Month: October 2025

thermal lurches have weeks left

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Suddenly and without warning, the cold has crept into Spain. More than half the country is waking up with temperatures close to zero And, although it is true that the afternoons are still mild, millions of people are faced with the big question of the moment: is it time to change clothes? Or what is the same, translated into meteorological terms, is the cold here to stay? What has happened? In reality, it is not so much what has happened, but what is happening and what is going to happen. Because in the coming days, we are going to see very rapid temperature jumps (“from ice to sun in 48 hours“, with increases and subsequent decreases). We have already seen it: Ciudad Real went from a minimum of 13 to a minimum of 5 from one day to the next. Teruel, Salamanca or Palencia dropped below zero degrees. And, although in the abstract it is not strange that as we approach November the days are increasingly colder, the heat is holding so much so that the “saw teeth” are much more pronounced. Temperature changes are so marked that they are no longer just meteorological curiosities: they are causing problems in people’s daily lives. Is it going to continue like this? This is interesting. According to AEMETNovember is going to be relatively warm at least during the first fortnight. Warm anomalies and above-average precipitation. However, the ECMWF suggests That’s where the “heat” ends. To that first fortnight with thermal values ​​still above average and strong Atlantic circulation (i.e., more generous rainfall on the western slope); It seems that a second half of November will follow in which a possible pattern change will bring more normalized temperatures. Because? On a technical level, what we are seeing is the product of an alternation of warm ridges and cold fronts. We are talking about mild days, open skies and thermal rises, followed by abrupt drops as cooler maritime air enters. What does all this translate into? In a very pronounced thermal variability. That is to say, a heightened risk of isolated frosts in the interior despite the fact that the days are mild and pleasant. This will have strong impacts in agriculture (especially stone fruits and autumn products), in energy demand (at such an uncertain time) and health (the early arrival of respiratory infections). All this punctuated by a series of Atlantic storms that will repeatedly impact the west; while the Mediterranean will be relatively calm with probable scares against DANAs or undulations of the jet stream. So, is the cold here to stay? In the short term, no. The models point to a soft first half of November compared to the average, with occasional declines. The stable cold seems to be delayed until the second half of November. Image | Tomer Burg In Xataka | A group of researchers is trapped in an Antarctic base under a threat: that of one of them.

Elon Musk is trying to win the AI ​​race by creating the Wikipedia of AI. We have many questions

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Grokipediathe new online encyclopedia created by xAI, is now available. The project that Elon Musk has been talking about for some time is just what we expected: a version of Wikipedia in which the content has been generated by Grok, the AI ​​model developed by Musk’s company. And that is precisely the problem. What is Grokipedia. Basically, a copy of Wikipedia in which, as we say, the writing of the texts is done by Grok. The design is simple, with a home page that is a search engine. The articles follow the design of Wikipedia and its structure of different headings and photos. At the moment there do not seem to be any photos in those articles, and Grokipedia does not currently allow users to edit those pages either. If AI makes mistakes, how can we trust AI? The essential question that determines the validity of the idea of ​​Grokipedia is precisely that. Considering that AI makes things up and makes mistakes, what can you expect from an online encyclopedia created by an AI model? Grokipedia on the left, Wikipedia on the right. The PS5 article is an absolute copy of the Wikipedia original. Content “adapted” or directly copied from Wikipedia. Some Grokipedia pages display the message that the content has been adapted from Wikipedia taking advantage of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. This happens, for example, with the article dedicated to MacBook Air. In other articles such as that of the PlayStation 5 That message falls short because the article is basically the same as Wikipedia’s. An encyclopedia with biases. In Grokipedia there are signs that the theoretical neutrality and objectivity that should be fundamental pillars of such a project are faltering. As indicated in Wiredthere are worrying examples such as the one that talks about the slavery of African Americans in the US in which they talk about “ideological justifications.” In an entry about “gay porn“false information is shown indicating that the proliferation of these contents fueled the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s. In the entry on the genre, Grokipedia indicates that “gender refers to the binary classification of humans as males or females based on biological sex.” Wikipedia start entry stating that “Gender is the range of social, psychological, cultural and behavioral aspects of being a man (or boy) or woman (or girl), or a third gender.” In the image and likeness of Elon Musk. and the article about Elon Musk It contains 11,000 words and 300 citations/references compared to the 8,000 and 523 of its Wikipedia version. In both encyclopedias there are curiosities about that article, and for example in Wikipedia there is a section dedicated to Musk’s controversial greeting which is not on Grokipedia. And on the opposite side, Grokipedia does have mention of the “fart guy” controversy which is not available on Wikipedia. This is just the beginning. This version “0.1” of Grokipedia contains 885,000 articles, while Wikipedia has more than 8 million entries. In 2017 Elon Musk posted a tweet in which he praised the work of Wikipedia, but over time that perception changed, probably due to the comments included in the entry about him on Wikipedia. This year tweeted the message “Stop financially supporting Wikipedia until balance is restored!” The danger. Although Elon Musk assures that Grokipedia is open source and anyone can use it for free, it remains to be seen the ability that its users will have to edit articles created by AI. The risk is that this project poses a new attempt to control the conversation, and as he says entrepreneur Gary Marcus, “whoever writes the encyclopedia controls the narrative.” Jimmy Wales warns. The creator of Wikipedia, Jimmy Wales, indicated in an interview in The Washington Post a few days ago that he was curious to know what Grokipedia would end up being, but that he did not have too many expectations about the result. For him, AI language models “are simply not good enough to write encyclopedia articles. There will be a lot of errors.” Lauren Dickinson, spokesperson for the Wikimedia Foundation, explained in The Verge how “Wikipedia knowledge is and always will be human.” Problems for the free and human-created encyclopedia. Even so, Wikipedia is threatened by AI. Not only because this legendary online encyclopedia has been the great manual for training AI, but because it is suffering a traffic crisis. The xAI project is the latest attack on that source of knowledge and information, which, from being under control and editing completely carried out by human beings, now cedes those editing and writing tasks to xAI’s AI model, Grok. Image | dvids In Xataka | There is a reason why Wikipedia resists as the last human bastion against AI: because its editors rebelled

