He took that notebook to the war and never returned. The protagonist, now an adult and in the company of a young woman who is trying to escape an arranged marriage, will embark on a search for the treasure of his childhood. Minoru Ōta directs the series in his first project as a director. He had previously worked as a key animator on ‘Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions!’ and ‘Liz and the Blue Bird’, and as episode director on ‘Kobayashi-san’s Dragon Maid’. It is he himself who said that “‘Flashes of Tomorrow’ is a work that will remain engraved in the history of anime“. An unusual statement coming from someone directing his first project. But the truth is that the series is raising expectations: before reaching Netflix, a tour of cinema screenings was held in Japan, the United Kingdom, Thailand and North America that started on June 14, in addition to a screening at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival. All of this is part of the effort that Netflix is ​​making to include more anime in its programming: it has announced eight series and three movies for 2026 in Japan. In Xataka | Today the best science fiction series of the moment returns, with a twist in its story that has given it a perfect score

Europe believed that the Russian ghost fleet moved oil. Report points to something much worse: drone “aircraft carriers”

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During the First World War, the United Kingdom created the called Q-ships: Seemingly harmless merchant ships that hid cannons under their decks to attract German submarines and surprise them when they approached. The idea of ​​turning a commercial ship into a weapon It wasn’t new.. The striking thing is that, more than a century later, it could have evolved much more than we imagined. It all started with some drones. At the end of 2024 they began to register drone raids on several American military bases in England and, shortly after, on other strategic facilities in Germany. The devices appeared and disappeared without a trace, forcing investigations to be opened that they never identified publicly to those responsible. Those flights seemed like another episode in Europe’s growing hybrid war, although a new report maintains that the true origin could have been much further from the coast. Capture of the IISS report The hypothesis. a study from the International Institute for Strategic Studies maintains that it is “highly probable” that Russia used ships linked to its well-known ghost fleet as platforms to launch and recover drones. This network of oil tankers and merchants had been associated until now with crude oil transportation to avoid Western sanctions. If the hypothesis ends up being confirmed, those ships would have also played a military function much more sophisticated covert. A tanker can become an aircraft carrier. They counted TWZ analysts that the great advantage of a merchant ship is precisely that no one expects it to act as a military platform. A ship can remain for days in international waters, discreetly approach the coast, launch a reconnaissance drone and continue its trade route without raising suspicion. Compared to an aircraft carrier, whose presence is impossible to hide, a cargo ship offers perfect cover for operations that are difficult to attribute. The chosen bases. The targets included facilities such as RAF Lakenheathwhich is being prepared for host nuclear weapons American, as well as RAF Mildenhall, RAF Fairford, RAF Feltwell and Ramstein air base in Germany. The researchers collected around of 170 citizen noticesof which approximately half were considered credible after being corroborated by several witnesses or images. They also detected coordinated flight patternsdifferent types of aircraft and trajectories incompatible with recreational use. The sea offers an explanation. The report poses that some drones were able to take off from Russian-related ships located out of visual range of the coast. Among the possibilities is the Orlan-10a military drone with sufficient autonomy to cover these distances and equipped with intelligence sensors, surveillance, reconnaissance and even electronic warfare capabilities. The authors themselves recognize that using an identifiable military model would increase the risk of attribution, so they do not rule out the use of modified commercial drones to make it even more difficult to trace their origin. The boss worries. Plus: the study’s authors admit that their conclusions rest on a combination of cluesknown capabilities and geographical coincidences, not on definitive public evidence. No European government has officially linked a specific ship to a specific incursion, although various policymakers have called for new investigations. For their part, both the British Ministry of Defense and the US Air Force in Europe have confirmed drone flights, but remain silent on any intelligence information related to their possible authorship. The hybrid war. If the hypothesis is correct, the problem would no longer be solely the existence of a ghost fleet dedicated to transporting Russian oil. Europe would also have to assume that some of those same ships can serve as discrete platforms for espionage operationsreconnaissance or electronic warfare hundreds of kilometers from the front. In other words, the biggest threat of the report is not to identify who launched those drones, but to propose that a simple merchant ship could play part of the role that until now was only attributed to an aircraft carrier. Image | Google In Xataka | Europe has encountered a problem bigger than Russia: drones cannot be stored for more than eight weeks In Xataka | Cities such as London or Madrid appear on Russia’s new objective map. The reason: drone production

In Spain more than 40,000 tourist apartments have ‘disappeared’. The question is whether we are facing the end of their bubble

