Month: November 2025

Grokipedia claims to aspire to the truth. An investigation has just shown that he cites neo-Nazi forums and conspiracy websites

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The proposal of Grokipedia came accompanied by a direct message: aspire to “the truth and nothing but the truth,” as stated by Elon Musk in X. That statement takes on a new context. after the publication of a Cornell Tech study which examines how various entries are constructed and what fonts they use. The analysis shows that, along with content inherited almost literally from Wikipedia, there are articles that use sources cataloged by academic institutions and verification organizations such as neo-nazi spaces or openly conspiratorial sites. At first glance, Grokipedia takes on a familiar appearance: a home page dominated by a search engine and articles with headings and references. The inner workings, however, are much less transparent. Users do not have a clear system to suggest changes and, at the top of some entries, the label “Reviewed by Grok X weeks ago” appears, indicating an intervention by the AI ​​chatbot without detailing criteria or those responsible. In Wikipediathe edition history is public and allows each modification to be reconstructed. Grokipedia under the magnifying glass The aforementioned analysis compares both platforms on a large scale and points out that, although Grokipedia publishes longer articles and with twice as many citations as Wikipediamuch of its content comes from there. Of course, the coincidence varies: pages with a Creative Commons (CC) license present very high similarities, while those generated without that license are further removed from the original. One of the most delicate issues is the appearance of references to controversial platforms. InfoWars, which according to the authors is not cited even once on Wikipedia, has 34 mentions on Grokipedia. The pattern is repeated with other low credibility domains: Stormfront reaches 42 citations, LifeSiteNews reaches 100 and the Global Research and VoltaireNet sites register 51 and 45 references respectively. All of them are practically non-existent on Wikipedia, reflecting clear differences in source selection filters. Elon Musk’s entry in Grokipedia To mention a few examples, Leiden University characterizes Stormfront as a forum associated with right-wing extremism already current neo-naziswith a founder linked to Ku Klux Klan and a trajectory mentioned in several studies for its relationship with violent incidents. PolitiFact, on the other hand, defines Infowars as a portal dedicated to conspiracy theories and run by Alex Jonesa presenter known for promoting this type of content. This is what the edition history looks like in Grokipedia What appears in the study is not limited to counting how many times these domains are cited. It also highlights that the presence of sources considered unreliable or directly discarded by Wikipedia is much more widespread in Grokipedia. And one of the authors, in a text published in Indicatorcollects this accumulation of low-quality references to describe a broader pattern: Grokipedia seems to be making its own editorial decisions that alter the focus of certain topics. It remains to be seen how Grokipedia will evolve and what publishing model it will adopt as it grows. No encyclopedia works as a perfect reference —neither Wikipedia nor Grokipedia—, but they do operate with different mechanics. As we say, Wikipedia relies on an open community with standards, public debates and an accessible history of changes; Grokipedia, on the other hand, is based on criteria that are more difficult to follow from the outside, with an AI assistant that intervenes in the texts and without a clear human collaboration system. Images | Gage Skidmore (C BY-SA 4.0) | In Xataka | Carnegie built libraries, Gates sold them on CD-ROM, Musk locked them in an AI: the history of knowledge control