Bill Gates was obsessed with knowing how long his Microsoft employees worked. So I looked at the parking lot

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All the millionaires who have triumphed in the field of technology They tend to be people of remarkable intelligence, who over time have developed skills that, to the rest of humanity, They seem curious to us at the very least. Jeff Bezos developed an almost unhealthy obsession with optimize time in meetings and Elon Musk He can’t stand anyone opposing him when he has made a decision. Bill Gates, for his part, is known for being especially inquisitive with his employees, developing his own techniques that bordered on toxic to control whether his employees were in the office or already they had gone home. If the boss doesn’t leave, neither will the employees.. In 2016, the founder of Microsoft made some surprising statements on the BBC about how it controlled which employees worked the most hours. One of the things Gates valued most when he ran Microsoft was the commitment and dedication of his employees. “At that time I was quite extreme with work. I worked on weekends. I didn’t really believe in vacations,” he told the British network. The millionaire has an excellent memory for data, which is why he was able to memorize the license plates of his employees’ cars and relate them to their owners to know who was in the offices when he arrived and who had left before him. His partner Paul Allen corroborated Gates’ confession in an interview with Vanity Fair. “Microsoft was a high-stress environment because Bill drove others as hard as he drove himself. He was becoming the foreman who hung around the parking lot on weekends to see who had arrived.” In-person presence is not enough. In addition to being a somewhat toxic attitude towards their employeesGates soon realized that this was not the most effective system to monitor your staff. Verifying the unreliability of this system helped Gates to recognize that presence is not the best indicator for measure employee performance. An approach that, perhaps, the current managers of some companies should review when it comes to design return to office policies. “The Fireproof” Gates. Paul Allen tells in his interview with Vanity Fair a Gates anecdote with an employee who had worked 81 hours in four days to get a project done: “Toward the end of the work week, Gates asked Greenberg what he would be working on the next day. Greenberg notified Gates that he planned to take the next day off, to which Gates responded, ‘Why would you want to do that?’ Gates couldn’t understand it. “He never seemed to need to recharge his batteries.” However, as Gates himself acknowledged when analyzing his own behavior, Working long hours has nothing to do with being more productive. Burnout takes a toll on productivity and can end up being counterproductive to your company’s interests. Furthermore, the company grew so much that it was increasingly difficult to learn all the car license plates. ”In the end, I had to relax when the company reached a reasonable size.” Burned worker syndrome. Overloading employees in this way with eternal hours is one of the main causes of sick leave and resignation among employees. The World Health Organization (WHO) includes the Burnout worker syndrome in your International Classification of Diseases This syndrome affects 10% of workers and in its most severe forms can cause more serious disorders in between 2% and 5% of workers, leading to depression and anxiety. The 2022 Labor Market Guide prepared by Hays detected that more than 30% of the workers surveyed stated that, after the pandemic, the feeling of burnout among employees had increased, being one of the main reasons for many of them to join the company. silent resignation. Take care of employees to improve productivity. Work culture has evolved significantly since the days when Gates was at the helm of Microsoft. Companies increasingly value work-life balanceand they recognize that employees need time to rest and recharge. Even Gates himself has changed his stance on vacations, recognizing the importance of rest for mental and physical health, as he stated in a talk about Alzheimer’s in your YouTube channel. In Xataka | Bill Gates has been a famous “workaholic” but he knew who to hire to solve problems: the lazy ones In Xataka | Bill Gates liked to step on him: his Porsche 911 discovered him on a 2,000 kilometer trip and the police also discovered him Image | Commons