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The tourist rental business is no longer what was. Or that at least is the message that the real estate market seems to be sending, according to recent reports published by two organizations that (from different perspectives) know the sector well: the Bank of Spain and Fotocasa. The first warns in his annual report 2025, published just a few weeks ago, of the departure of tens of thousands of homes from the vacation rental market. The second, Fotocasa, speak directly of a “puncture” of the business, with a “flight of owners”. The big question is… Why? Cycle change? It is still too early to talk about a change of cycle, but the latest data from Fotocasa Research and the Bank of Spain (BE) suggest that something is changing in the country’s vacation rental market. Although tourism still booming and it’s not crazy that Spain reaches this year for the first time the 100 million of foreign visitors, the market is emitting signals that suggest that renting an apartment on Airbnb, Booking, Vrbo or Holidu is no longer the business it was a couple of years ago. Interest in buying apartments for tourist rental is falling and the number of landlords who decide to put their homes up for sale to leave that market increases. What do the figures say? That something is moving in the sector. Still very timid, but perceptible. The percentage of buyers who acknowledge that they are looking for a home to use as a vacation rental is reducing little by little. If in 2024 they represented 3.4%, in 2025 that percentage was reduced to 3% and the latest survey, corresponding to the first semester, places it at 2.8%. “Although the tourist modality continues to represent 3% of purchase operations linked to a second residence or directly to investment, the trend shows a progressive reduction in interest in this model,” comment the platform, which sees a loss of “attractiveness” of the sector. Is it the only indicator? No. The market also suffers at the other end, that of the sellers. Fotocasa Research has detected an increase in the number of landlords dedicated to tourist rentals who are trying to get rid of their homes. That is to say, there are fewer people interested in entering the vacation rental market… but also more people who are already in it and want to leave. The trend is once again tenuous, but eloquent. In 2024, 1.8% of the owners who went to real estate agencies to sell their homes dedicated them to vacation rentals. In 2025 the percentage was very similar (1.6%), but this year it has risen to 3.1%. “It represents practically doubling the weight recorded two years before and shows that more and more owners are choosing to abandon the tourist rental segment,” they explain from Fotocasa. And what does the Bank of Spain say? In your latest annual reportpublished a few weeks ago, the BE confirms that vacation rentals are deflating. To be more specific, its technicians documented an increase in the number of tourist apartments between 2021 and 2024, which placed the total stock at 400,000 homes that last year. In 2025, however. The average was 355,000 homes. The latest data from the INE show that in May they were advertised on online platforms in Spain 341,001 homes tourist, also far from the 381,837 registered a year before. That means between 40,000 and 50,000 fewer homes on the market. In some regions thousands of properties have been erased in recent years or even more than 10,000, such as happens in Alicante. What is the reason? For María Matos, spokesperson for Fotocasa, there is little mystery. If vacation rentals “are losing part of the attractiveness they had in recent years” it is mainly due to three factors. First, because investors are “reorienting” their strategies, looking for “stable alternatives.” Second, vacation rentals have lost profitability compared to a few years ago. And third (but not least), the changes at the regulatory level. “It responds to a context of greater regulatory uncertainty in which the regulations have been modified throughout the year,” comment Matos. The truth is that in recent years both the central government and some regional and municipal administrations have taken steps to prevent the flight of housing from residential to vacation rentals and, in the process, alleviate the rise in rents. Weight of tourist homes in the rental market of: Urban Area Center of the tourist area Malaga 29.9% 44.6% Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 12.9% 26.9% Seville 12.1% 44.9% Santa Cruz de Tenerife 9.6% 8.2% Palm 7.6% 0.7% Valencia 5.7% 9.8% Barcelona 4.0% 22.2% Madrid 2.8% 14.9% Saragossa 1.4% 14.9% Total Spain 10.8% 10.8% Has it changed that much? Yes. BE himself recognize that “regulatory limitations” on vacation rentals have taken their toll on the market, as has the transfer of homes to the seasonal rental market. It comes with taking a look at the newspaper archive to find town councils and autonomous communities that in recent years have applied moratoriums to the granting of new tourist rental licenses or toughened its regulations. The most forceful change was applied last year by the Government when it activated a single short-term rental registry, although this measure received a blow of the Supreme Court a few months ago. Another important regulatory change is that, since April 2025reinforces the weight of neighborhood communities when deciding whether or not they can operate housing for tourist use in their buildings. Will it be noticed in the market? Just because tourist apartments lose strength in the market does not mean that the price of residential rentals will go down. The B.C. remember that, in general, its weight is limited in the Spanish market. According to their calculations, vacation homes represent 1.5% of the total housing stock, although that percentage has fine print. If we talk about the rental market, its relative weight rises to 10% and if we refer to specific regions with strong tourist demand, that footprint skyrockets. In … Read more