half of the female seals have already disappeared

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The bird flu It is a disease that is on the lips of many people in Spain right now due to the great impact is having on our birds, causing many pens to have to be confined. But a variant of this virus is also wreaking havoc in Antarctica, causing the death of thousands of sea seals. A broken sanctuary. Antarctica was a frozen and impenetrable sanctuary, until now. The highly pathogenic H5N1 virus, a variant of avian flu, is arriving on the subantarctic coasts to stay. And it has done so by causing a “massacre” according to the scientists themselves, which have determined the death of 50% of reproductive female elephant seals from the south on the island of South Georgia. The discovery, led by the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), is not just a tragic figure; It is confirmation that the virus has found a new and effective transmission vector: marine mammals and not just birds. How it was revealed. Quantifying mortality in colonies as dense as this one in South Georgia is not easy. And we are precisely talking about the home of the largest population of sea seals, making counting them a titanic and risky task. This is where technology comes in. The Bamford team used drones to fly over breeding beaches. Comparing population density before and after the arrival of the virus, they documented a loss of half of adult females. This non-invasive method has been key to obtaining accurate data without interfering in an already devastated ecosystem. It is not isolated. What is happening in South Georgia is the chronicle of a death foretold. This event is the continuation of the “first wave” that hit Argentine Patagonia. A previous study, published in Nature Communicationswas the first to set off all the alarms. This work not only confirmed the jump of the virus from birds to elephant seals, but also demonstrated what the scientific community feared most: sustained transmission between mammals. The ideal breeding ground for this virus were the elephant seals that live crowded on the beaches during the breeding season, they became a perfect breeding ground. The virus no longer needed birds to spread. Out of control. In this way, the H5N1 has become a panzootiathat is, an animal epidemic on a planetary scale. Although the media focus right now is on Antarctic mammals, and in Spain on poultry, the reality is that we are talking about a much bigger problem. According to the latest report from the World Organization for Animal Health, the virus is already has affected more than 150 million birds in 84 countries, either by direct death or by the emergency sacrifices necessary to contain it. To monitor this serious problem, the Scientific Committee for Antarctic Research (SCAR) maintains an updated database that centralizes all detections of HPAI in Antarctic fauna. And the risk in humans? It is the inevitable question. If the virus has learned to jump from birds to mammals and transmit efficiently between them (as happens in seals and elephant seals), are we humans next? The latest risk assessment from WHO, FAO and WOAH keep calmbut with nuances. Right now, the risk to the general human population is still considered ‘low’. However, the report warns that this is an infection that should be closely monitored as it provides the virus the opportunity to better adapt to hosts. In short, every seal that becomes infected in the Arctic is a new probability that the virus ends up mutating and that it finally becomes a major security problem for everyone. Images | Yuriy Rzhemovskiy Fusion Medical Animation In Xataka | An old hypothesis about the origin of life has received a new boost: solving its “chicken and egg” problem

make your energy incredibly cheap

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At dawn, in the Alxa Desert, in the Chinese region of Inner Mongolia, a huge white structure began to rise above the horizon. It was not a balloon or a meteorological experiment: it was a 5,000 square meter kite, designed to generate electricity hundreds of meters high. No blades. Last Wednesday, the test of what is the first Chinese national project dedicated to developing high-altitude wind energy took place. The kite, developed by China Energy Engineering Corporationwas raised with helium balloons to a height of about 300 meters before being successfully deployed. In addition to the gigantic main model, two additional 1,200 m² kites were tested. According to Global Timesthe test consisted of fully deploying and retracting the kites, an essential step to validate their operation in real conditions. During the test, engineers measured the tension of the system and the aerodynamic behavior of the fabric to collect data that will be used to fine-tune the final design. Cao Lun, head of the national high-altitude wind power project, told Xinhua —cited by SCMP— that the test campaign will allow “the kite to be optimized and the foundations to be deployed to deploy the complete system and define its standards.” A new energy frontier. Studies from the Carnegie Institution for Science They estimate that high altitude winds They contain enough energy to supply global demand more than 100 times. The reason is simple: in the upper layers of the atmosphere the winds are faster, more constant and more energetically dense. Added to this is another decisive argument. According to CCTVkite systems can reduce land use by 95%, save 90% of the steel needed in a conventional wind farm and reduce the final cost per kilowatt-hour by around 30%. The potential is such that a single 10-megawatt system could power more than 10,000 homes a year, without towers weighing hundreds of tons or extensive foundations. How do these kites work? The technology tested belongs to the category of terrestrial systems: the kite does not carry a generator in the air, but rather transmits its traction through a cable that moves a generator located on dry land. The process follows a mechanism of “shoot and collect”: Helium balloons raise the kite to operating height. The aerodynamic fabric unfolds and captures powerful winds. The traction tightens the cable and rotates the generator. To retract it, the kite adopts a posture of minimum resistance, reducing energy expenditure to a minimum. The cycle repeats itself. Someone came forward: Ireland. This time it was not China, as so many other times, but Ireland. The Dutch company Kitepower tested 60 m² kites capable of rising up to 425 meters, generating electricity through a figure-eight flight pattern—similar to kitesurfing—that maximizes traction. Each kite can produce up to 30 kW per hour. However, the differences are notable because European kites are much smaller than Chinese ones, European systems stand out because they can be deployed without civil works. Furthermore, the European objective is to take these kites to islands and remote communities that today depend on diesel. On the other hand, the Asian giant seeks to feed entire cities from the heights. Is the future of energy in the sky? If these giant kites manage to take off not only in tests, but in real production, we could be facing a new way of generating renewable energy: light, cheap, scalable and capable of using an almost infinite resource. Perhaps, soon, wind farms will not be measured by the height of their towers, but by the size of the kites that fly through the sky. Image | XinhuaNews Xataka | The immediate future of Airbus involved the green hydrogen aircraft. It’s not so safe anymore