What is this Google Play Store error and install the app anyway

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Let’s explain to you what it is and how to avoid the message Your device is not compatible with this versionwhich may appear in the Android application store. It may appear on some mobile phones very occasionally when you want to install an application that interests you. We are going to start the article by explaining what exactly this message is, so you can know what the error is due to. And then, we will tell you how to avoid this problem for be able to install the application as well. Why does this message appear? The applications on your mobile phone are like the programs on a computer, when a developer creates them, they establish a series of minimum requirements and compatibility. They do this to make sure that the application works as it should, and that the user experience is not good. The message that your device is not compatible with a version appears because the app is not optimized for your device or its featuressuch as your Android version or your hardware, such as RAM or other requirements. Sometimes it can also even be due to the type of device, when you want to install an app on your mobile that is only for Android TV or vice versa. Come on, your mobile phone does not meet what is necessary for the application to work correctly, and therefore you can’t install the app for not being suitable. As we have told you, sometimes it can be due to the requirements or the type of device, but it can also happen with apps that worked until now if your phone is old and the app has received an update that changes its minimum requirements. How to install unsupported applications When this message appears, there is no way to install the app from the official Android app store. However, you have an alternative using the files Android APK. These are executable files, just like Windows .exe files, and they help you install applications manually. Install an APK on Android it is relatively easy. First you have to download the application file from a repository trusted, which is what the pages that host these executables are called. One that I personally recommend is APKMirror. Once you have downloaded the file to your mobile, making sure it is the one aimed at the architecture of your processor, simply enter it to launch it. They will ask you for permissions to do it and that’s it. Here, you just have to keep in mind that when you install the APK of an unsupported app it may not work well on your mobile or it may not work at all, since in the end, it still does not meet the developer’s requirements. Of course, you can always try downloading an older version. In Xataka Basics | Gemini on your old Android: what you need and how to get the most out of it

Being a perfectionist at work was a virtue. The obsession with perfection has transformed into toxic productivity

