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We spoke with the creators of ALIA, the 100% Spanish AI, to understand its future

January 23, 2025 by usatoday24

This Monday it was announced release of ALIA language models. The initiative has been in development for years and it is now that the first fruits are beginning to be seen, still modest, but promising. To learn more details about ALIA, at Xataka we have spoken with Martha Villegas (@MartaVillegasM), head of the Language Technologies Unit of the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC). This has allowed us to clarify the status of the project, its objectives and its next challenges. To compete with ChatGPT, nothing The first thing we wanted to know is how ALIA had been created, and here Marta Villegas clarified that the model is based on the Llama architecture – Meta’s Open Source model –, “but the model has been trained from scratch and with zero initial weights“. This is important because ALIA is not a Llama-based model that has undergone a refinement or “fine-tuning” process. In those cases, this expert explained, “you start from a model trained with other data and with initialized weights, and you do it to adapt that model to your needs, either because you have more data and you want it to be better or because perhaps you want to adapt it to a particular domain. But here, he told us, “the vocabulary (set of tokens) is completely different.” In other models the corpus or training data set may be mostly in English, which causes the set of admissible tokens to be calculated through English. That, Villegas indicates, would make it adapt less efficiently to other languages. That is precisely what has been sought with ALIA: reduce the relevance of English to increase the number of 35 languages of the European Union and, especially, Spanish, Catalan, Basque and Galician. How ALIA has been trained The ALIA training process began with some experiments in April 2024. It is necessary because as Villegas explained, “training is not pressing the button after feeding the data and that’s it.” It had to be taken into account that MareNostrum 5the supercomputer located at and managed by the BSC, had just come into operation at full power and there was high demand to use it. MareNostrum 5 In this training process, the ALIA project has had gradual availability of the computing capacity of MareNostrum 5. Although for a short period of time they had access to 512 of the 1,120 specialized nodes of the supercomputer, 256 nodes were used for many months and since September They are using 128 nodes, “which is a lot,” Villegas highlights. During the training process, he told us, there are so-called “checkpoints”, in which it is possible to evaluate how the training process is going. These “pauses” also allow certain training data to be updated, as in fact happened in that process in which at a given moment they introduced a new corpus with high quality that allowed them to replace some data they had. This is just the beginning: it’s time to “instruct” and “align” ALIA Villegas explained to us that ALIA is a foundational model: it is not prepared to be an alternative to ChatGPT. The latter is based on GPT-4, a much more ambitious foundational model that involved much more investment. Here we must differentiate the foundational model from the “educated” and “aligned” models with which we usually interact. As this expert told us, “ALIA-40b is a foundational model that is not instructed or aligned. For a model to be a ChatGPT and understand the conversation and have a certain memory and be “politically correct,” the foundational model (which only learns to say the next token) is “instructed” by passing a bunch of texts.” Even so, the goal is to gradually consider these options. “In March, the instructed version of ALIA-40b is expected to be launched, with a first set of open instructions,” Villegas told us. These instructions are going to be subcontracted – the ones that allow these models to be instructed – and a million euros are going to be invested in that set of instructions from scratch. This data will also be published so that it is available to institutions and developers: if it has been paid with public money, explains Villegas, it is logical that this data will also be public, something that does not usually happen with other AI models from private companies. While training AI models provides guidance on how to respond and defines the context and purpose of those responses, alignment solves problems such as avoid discriminatory biasprevent misinformation or protect privacy. Precisely this lack of alignment means that using these models in this initial phase can produce responses with errors and biases that are precisely mitigated to a great extent with this alignment phase. ALIA and the competition: it is neither a rival of ChatGPT nor does it intend to be In fact, Villegas highlights, “the objective is not to compete with ChatGPT, for that we would need 5 billion dollars.” ALIA-40b “is a good model, and a chatbot can be made in the future because the intention is to instruct and align it, but that will take time.” Within the ALIA family we have the Salamandra models (2b and 7b), smaller and more modest but which already have first instructed versions. Its performance and capacity still have room for improvement, but they are good starting points for the future. It was inevitable to ask how ALIA then intends to compete with other models, both closed and developed by private companies and Open Source models. For her “There is a demand for intermediate models that each person can then adapt to their specific use case, not everyone can use ChatGPT for reasons such as privacy or use case.” Villegas also wanted to highlight how these smaller models can have exceptional performance in specific tasks, and can work at levels of security and not sharing important data. The objective is not to compete with ChatGPT, for that we would need 5,000 million dollars Not only that, he reveals: “we also took out the … Read more