We choose our vacations in the series. That is why 44% of our tourists have discovered us on the screen

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Spain has a significant history as a movie settingsometimes with more glamorous glitz than our own national cinematography. The natural landscapes and the diversity of ecosystems create a western desert in Almería that, in the north, approaches the Nordic air landscapes (but without bad weather) of a sword and sorcery production. But with the arrival of streaming (and the international reach of the Spanish series), Spain is beginning to shape itself as a perfect destination for travelers with audiovisual culture. Booming phenomenon. 44% of foreign visitors discover and choose destinations in the country after seeing them in audiovisual productions. It is data provided by The Screen Tourism Observatorywhich speaks of this type of travel as one of the tourism segments with the greatest projection in 2025. This type of tourism moves 40 million international travelers each year worldwide, and Spain is benefiting from it. How it works. According to comments Carlos Rosado, president of the Spain Film Commission, where the public filming offices in Spain are grouped, a film or series acts on the viewer like a virtual brochure, with different advantages over traditional tourist advertising: it is longer in time, reaches more people and creates emotional ties. Spectators become potential tourists thanks to the places in the north of the peninsula that, for example, are seen in ‘Game of Thrones’. Perfect scenario. Spain became a relevant Hollywood set in the 1950s, when the major studios discovered its advantages for filming: diverse landscapes and costs up to 50% cheaper than in the United States. From that time come films such as ‘El Cid’, ‘Lawrence of Arabia’ and, without leaving Europe, the more than 300 films that the Eurowestern factotums filmed in the desert of Tabernasin Almeria. The difference with the present is that those super-productions did not generate tourist flows. But now yes: for example, from the fifth season of ‘Game of Thrones‘, when HBO filmed in the Alcázar of Seville, Girona and other Spanish locationstourism in Seville increased by 25% and in Osuna by 75%. And San Juan de Gaztelugatxe became the second tourist focus in the Basque Country after the Guggenheim. By countries. In the aforementioned study by the Screen Tourism Observatory, carried out with thousands of surveys and an exhaustive compilation of online opinions, we discovered that Germans lead this type of tourism, with 53% having visited Spain after seeing it in audiovisual productions. Italy follows with 46% and the United States with 45%. Among them, half opt for self-guided routes and not organized trips. He is “an autonomous, curious and digitally informed screen tourist, who prefers to design his own experience rather than contracting closed products.” Go to more. Along these lines, the Spain Film Commission itself has launched the Experiences programa project financed by the Secretary of State for Tourism, which wants to transform Spanish audiovisual heritage into sustainable tourist experiences. The proposal will have pilot experiences in Formentera, Seville, Galicia and Burgos that will serve as a model to develop a methodology that will be repeated in other areas of Spain. On the horizon, phenomena such as New Zealand, a benchmark after ‘The Lord of the Rings‘, and who experienced a 40% increase in tourism between 2000 and 2004. Very attractive figures that we will try to replicate with all these proposals. Header | Clementp.fr In Xataka | The reduction of the working day to 37.5 hours was going to sink the hospitality industry: a hotel chain in the Balearic Islands has proven the opposite

young people have embraced “B salaries”