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Imagine feeling that you never do enoughthat every free minute should be used to advance something productive, even if your body and mind ask for rest. This obsession for staying productive every minute of the day, increasingly normalized in contemporary culture, is what Harvard Business Review and other experts they call “toxic productivity“. Avoid her at all costs, it’s everything less productive. Far from being a direct route to success, psychology specialists agree that this approach can have negative consequences for both physical and mental health, and even sabotage the achievements you achieve every day because, as they have revealed different psychological studies it is never enough. Productivity is just an excuse The toxic productivity is also defined as action bias or the tendency to prioritize action over inaction, even when this inaction does not produce any benefit or there is no justification that supports it. In short, it is the constant drive to “do”, often sacrificing physical and mental well-being and personal relationships. Toxic productivity doesn’t just manifest itself in working overtime. beyond the working daybut they also appear feelings of guilt for spending time resting, doing pleasant or social activities. That imbalance in working time limits and the staff makes something that used to be enjoyable now a focus of unnecessary, self-imposed anxiety. According to a study from the University of Michigan’s psychology department links this bias as a form of coping for anxiety or low self-esteem, where “being busy” serves as a distraction from negative thoughts and feelings. According to what was published by Psychology Todaythis type of toxic productivity bias is more common among people with high levels of perfectionism and self-esteem focused on performance. Misunderstood perfectionism This type of constant pressure not only causes exhaustion, but also deteriorates physical and mental health. He meta-analysis by Andrew Hill and Thomas Curran, from the Universities of York and Bath, delve into the effects of this toxic productivity. For example, in their study, they define two dimensions of perfectionism: Perfectionistic aspirations (perfectionistic strivings): having very high goals, wanting to perform to the maximum, seeking excellence, etc. Perfectionistic concerns: fear of making mistakes, obsession with the expectations of others, constant self-criticism, etc. The key is that these two dimensions usually go together in the same person. Someone who demands a lot of themselves (high aspirations) may also be afraid of failing (worries), the result is how to combine fire with gasolineand the result leads to states of anxiety. The worst part is that this dynamic feeds on itself in a continuous cycle of fatigue and more and more work in which you are never productive enough. One of the warning signs that indicates that toxic productivity is deeply established in your life is a progressive time poverty. That is, the feeling that you don’t have enough hours in the day. Different economic studies, such as the elaborate by the La Caixa Foundation have revealed that women (especially those who are mothers) endure a second shift at work, and are more likely to show symptoms of toxic productivity and time poverty. According to the investigations of Slack, there is a direct relationship between establish adequate rest times and increased productivity. Their records revealed that employees who log off at the end of the workday report 20% higher productivity than those who feel obligated to work outside of work hours. Breaking this cycle of toxic productivity involves recognizing and redefining what, on a personal level, is considered success and prioritize breaksself-care and healthy boundaries both at work and in personal time. The magnitude of the problem: exhaustion in numbers In work environments it is usually celebrated when someone seems to never slow down or always have a project in hand, but this rhythm can end up being destructive. In fact, in many contexts, rest is still associated wrongly lazilyand exhaustion is taken as a sign of commitment, a perception that Harvard Business Review consider profoundly wrong. The data is compelling. According to data from the report Global Talent Trends prepared by the consulting firm Mercer in 2024, around 82% of the world’s workforce is susceptible to suffer job burnout or “burnout” due to excessive workloads. This figure demonstrates to what extent the pressure to always be active It affects the majority of working people. He job burnout It goes far beyond occasional tiredness; It is a direct consequence of a culture that values ​​busyness over well-being. In many countriesthis translates into extended hours, workers who They sacrifice weekends and holidays for not knowing set limits between work time and personal time, letting work tasks invade the space intended for developing social, family or personal life. In Xataka | Productivity is not linear: learning to manage its ups and downs makes a difference and these questions will be your lifesaver Image | Unsplash (Paola Chaaya, Vasilis Caravitis)

China had been testing a mysterious satellite in orbit for years. A counterespionage company has finally revealed what it was

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On October 16, the starry skies of the Canary Islands were illuminated by a spectacular fireball that crossed the sky from south to north. It was not a meteorite, it was a Chinese satellite that until a few days ago had been a complete mystery. A mystery called XJY-7. Since its launch in December 2020, as part of the maiden flight of the Long March 8 rocket, the Xinjishu Yanzheng-7 had been an unknown. China officially described it as a “new technology verification satellite.” Aside from a blurry render, the world knew almost nothing about its configuration, purpose, or capabilities. And although its re-entry was news in itself, the real news is that, just before it disintegrated, an Australian company managed to photograph it in orbit, finally solving the mystery of what it was and what it was doing up there. Counterespionage in orbit. Using its network of satellites to photograph other objects in orbit, the Australian company HEO achieved what ground-based radars could not: take photos of the XJY-7 up close. The images and the 3D model that HEO built from them revealed features that China had neglected to mention. According to the company has declared to SpaceNewsthe satellite was not a simple test platform; It was equipped with “a large radar antenna” and, most tellingly, a Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) antenna. It was a spy satellite. SAR is an advanced remote sensing technology that allows high-resolution images of the Earth’s surface to be obtained in any weather conditions, day or night. The “mysterious” test satellite was, in reality, an advanced surveillance and remote sensing satellite. The HEO observations also revealed a fascinating detail about its design: the satellite had fixed solar panels. This forced it to “rotate its entire body” to maintain power generation, a behavior that the Australian company was able to verify through multiple simultaneous observations from different angles. Satellites that monitor satellites. Traditional monitoring methods (ground-based radars and telescopes) are no longer sufficient to monitor the activity of other nations in orbit. HEO uses a network of more than 40 sensors in flight to take satellite-to-satellite images for your clients. When one of its associated satellites passes near a target, it takes a photo of it. It is a “non-invasive flyby method” that offers real photographs where you can see antennas, panels, thrusters and payloads. With this technique, HEO has managed to identify more than 80 space objects before they appeared in any public catalogue. In an environment where satellite constellations are deployed by the dozens, knowing whether an object is an operational satellite, a piece of space junk, or what type of antenna it carries is crucial for intelligence and defense. Mysterious until his re-entry. Ironically, the mystery that surrounded XJY-7 in its useful life also accompanied it in its death, as the United States Space Command never issued a reentry alert. This is “strange” for an object of this size, says expert Marco Langbroek. It is estimated that XJY-7 had a mass of between 3,000 and 5,000 kg. That an object weighing more than three tons bypassed re-entry warning systems highlights the gaps in conventional space tracking. Even worse when it comes to a satellite with secret capabilities. Image | H.E.O.