“93% of all foldables that have been sold in Spain are Samsung”

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The foldable phone market is no longer at the point where Samsung had to explain why a folded screen might make sense. That phase is far away. Since that first Galaxy Fold of 2019 to the most recent generations, the category has gone from raising very basic doubts to occupying its own space within the high range. The question, now, is another: what to do with a family that has gained ground, that already has competitors looking at the same terrain and that hints that its next step may not be limited to repeating the known format. That’s where your own conversation comes in. David Alonso. The director of Mobile Experience at Samsung Electronics Iberia spoke with Xataka in Madrid after a meeting focused on the history of the brand’s folding devices. Its reading is relevant because the South Korean company is not speaking from outside the category, but from a position that it claims is dominant in the country. Samsung no longer has to prove that foldables exist, now it has to defend why they are still its territory The figure that the firm puts on the table helps to understand where it is speaking from. As Alonso defended during the meeting, with data provided by the company at the end of the first quarter of 2026, “93% of all foldables that have been sold in Spain are Samsung“It is a very high figure, but it should also be read with caution: it does not in itself describe the future of the category, but rather the starting point from which the company interprets this new phase. Having arrived earlier and, among other things, having built a recognizable family gives it an advantage. Samsung has begun to leave clues on networks about the next move of its folding family Samsung’s argument is based on a simple idea: trust was not given, it had to be built. It’s a reasonable way to count the journey. We are talking about an expensive category, with a folding screen as a differentiating element and with an initial history marked by very specific doubts. Alonso formulated it as a learning experience accumulated over seven generations. “Since then there have been seven generations, seven generations of folding, because the family has been increasing. And what have we learned during this time? Well, we have learned several things. First, that trust is earned, because in the end it is true that it was a category that has created doubts.” That tour also changed the way the foldable was presented. The first Fold clearly aimed at productivity, with a larger interior screen and a logic closer to the mobile that opens to work, read or do several tasks at the same time. Then came the Flip, that moved the axis towards another type of user: less focused on gaining screen space and more attracted to a compact, different format and more linked to social uses. This expansion of the family helps to understand why the brand is no longer talking about a single folding product, but rather about a category with different paths. There is also an economic reading behind this bet. The director of Mobile Experience at Samsung Electronics Iberia defended during the conversation that the segment of more than 1,500 euros is the one that is growing the most in the market and linked it to a greater demand from the premium user. In this vision, product quality, user experience and integrated artificial intelligence increasingly weigh in the purchasing decision. The arrival of other manufacturers changes the balance of that conversation. For Samsung, the fact that there are more competitors in folding products serves as proof that the category has a long way to go. So we could say that if more brands enter the same field, the manufacturer that arrived first no longer competes only against the user’s initial doubt, but against alternatives that try to appropriate part of the story. Alonso himself put it this way during the interview. “For us, the next milestone is to continue maintaining ourselves as a benchmark in the market. Because one thing has happened that is very important, which is that competition has arrived, which for us is very important, because when competition comes it means that there is opportunity and that we are doing something well, right? If not, we would be totally alone, which is not good.” That’s why the teasers published Now they have more weight than a simple campaign. What was seen on social networks points to an evolution of the Galaxy foldable experience and suggests that the next step may move in the field of format. All this, together with the fact that part of Samsung’s launches in recent years have been concentrated between July and August, invites us to look towards an upcoming presentation, but at the time of publishing this article there are no official announcements. Images | Xataka | Samsung In Xataka | Samsung is ahead of the presentation of the Galaxy Z Fold8 by showing the design change of the foldable. At last

“We have been believing all our lives that cats are nocturnal and it is normal for them to wake us up”