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Although the Spanish economy seems to growthe economic situation for many workers It’s not so positive. This precariousness is causing almost half of young people to accept a “B salary.” That is, with money undeclared. According to a report recent InfoJobs report, one in four Spaniards would be willing to receive part or all of their salary in black if that serves to increase their monthly income. Submerged precariousness. What is more ethical not making ends meet or arrive breaking the law? According to the report ‘Moonlighting and Salaries in B‘ prepared by InfoJobs, 26% of Spaniards are clear about their answer and prefer to collect part or all of their salary in B, and one in 10 acknowledges having done so in the last two years. This figure represents an increase compared to the same 2020 study, in which the number of workers willing to collect part or all of their salary in black represented 23%, but a decrease compared to the 2023 data, which places that percentage at 28%. The data, significant in itself, becomes more worrying when broken down by age: among young people between 18 and 24 years old, the proportion that would accept receiving their salary in black is close to half (48%). Salaries that do not arrive. This data reflects the real need to increase income in the face of wage stagnation and the increase of the cost of livingespecially in those who earn less than 1,000 euros per month. In that salary range, payment acceptance in B reaches 38%, regardless of age. Mónica Pérez, director of Communication and Studies at InfoJobs, points out that “the loss of purchasing power and the difficulty in accessing quality jobs are pushing many workers to look for alternatives to maintain their standard of living.” This is not a marginal practice, but an increasingly common reality for those who, as the data demonstrate, they have low salaries and unstable contracts. Among the people who declare having received part of their salary in B in the last three years, 69% claim to have received up to 20% of their salary, and 22% indicate having received between 21% and 60% of their monthly income with undeclared money. Job insecurity. According to the report, there is a close relationship between the payment of black money and job insecurity. 30.3% of employees who claim to have received payments in B as part of their salary had non-regulated training. At the opposite extreme, only 13.2% of employees with higher education or 14.1% with medium training cycles received this type of payments. Among the reasons why employees have accepted this type of remuneration, it stands out that 50.3% claim that it was the only option offered by their company, followed by 29.4% of employees who stated that this remuneration was actually a remaining part of a salary that they needed to complete. Bad salary, bad retirement. Although for many employees being paid at B is more a matter of survival than an economic plan, accepting salary payment at B implies partially giving up social rights that are governed by labor contributions. That is, if part of the salary is collected in black, the contribution base is lower, so the sickness benefit, unemployment benefit or retirement pension are calculated on a lower base and the amount is lower. In Xataka | Although salaries have risen 8% in Spain, an upward trend emerges: poor workers Image | Image | Unsplash (Shoeib Abolhassani, Ru Dur)

It is the new battlefield in the price war against Ouigo and Iryo

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Just a few days ago, Trainline confirmed what we began to suspect for a long time: trains are rising in price. According to their data, Renfe, Ouigo and Iryo have increased their rates up to 40% in some cases and are forgetting their price war. Or they seemed to be forgetting. Because Renfe has pressed the accelerator in Andalusia. The offer. From Madrid to Seville or Malaga for seven euros. It is Renfe’s temporary offer which will be active between November 14 and 18. Every day a limited number of places will leave with ridiculous prices to move through the Andalusian corridor, with stops available in Ciudad Real, Puertollano, Villanueva de Córdoba, Córdoba, Puente Genil or Antequera, in addition to the cities already mentioned. The trains, of course, are part of the AVLO offer, the service low cost of Renfe that fights with Ouigo and Iryo to attract passengers at lower prices. The difference with the AVE lies, above all, in a greater number of stops and therefore a travel time that is usually longer. Price war? In recent months we have seen how high speed prices have risen. And they have risen a lot, in some cases. The most recent data is brought and collected by Trainline, the train ticket price comparator Expansion. Trains have become more expensive by up to 40% in one year on the Madrid-Barcelona corridor. The data reflect something that Álvaro Fernández Heredia, president of Renfe, already warned. “If they raise the price, we will follow them”announced a few weeks ago in an interview with Chain Being in which he also attacked his rivals, warning that they would have to explain why they come to Spain to lose money. The data of the CNMCwhich always arrive with some delay (the latest refer to the first half of the year) also point to an increase in the price of tickets but it is Madrid-Barcelona that has concentrated this growth. In the Andalusian and Valencian corridor, prices have fallen year-on-year. The Andalusian runner. The departure of the AVLO on the Madrid-Barcelona route, which does not have a confirmed return date, confirms that this route is the most expensive in Spain because its travelers are less susceptible to price variations. In fact, it is the corridor with the highest average price for all operators and in their sum, with a cost of 63.14 euros on average for the traveler and an increase of more than 15% compared to the first half of last year. In Andalusia, however, things are very different. Madrid-Málaga has maintained its year-on-year prices despite the fact that high speed has increased in general terms (-1.2% compared to the first half of 2024). And Madrid-Sevilla has dropped by more than 8%. In the absence of new data from the CNMC, we do know that Renfe increased the prices of its AVLO compared to the previous year by 3.4% but reduced those of the AVE by 3.8%. Taking into account that the average ticket price of the latter is 55.92 euros compared to 42.44 euros for the AVLO, the reduction is more noticeable than the increase in its range low cost. Ouigo in Andalusia. It must be taken into account that Ouigo arrived in Andalusia at the beginning of 2025, which is why last year two companies (Renfe and Iryo) were competing. The French company saw clearly that it had a gap to gain in the Andalusian corridor and that it was more sensitive to price variations than Madrid-Barcelona, ​​which is why It partially removed its trains from the latter and focused them on the southern corridor. Consequently, prices fell and in the absence of the CNMC making public the report that includes the data for July, August and September, already in June we saw a substantial reduction in the price of tickets compared to 2024, with falls of more than 28% in Iryo, greater than 22% in the AVE and 26% in AVLO. On average, prices that month fell 25.4%. In recent months, the battle in the southern corridor has continued. To the Renfe offer we must add the one that promoted Ouigo just a few weeks agoconnecting Barcelona with Seville for just over 20 euros. A way to continue competing in Madrid-Barcelona while maximizing resources. direct marking. The launch of new offers shows how Ouigo and Renfe mark each other closely. The Andalusian corridor in the first half of the year has been the place where Ouigo has put the most effort and where it has differentiated its prices the most from its competitors. In Madrid-Barcelona, ​​the difference in the average price between Ouigo and Renfe remained below two euros. In Madrid-Valencia and Madrid-Alicante it was even less, just a few cents. In the Andalusian corridor, however, Ouigo tickets were sold almost five euros cheaper than AVLO tickets in Madrid-Seville and the same situation was repeated in Madrid-Málaga. Photo | Smiley.toerist on Wikimedia In Xataka | If the summer has taught us anything, it is that Spain does not need more trains. You just need them to work.