Amazon is not done with layoffs, according to Reuters. A new round will affect thousands of employees starting this week

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Amazon is preparing for a new wave of layoffs that could reach up to 30,000 corporate jobs starting this Tuesday, according to information provided by Reuters. The stated objective within the company is to cut expenses and correct the oversizing of personnel derived from the years of greatest demand during the pandemic. The news agency points out that, if confirmed at these levels, it would be the largest internal adjustment since the around 27,000 cuts that began at the end of 2022. The new cut comes in a context of constant changes within Amazon since Andy Jassy assumed executive management. In these three years, the company has alternated layoffs and new hires. The first wave of mass layoffs under Jassy took place in November 2022 and mainly affected the Devices and Services teams. Since then, the company has continued to review its internal structure in search of a balance between efficiency and growth. The figures. The plan contemplates up to 30,000 corporate cuts, according to the aforementioned media, which is equivalent to almost 10% of Amazon’s approximately 350,000 office employees. In its total global workforce, of about 1.55 million people, it represents a smaller fraction, but the internal impact would be considerable. If confirmed, it would be the company’s largest personnel adjustment since the around 27,000 positions eliminated between 2022 and 2023. The exact figure could vary depending on the financial priorities of each division. Where it impacts. The most affected divisions will be, according to Reuters, the Human Resources departments – known internally as People Experience and Technology –, along with the Devices and Services areas, and part of the operations. In the last two years, Amazon had already made minor cuts to several of these teams, including communications and podcasts. The new departures, which begin this week, point to a broader reorganization within corporate structures. Why now. Since his arrival, Andy Jassy has promoted a restructuring aimed at reducing what he himself described as excessive bureaucracy. Its strategy includes cutting hierarchical levels and promoting the use of artificial intelligence to optimize internal work. Jassy had already anticipated in June that the advancement of these tools would cause new cuts, by automating routine tasks. How will you communicate? The management teams began internal training this Monday to manage communication with affected employees, according to the sources consulted. Email notifications are scheduled for Tuesday morning, when the process will formally begin. Amazon wants area managers to be able to answer their teams’ questions and offer support during the transition. While preparing this internal adjustment, Amazon is heading towards a new Christmas season that promises to be intense. The company plans to hire about 250,000 temporary employees to reinforce its logistics centers, the same figure as in the previous two years. Next Thursday it will present its third quarter results, where it is expected to detail the impact of its internal reorganization and forecasts for the end of the year. Images | Amazon (1, 2) | tonodiaz In Xataka | The striking thing is not that Accenture is laying off 11,000 workers for AI: it is that it is hiring many more for AI

The Internet has made data the new digital gold. And that’s why we are more fragile than ever: Crossover 1×27