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Those of us who have cats know that playing and meowing in the middle of the night are included in the package, but the reason why they do it is not what you are thinking. The fact that your cat decides that 5 in the morning is the perfect time to do parkour on your head is not because it wants to annoy you nor because it is a nocturnal animal. We have spoken with Noelia Hernández, feline educator from Feline Codeto find out what is behind this behavior. They seem nocturnal to us, but they are not.. The first thing to understand is that the popular belief that cats are nocturnal animals is not entirely true. “Cats are activated by the rising and setting of the sun. They are crepuscular in that sense,” Noelia tells us. The fact that some cats have peaks of activity around midnight and then very early in the morning makes us perceive them as nocturnal, especially in summer when the nights are much shorter. In reality, cats sleep at night, what happens is that they wake up much earlier than we do. It is the complaint that Noelia most often hears in her consultations: “Many times, sunrise is when they have the highest peak of activity. It is something recurrent in tutors: ‘he wakes me up too early’.” “Cats are activated by the rising and setting of the sun. They are crepuscular” An evolutionary question. The fact that the peaks of activity are at these times has to do with their natural hunting instinct. The cats They have evolved to hunt when it dawns and when it duskwhich is when their usual prey are most active. These hunting “schedules” are also why their vision has developed to allow them to see in low light conditions. what’s happening. If your cat wakes you up in the middle of the night, it is probably due to a lack of stimulation during the day, a poorly enriched environment and an incorrect play routine: “During the day we go to work, to the gym, to shop… We arrive, we do a poorly executed mini play session and on top of that completely dependent on us.” Because this is one of the problems that this behavior causes: our cats do not know how to play alone. “Many cats do not know how to resort to autonomous play, they only know how to resort to the play that we tutors give them with canes and other toys,” says Noelia. Another factor is the lack of environmental enrichment. Cats, especially those that live indoors, need a series of adaptations in the environment focused on their well-being such as offering them different smells, surfaces to scratch or allowing them to climb high. If we also add that many people have a cat and spend many hours alone, they are the perfect ingredients for early morning parkour. And let’s not forget the heat factor: “In summer they can be more active at night because it is the only time of day when you can live in general,” says Noelia with a laugh. How to avoid it. “With a well-structured sequence of games, a well-enriched environment and a good understanding of the cat’s needs, these episodes of ‘I get up at 5 or 6 in the morning’ can be reduced,” says Noelia. First, to encourage autonomous play, it is important to offer them a variety of toys and above all not to always leave the same ones, but to change them: “Toys must be rotated so that they can manage themselves at night if they need it.” Furthermore, when playing with our cat it is not about making it run after a toy like crazy and that’s it, it has to be done well. He cat hunting cycle It has five phases: stalking → chase → capture → bite/ingestion → rest. If we stay on the principle “We do not lower those hormones that have been prepared for the hunt and together with the arrival of dawn and of course, they wake us up.” To make it complete, you have to let him catch the toy and finish by giving him food or a snack. “With a well-structured play sequence, a well-enriched environment and a good understanding of the cat’s needs, these episodes can be reduced” Commitment and understanding. Being woken up by your cat at four in the morning is not pleasant, no matter how you look at it, but getting angry or punishing it is not going to solve anything (in fact, punishment will make the situation worse). get worse or cause other new problems). For Noelia, it is a matter of commitment and understanding: “There must be commitment on the part of the guardian to understand his cat, let him express his nature and give him tools so that he can channel alone autonomously when he has these types of needs, without waking up the guardian.” Image | Amparo Babiloni, Xataka In Xataka | If the question is how long can you leave your cat home alone, the answer is: less than you think.

China has just regulated something that really matters: whether AI ends up being our friend or our girlfriend

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China has decided to put limits on a very specific type of AI: that designed to look like a person. Doubao (ByteDance) and Qwen (Alibaba) have announced that they will disable their custom AI agents before the regulations come into force imminently. Tencent had already done it with its Yuanbao model, but behind all these closures there is a much deeper idea. The blackout of anthropomorphic AI already has a date. Doubao has already warned its users that its personalized AI agents will stop working on July 15 due to “product adjustments” and that three months later they will not be able to access the stored conversations with said chatbots. With Qwen things will be even faster: the agents will disappear on July 10, and the rest of the functions will do so five days later. These measures are taken before the entry into force of the new Provisional Measures for the Administration of Anthropomorphic Interaction Services with AI, recently published by the Chinese government. In Xataka Millions of teenagers have turned AI into their go-to psychologist. It is an unprecedented challenge for medicine Conversational chatbots, yes… The interesting thing about the regulations is that they do not regulate generative AI in general. Leave assistants out to work, study, research or serve customers. What it regulates are the systems that “simulate personality traits, thought patterns and human communication styles to provide a sustained emotional interaction.” The problem therefore is not that AI can be more or less powerful, but that it comes to simulate the behavior of a person. …company chatbots no. The functions that disappear from these platforms are those that allowed a generalist chatbot to be turned into a fictional character, a friend or even a romantic partner. This personalization gave these AI agents a fixed personality, a memory and a characteristic conversational style that reinforced interaction with it. They were therefore not tools to replace the current search engine, but rather systems designed to trap the user in an increasingly personal and intimate relationship and conversation. Beware of emotional dependence. Here the Chinese regulation does not try to identify dangerous risks such as those traditionally discussed, for example, with the European Union regulation. Instead what it monitors are interactions in which there is an emotional dependencea potential addiction and even manipulation by these systems. In fact, these systems are prohibited from fostering emotional bonds that could lead to irrational decisions. All of this is stopped by regulations to avoid the potential deterioration of personal relationships. AI must analyze itself. According to the regulation, AI must intervene when it detects these types of situations. If a user shows too extreme emotions towards these chatbots or if it is perceived that there may be risks to their integrity, the AI ​​should encourage them to seek help or even activate certain emergency protocols. You should also warn if you see excessive usage and remind the user to rest after two hours of continuous talk. In a certain sense, these regulations are reminiscent of the “digital welfare” mechanisms that have been imposed on mobile apps that try to limit the use of social networks. In Xataka "As pathetic as it sounds, ChatGPT is my only friend": more and more people confess to having an AI as a friend Protection for vulnerable people. The measures pay special attention to underage users and also to older people. For example, these types of chatbots are prohibited from offering intimate virtual relationships, such as couples or artificial relatives, and they require parental consent. There is also an obligation to take precautions when the users are elderly, since this group is especially exposed to loneliness and a possible emotional dependence. AI should stay just that: be an AI. Although there have been advances in the psychological impact of these models in their relationship with people, this is probably the first major regulation that does not attempt to control how powerful AI models are, but rather how capable they are. to establish personal relationships with users. This discussion will probably end up reaching Europe and the US, and is a touchstone for a technology that has certainly been infiltrating the personal sphere for some time. Image | Andy Kelly In Xataka |Telling the AI ​​what worries you was only the first step: there are already bots that pose as registered psychiatrists (function() { window._JS_MODULES = window._JS_MODULES || {}; var headElement = document.getElementsByTagName(‘head’)(0); if (_JS_MODULES.instagram) { var instagramScript = document.createElement(‘script’); instagramScript.src=”https://platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js”; instagramScript.async = true; instagramScript.defer = true; headElement.appendChild(instagramScript); – The news China has just regulated something that really matters: whether AI ends up being our friend or our girlfriend was originally published in Xataka by Javier Pastor .