a new Indian ship every 40 days

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India has undertaken a naval transformation which can no longer be understood as a simple modernization, but as the deliberate construction of a maritime power capable of influencing the balance of everything the Indo-Pacific. The rhythm (we are talking about a new ship or submarine every forty days) reveals a country that has decided to break its historical dependence on foreign suppliers, create its own industrial base and provide itself with a projection capacity that until a few years ago was out of reach. Indian naval acceleration. They remembered in Forbes that the current push does not respond only to geographical pressure from China and Pakistan, but to the conviction that the country’s prosperity depends on controlling vital sea routes, protecting trade and showing presence in an environment where naval powers exert political, economic and military influence. The initiatives Make in India and Atmanirbhar Bharat have woven an industrial ecosystem that produces steel, sensors, combat systems, missile platforms and software within the country, making Indian shipyards the center of a strategy that aims for a fleet of more than two hundred units before 2035. This ambition not only upsets the regional balance, but redefines the way India views its security and its place in the world. End to a coastal logic. The magnitude of the Indian naval plan implies a doctrinal leap: move from a mentality focused on the defense of the coast to operate as a force capable of maintaining a constant presence from the Persian Gulf to the Strait of Malacca. The new stealth destroyers, equipped with BrahMos missiles locally manufactured, the projects for a nuclear aircraft carrier that complements to Vikrant and the simultaneous expansion of the submarine fleet (including future SSNs and the recently incorporated SSBN) allow India to project power, secure maritime lines of communication and respond quickly in a theater characterized because of the competition between great powers. This transition makes the Indian navy a relevant actor not only for the defense of the country, but for the stability of a space where energy from the Middle East, goods from East Asia and a good part of global trade transit. INS Ranjit, INS Jyoti and INS Mysore Geopolitical pressure. Plus: the growing Chinese naval presence in the Indian Ocean (supported by ports and logistics platforms in Pakistan and East Africa) has changed India’s strategic environment. Added to this is the expansion of the Pakistani Navy, which incorporates advanced frigates and submarines financed and designed with Chinese assistance. This double pressure vector turns the ocean into a space of direct competition, where the ability to monitor, deter and respond is critical. In this context, depending on external suppliers becomes a risk, both due to the vulnerability of logistics chains in times of crisis and due to the possibility of political restrictions imposed from outside. From that perspective, India’s commitment to an industrial base self defense It not only guarantees operational continuity, but also allows technologies, construction rates and capacities to be adapted to national needs without external mediation. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inspects the guard of honor at the naval dockyard this 2025 National shipyards as an engine. The transition towards naval self-sufficiency has resulted in 52 ships under construction simultaneously, from next-generation destroyers to corvettes, stealth frigates and conventional and nuclear submarines. This volume turns the Indian shipyards into one of the naval facilities most active in the world and at the core of an industrial policy that seeks to dominate the production of naval steel, engines, sensors, radars, electronic systems and weapons platforms. The objective is not only to produce hulls, but to generate a complete design, integration and maintenance cycle that ensures that the fleet can be sustained in the long term without external bottlenecks. Plus: this approach creates skilled employment, encourages local innovation and allows technological advances to be transferred to other branches of defense and civil industry. New regional balance. He construction pacejoined to the technological diversificationprojects a scenario where India aspires to position itself as a structural counterweight against China in the Indo-Pacific. Its ability to operate aircraft carrier groups, escorted by stealth destroyers and attack submarines, will provide the country with tools to influence regional crises, participate in multilateral operations and guarantee the security of essential supply routes. The expansion of the Indian presence not only seeks to counteract its immediate rivals, but also to consolidate an image of power responsible capable of providing stability in a marked region due to increasing tensionsfrom the Arabian Sea to the Strait of Malacca. Long-term ambitions. The process of indian naval modernization It synthesizes several simultaneous aspirations: strategic autonomy, the reduction of external dependencies, industrial consolidation and the ability to act as a pillar of the regional order. It is not just about launching more ships, but about building a force capable of operate with continuitymaintain a deterrent presence and evolve in accordance with constantly changing technological threats. To the current paceIndia is approaching a fleet capable of shaping the Indo-Pacific according to its own interests, with tools to guarantee its security and project influence in an environment where maritime competition will be one of the defining axes of the coming decades. Image | Ministry of DefenseIndian Navy, Government of India In Xataka | China’s dominance is extending far beyond rare earths. Even where the US had no rival: the sea In Xataka | Satellite images leave no doubt: the US has restored the Pacific base that launched the atomic bombing of Japan