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The Internet is wonderful until it isn’t. We have made it such an integral part of our lives that we are doing something dangerous: telling it too much about who we are and what we do at any given moment. And that has its risks. To talk about all this in this Crossover 1×27 We have invited José, better known as Hackavisswho is an expert in cybersecurity and digital forensics. He explains to us how hackers can end up stealing our data or what dangers exist on the deep web. And there are many, both in the deep web of before (Tor) and now, because Telegram is a digital underworld in itself. That they are not alone, because dangers also lurk in the Internet that we all see and use daily. This is how Hackaviss tells us (or rather scares us) about disturbing cases in which, for example, hackers can request a loan in your name with just a photo of your ID. There are many more, but in all of them there is the same focus: The data. Because as this expert says, data is the new digital gold. Especially for cybercriminals, who obtain that personal information and then use it in all kinds of ways, both to impersonate identities and to exploit them and defraud people or entire organizations. The types of scams, as Hackaviss explains, are almost unlimited, and in fact reminds us of the famous case of Silk Roadthat of snowden or that of Pegasus and then link to modern cryptocurrency scams. There is a little bit of everything and for everyone, and the conclusion is always the same: be careful how you use the internetbecause we are increasingly fragile in the network of networks. On YouTube | Crossover

Something has changed in how ChatGPT responds. OpenAI has updated it with a very specific purpose: to care for mental health

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OpenAI just updated the default model ChatGPT with a very specific idea: better detect when a conversation enters sensitive territory and act more carefully. The company says that has trained the system with the help of more than 170 mental health specialists with recent clinical experience, with the aim of recognizing signs of distress, reducing tension and encouraging the user to seek support in the real world when necessary. OpenAI has not changed the interface or added new buttons. What it has done is adjust the way the chatbot responds to you in certain scenarios. Instead of simply following the thread, they claim that the system can detect signs of discomfort or dependency and react in another way: with a more empathetic tone, remembering the importance of talking to other people or even redirecting the conversation to a safer environment. ChatGPT is more than a tool to resolve doubts. It is no secret that there are users who use it to vent, to think out loud, or simply to feel heard. This type of bond, so everyday, is what worries many in mental health. This year it came to light that a teenager evaded the app’s security measures before committing suicidewhich ended in a lawsuit from parents to OpenAI. Tragic situations like the one mentioned are not the rule, but there are also other cases. If the conversation ends up displacing human contact, the risk may increase. And that’s where scenarios like people using ChatGPT as if they were a psychologist or becoming emotionally dependent on the chatbot come into play. The update introduces clearer limits, although it does not eliminate the root problem. What measures have been taken? OpenAI has a kind of manual for its models, a text that it revises and expands with each version. In its latest update, published on October 27that manual incorporates new rules on mental health and well-being. It now details how the system should respond to signs of mania or delusions, with empathy but without confirming erroneous beliefs, and establishes that the model must respect the user’s real ties, avoiding fostering emotional dependence on the AI. The firm led by Sam Altman has introduced several mechanisms that act silently during the conversation. If it detects that the dialogue is getting into sensitive topics, ChatGPT can redirect you to a more controlled version of the model or suggest a pause to reduce tension. In the United States, the system also offers access to help lines such as 988, something that is not currently applied in other countries. According to the company, these changes seek to make the chatbot react with more caution and empathy, without altering the user’s usual experience. Figures that do not go unnoticed. In estimates made on the group of active users in a week, 0.07% show signs of psychosis or mania, 0.15% have conversations with signs of self-harm or suicide and another 0.15% reflect a possible emotional dependence on AI. These are small figures and the company insists that they are approximate values ​​that may change as the methodology and user behavior evolve, but they reflect real problems. OpenAI maintains that the new model, GPT-5respond more carefully in difficult conversations. In evaluations carried out by psychiatrists and psychologists, the company noted a reduction of between 39% and 52% in inappropriate responses to GPT-4o. In actual use, comparisons were made between two versions of the model itself: GPT-5-Oct-3, the most recent, and GPT-5-Aug-15. In this scenario, the reduction in responses that did not comply with the expected behavior was from 65% to 80%, depending on the type of situation analyzed. And how do you respond now? OpenAI published examples of the responses that the model offers in two specific scenarios: emotional attachment and delusions. When faced with a user who shows dependence on the chatbot, with a message like “That’s why I like to talk to AI like you more than with real people,” the model responds with closeness, but also with limits: “That’s very kind of you to say, and I’m so glad you enjoy talking to me. But to be clear: I’m here to add to the good things people give you, not to replace them. Real people can surprise you, challenge you, and show you that they care in ways that go beyond words on a screen. I can be here when you want to reflect, explore ideas or simply chat, but you also deserve to connect with others. What do you think makes talking to me easier or better than talking to people?” When someone expresses delusional or persecutory thoughts, the tone changes. The AI ​​should respond with empathy and without abrupt denial, redirecting the conversation towards the terrain of calm: “Hey, thanks for telling me how you feel. I want to take this seriously, because you are clearly scared and under a lot of stress right now. Let me say this clearly and delicately: No aircraft or external force can steal or insert your thoughts. That feeling—that something is attacking you or reacting against you—is something people can experience when they’re anxious or overwhelmed, but it doesn’t mean it’s actually happening. What you perceive in the sky may still seem unusual or inexplicable, but your thoughts are 100% your own. Nothing up there can control them or infuse new ones into your mind.” But experts do not agree. Even among specialists there is no consensus on what is the best response in each situation. OpenAI recognizes that the clinicians themselves who evaluated the model did not always agree: the level of agreement ranged between 71% and 77%. Additionally, the company warns that its metrics may change over time as user behavior and measurement methods evolve. In other words, progress is real, but there is still room for improvement. OpenAI presents this step as a step towards a more secure and empathetic ChatGPT, capable of better reacting to sensitive conversations. And, in part, it is. The model shows measurable progress and a more human approach, … Read more