the AirTag rival with up to 600 days of battery life and compatible with any Android

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The ecosystem of lost item trackers has a new member. If until recently Apple with its AirTag and Samsung with its SmartTag dominated the market with their own users, the rules of the game have changed thanks to the new network Google “Find my device”. Taking advantage of this giant deployment, Motorola has now made official the launch in Spain of the new Moto Tag 2 from Motorola (which was presented a few months ago), its new and promising smart locator that you can buy for 37.99 euros. Motorola Moto Tag 2 Locator The price could vary. We earn commission from these links The perfect companion for your keys, suitcases or backpack At the design level, the new Moto Tag 2 no different from the previous generation. Motorola bets on a spherical, minimalist and extremely compact aestheticdesigned to fit perfectly on conventional keychains or to hide without problems at the bottom of a suitcase. It has IP67 certificationwhich gives you complete dust resistance and the ability to withstand immersion accidental drops in water, something vital if you plan to wear it attached to your pet’s collar or on the outside of a backpack. Being natively integrated into Google’s global network, works with any Android smartphone of the market, breaking the compatibility walls of other brands. Furthermore, it is equipped with ultra-wideband (UWB) technologyso that you can use the millimeter precision that stands out so much in the Apple AirTag. It works with a CR2032 button battery standard that guarantees up to 600 days of life, a battery that you can also easily replace yourself when it runs out. Lastly, it is possible to highlight its integrated multifunction button which not only serves to receive alerts, but also works to find your phone or as a remote trigger for your phone’s camera. ⚡ IN SUMMARY: motorola moto tag 2 locator ✅ THE BEST Full opening: It doesn’t tie you to a specific brand of phone; If today you have a Pixel, tomorrow a Xiaomi or a Motorola, your locator will continue to work exactly the same. Selfie and alert button: Using the Tag itself as a remote control to capture photos from a distance gives it an extra utility that its rivals do not have. ❌ THE WORST Android exclusive… By completely depending on the Google ecosystem, iOS (iPhone) users will not be able to take advantage of it. Taking advantage of UWB… The high-precision guidance compass will only be activated if your Android phone has an ultra-wideband chip, something that is usually reserved for high-end devices. 💡 BUY IT IF… You are an Android user and you are looking for a reliable, durable tracker with the largest coverage network in the world to secure your suitcases on vacation. ⛔ DON’T BUY IT IF… You primarily use Apple devices, where AirTag continues to offer a more organic integration with iOS. Some of the links in this article are affiliated and may provide a benefit to Xataka. In case of non-availability, offers may vary. Images | Motorola In Xataka | It looks like a card, but it’s a tracker for iOS and Android so thin it can fit in your wallet or passport In Xataka | The best Airtag for Android. Which one to buy? Tips and recommendations

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