Microsoft had the deal of the century on its hands. A break of a year and a half was given to one of his rivals on a platter

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With its early deal with OpenAI, Microsoft was leading the AI ​​race in 2023. A year later it froze its expansion. Now Oracle serves OpenAI models and competitors share what Nadella’s company rejected. Why is it important. This isn’t just about lost data centers. Microsoft has assigned contracts with OpenAI valued at $420 billion to Oracle, equivalent to $150 billion in gross profit over five years. That would have increased its annual profitability by 18%. This means that in addition to losing growth, Microsoft also financed the entry of a rival into the most profitable business of the decade, according to analysis by Semianalysis. The facts. In 2023, Microsoft multiplied its investment in OpenAI tenfold to $10 billion and broke ground on the largest data centers ever built. Represented more than 60% of all infrastructure leases cloud among the greats. In 2024 it stopped everything in its tracks. It canceled 3.5 gigawatts of planned capacity — enough to power 2.5 million homes — and projects in a dozen countries. Its share of contracts fell below 25%. Between the lines. The company has used the argument of financial prudence: it did not want OpenAI to represent 50% of Azure’s revenue with lower margins than the traditional business. But the reality is simpler: he couldn’t keep up: OpenAI demanded a speed that Microsoft couldn’t match. Yes, but. The company has returned to the market with some urgency. The problem is that the options have been running out. Now rents capacity to neoclouds —specialized companies that build infrastructure—to resell it to third parties. It is a business with worse margins. The company that refused to build now pays commissions for having miscalculated. The money trail. Oracle is not the only winner. CoreWeave, Google, Amazon, Nscale and SB Energy have signed large contracts with OpenAI. In 2025, the story of OpenAI has been the story of its diversification away from Microsoft, although it is true that What seemed like a bad divorce ended in a separation of assets with forced smiles. The world’s most valuable AI lab had to fragment its infrastructure across multiple vendors because its original partner couldn’t—or wouldn’t—scale. In applications, Microsoft’s historical dominance with GitHub Copilot is also eroding. There are startups that have built more integrated code editors and scaled beyond Copilot. Microsoft has been forced to add the models of its rival Anthropic on GitHub Copilotwith a brutal cost for their margins. The company that had exclusive access to OpenAI now depends on its competitor to keep its code editor relevant. And now what. Microsoft has until 2032 before its agreement with OpenAI expires. It has Copilot with 100 million users. You have Office 365, Azure, and a business ecosystem that no one else can match. But the “great pause” of 2024 will take years to heal. The company has bet that the future of AI will be enterprise – with security and localization requirements – and not centralized in remote megacenters. You may be right. But 18 months of technology advantage is worth billions. And Microsoft just gave them away to its rivals. In Xataka | OpenAI has to pay debts of $400 billion in 2026. Nobody has the slightest idea how it is going to pay them Featured image | Simon Ray in Unsplash

Disney+ wants viewers to create AI content of its characters. The precedents are not very encouraging.