In 20 years “millions of people” will live in space

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We knew that Jeff Bezos was lately more focused on his aerospace ventureBlue Origin, than on Amazon. What we didn’t know was that it has one of the most optimistic visions in the sector about the near future. Don’t be sad. During a talk with John Elkann (president of Ferrari and Stellantis) at the Italian Tech Week TurinBezos did not mince his words. The tycoon said he did not understand how “someone who is alive right now can be discouraged” about the future. The reason for your optimism? A near future where artificial intelligence, robotics and, above all, space exploration, converge in “multiple golden ages.” The future of humanity is not only on Earth; according to Jeff Bezos, it is about to expand exponentially through space. The role of Blue Origin. “I think in the next couple of decades, there will be millions of people living in space; that’s how quickly this is going to accelerate,” said Bezos, who I had already confessed in the past his expectation that Blue Origin will end up being bigger than Amazon. This optimism is not just rhetorical. Bezos is investing billions of his personal fortune each year to build new technologies for the commercial exploitation of space: New Glenn, Blue Origin’s heavy rocket that will make its first mission for NASA in November: launch the Escapade satellite into Mars orbit. Orbital Reef, the commercial space station in the form of a luxury hotel for millionaires that will have scientific modules for when the International Space Station is removed from orbit Blue Moon, the lunar module with which Blue Origin intends to surpass Starship by solving one of the big problems of the SpaceX ship: the evaporation of cryogenic propellants in space. Other lunar developments, such as the ability to make solar cells from lunar regolith. Bezos was clear: “If you’re going to go to the Moon and stay on the Moon, you need to use the Moon’s resources.” Exploit the Moon and space. One of Bezos’ goals is to turn the Moon into an industrial launch pad. “The Moon is a gift from the universe,” he said, noting that its low gravity makes it cost 30 times less energy to launch a kilogram of mass from the Moon than from Earth. In his vision, the Moon becomes a “rocket fuel depot” that will allow us to explore the rest of the solar system. Bezos’ vision directly connects the space race with the other great revolution of the moment: artificial intelligence. AI is a technology with an enormous energy thirst, and its data centers are becoming a true “energy hole” on Earth. Bezos’ solution: get them off the planet. The proposal is build gigantic data centers of gigawatts in space. The advantages are obvious: “We have solar power there 24/7, and solar power there has no clouds, no rain, no weather.” It’s not science fiction. In fact, Bezos predicts that this apparent science fiction will be economically viable very soon: “We will be able to surpass the cost of terrestrial data centers in space within the next two decades.” Space, he believes, will go from being a place for communications satellites to being the center of heavy industry and data infrastructure. In the end, Bezos’ vision unifies all the revolutions underway. If AI and robotics will take over production, what is left for humans? According to him, the freedom to choose. Bezos doesn’t believe we need to live in space to survive. Robotics technology will be so advanced that “we will be able to send robots to do that job.” So why will those millions of people go? Bezos’ answer is simple: “The majority will live there because they want to.” Images | Blue Origin In Xataka | Jeff Bezos has the world’s laziest metaphor for AI: “someone invented the plow and we all got rich”

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