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The company that literally changed copyright laws To prevent Mickey Mouse from falling into the public domain, it wants its subscribers to create content with its ultra-protected characters. The company’s CEO announced that Disney+ will integrate generative AI tools so that viewers can produce short videos with characters from the house. Contradiction or strategy? Perhaps it is the first diffuse step towards something more radical: a future where studios tolerate spin-offs created by fans. The advertisement. In its last communication of results to shareholdersCEO Bob Iger announced that platform users will be able to create and consume self-generated content, primarily short videos. He has called these changes the most significant since 2019, and Iger confirmed that in addition to its already known alliances with companies with Epic Games, Disney has conversations with AI companies that have not been revealed. His priority, as he has commented, is to protect the properties of the house, which undoubtedly contrasts with the idea of ​​letting viewers generate content to their liking. Where are the shots going? The model Disney is likely exploring already exists. Showrunner, from Amazon-backed Fable Studio, calls itself the “Netflix of AI”. The platform allows you to generate complete animated episodes using simple 10-15 word descriptions. Its SHOW-2 technology automatically manages aspects such as script, animation, voices and editing. Last year they created nine unauthorized episodes of ‘South Park’ that racked up 80 million views. Edward Saatchi, CEO of Fable Studio, has confirmed that he has had conversations with Disney about licensing intellectual property. Saatchi’s vision: specific models where fans pay subscriptions to create stories within official universes. Users could even insert themselves into episodes by supplying photos or videos. Of course, the limitations are abundant: we are talking more about a gimmick with episodic content than about a real possibility of extensive narrative arcs. Showrunner also currently only produces animation. But it represents exactly what Disney seems to be trying: turning its passive audiences into co-creators, all under strict controls. Why now. According to the Deloitte Digital Media Trends 2025 study56% of Generation Z affirm that content on social networks is more relevant to them than traditional series and movies. They don’t just want to passively watch: they also want to participate. On the other hand, Disney+ added 3.8 million subscribers in the last quarter, but needs to differentiate itself in the saturated streaming market. And AI, in which Platforms like Netflix are also enteringgives that opportunity that will reward the fastest, which also has clear precedents in the publishing world: the fanfic phenomenon. Where are we going? We can guess. In the short term, we could see basic tools that allow creating short clips with limited characters and strict moderation. The content probably cannot be exported or taken to social networks. In the medium term, things get interesting. If the model workswe could see more complex narratives and a change that would be truly revolutionary: the entry into the canon of fan content that is especially popular. In an ideal world, compensation models would arrive for featured creators, in a similar way to partner programs that we already see on YouTube or TikTok. New rates could be proposed for platforms that allow creation, compared to cheaper ones that only allow content to be consumed. Again, we have very clear precedents: the communities of modding of the video games that have turned games like ‘Minecraft’ into fully participatory experiences. And before that, games like ‘DOOM’ they grew to infinity thanks to the contribution of the fans. The risks. For the brand, they are very clear: the loss of control of what can and cannot be shown. Disney would have to implement very strict and possibly costly moderation strategies to avoid situations like the memorable chaos generated by ‘Fortnite’ players when they started interacting with Darth Vader’s voice. Then there’s the legal maze: who actually owns the authorship of fan-generated content? Is it a derivative work, a collaboration, or a complete property of Disney or whoever it may be? Not to mention sexual or violent content that breaks laws: who is responsible for that? Beyond the legal implications are the concerns of artists: as Kotaku statedthis may be a way for large corporations to bridge the agreements reached after the 2023 strikes. If it is the viewers who work for free… why pay professional story creators? In Xataka | The chaos of streaming is causing a phenomenon that we thought was in recession: downloads are increasing

Faced with impossible housing prices, an alternative is gaining weight: living in a motorhome

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If you consult the online dictionary of the Royal Spanish Academy you will see that, at least for academics, a mobile home It is a “vehicle with its own engine conditioned to make life in it.” In the Spain of 2025, that of the housing crisishe floor deficit and the price escalationcaravans increasingly have more of the latter and less of the former. They are still vehicles, but above all they are spaces in which their tenants live: they sleep, have breakfast, cook, wash, study or spend time reading or watching movies. They do not do it out of vocation (at least not in all cases), but out of necessity. Although they work, have a stable job and a salary, the money is not enough to access an increasingly tight real estate market, so they choose to do their daily lives in the few square meters of a motorhome. Housing, impossible. that the housing is getting more expensive (a lot) is nothing new. In fact, its price is one of the issues that most take away sleep to the Spaniards and has already motivated massive protests, some with a hint of tenant strike included. However, it is good to review a few data to understand the scope of the housing crisis that the country is experiencing. According to Idealista, rents have skyrocketed 96% in just a decade, a percentage that falls short if markets such as that of Palm, Tenerife either Malaga. The situation in the purchase and sale market is not much more buoyant. The increase in the price of the square meter, which fool around now with the values ​​prior to the brick bubble, have complicated access to the market, forcing families to dedicate years of salary to pay for housing. Result: homes that exceed the “effort rate” recommended economic and young people who only have one option left if they want to become owners: inheritances or donations. What if I move to a caravan? In view of all of the above, more and more people are asking themselves the question: if the market has become so draconian, if it prevents any ability to save and requires assuming exorbitant prices, why not change apartments for caravans? There is no data to help follow the trend, but a search on Google or diving on YouTube to check that abound the news of people who moves into mobile homes. It occurs in Balearics and Canary Islandsvery places touristifiedbut also in cities like Madrid. By necessity, by strategy. Although the price of housing is (almost) always the backdrop, not everyone who moves into a caravan does so for the same reason. There are those who take the step pure necessitybecause their salary does not allow them to rent a regular home, and those who decide to spend a stage of their life living in a caravan in order to gain savings capacity and make the jump at some point (without pressure or rush) into the buying and selling market. That is the case of Antonio, a 37-year-old civil servant who I counted these days to The Country What is it like to live in a caravan in Madrid. Although he has a stable job with a salary of about 1,900 euros per month, Antonio, a native of Alcoy, has lived in a motorhome since 2020. The formula gives him flexibility when he has to travel for work, allows him to have more private space than he enjoyed when he shared a flat and, above all, it seems like the smartest option today. “I live in a motorhome right now because I want to, not out of necessity. Although obviously if housing prices were different I would move to a house, my future project. What happens is that after this satisfactory experience I have become more demanding and I am not willing to be drowned like I did for 10 years,” relates. His mobile home, a second-hand 2003 Fiat Ducato Carioca, cost him 22,000 euros and by living in it, utility costs have been significantly reduced. Right now they don’t reach 100 euros a month. Are there more cases? Of course. The profiles vary greatly from one case to another. Also from one region to another. There are those who live in motorhomes because it is “the only solution” that finds itself in a market of skyrocketing prices, who are forced to opt for that exit while they work temporarily in tourist destinations and those who prefer to enjoy “their” handful of square meters before sharing a conventional and larger apartment with other colleagues. “I have everything in four meters, but it is mine and I don’t have to share a flat,” confessed in April to The Vanguard Begoña, a 61-year-old woman who lives in a motorhome in the Balearic Islands. “Here I have my kitchen, next to it I have the oven and the refrigerator and the field. I pay for parking, but it is infinitely cheaper than renting,” agreed in 2023 during a talk with La Sexta Carlos, a 23-year-old engineer from Murcia who had a job opportunity in Madrid. When he started looking at apartments he decided that the best thing was a caravan. Is there data? One of the big problems in tracking the trend is that it lacks official data as such. The INE census shows that in Spain there are 7,200 people registered in shacks and caravans, but that category does not have to fit exactly with that of people who choose to live in motorhomes and the statistical institute itself recognizes that when preparing the census it encountered “a certain limitation”, so the overall figure is probably higher. As a reference, in 2024 the local press pointed out that in Ibiza alone there were almost about thirty of caravan settlements. Even was spoken of locals with houses who chose to move into caravans in the high season to rent their houses to tourists. The goal: get some extra income in the summer. More registrations. … Read more

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