Huawei’s long goodbye in Spain: from strategic partner to unwelcome technology

January 23, 2025 by usatoday24

Telefónica has awarded Nokia the last part of its 5G core, completing the elimination of Huawei from critical Spanish networks, according to advances Expansion. Why is it important. This move culminates the unofficial banishment of the Chinese giant from critical telecommunications infrastructure in Spain. An explicit government veto has not even been necessary. The context. In 2019, Telefónica had chosen Huawei for its 5G corea decision that was surprising at the time, but international pressures, with the United States at the helm, have been forcing an immediate change of course. The operator announced shortly after a strategy multicore which, in practice, has meant the beginning of the end for Huawei in its Spanish critical infrastructures. The estimated value of the new contract with Nokia is 15 million euros for six years. Huawei’s current presence in the 5G cores of the three large Spanish operators has been reduced to 0%. In Xataka Pallete’s impossible equation: he reduced Telefónica’s debt by half… while its stock market value plummeted behind the scenes. The replacement strategy requires caution and precision, following a meticulous schedule by phases and regions, in order to avoid any interruption of service to users while the transition is completed. The entire process will take more than a year given its difficulty: this movement involves modifying critical infrastructure. The current situation. The three large Spanish operators have expelled Huawei from their network cores: Telefónica divides it between Nokia and Ericsson. Orange awarded it to Ericsson. Vodafone chose Nokia. The money trail. Huawei’s exit from the Spanish market has been accelerated not only by corporate decisions but also by public policies. Although it maintains an important presence in the radio networks of some operators – such as 70% in Vodafone-, his exclusion of public aid for rural 5G through an indirect veto has been decisive. This Government strategy, which requires avoiding “high-risk suppliers” to access public funds, led Huawei to file a lawsuit before the National Court. {“videoId”:”x88i2zx”,”autoplay”:false,”title”:”Telefónica Smart Buildings”, “tag”:”telefónica”, “duration”:”41″} Go deeper. The 5G network core is the brain that manages all connections and user data, turning it into critical infrastructure for national security. This has ended up becoming a case study on how geopolitics also changes the technological map of a country without the need for direct prohibitions. It is enough to press the appropriate buttons. In Xataka | Huawei is ousting Apple right where it hurts most: it does not stop selling high-end mobile phones in China Featured image | Huawei (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 Huawei’s long goodbye in Spain: from strategic partner to unwelcome technology was originally published in Xataka by Javier Lacort .

Ana Rosa in the mornings

January 23, 2025 by usatoday24

Ana Rosa Quintana returns to the mornings. The one that was absolute winner of Mediaset mornings For 18 years he abandons his fleeting experiment in the afternoons, in which attempts have been made to raise the low rates of Telecinco after the disappearance of ‘save me‘. It is an important change (and desired by the presenter, who has never felt comfortable in her new format), and above all, it is further proof of the need that Telecinco has to strengthen some proposal from your grill beyond the realities. Failed afternoons. Two years ago, Alessandro Salem, CEO of Mediaset at the time, asked Ana Rosa Quintana to try to fill the space left by ‘Sálvame’. Despite a good first year, it has not been able to stand up to Sonsoles Ónega, much more established, and the essential traveling companions who reinforce and continue the bet have not had much better luck: ‘Jorge’s Diary’, the vehicle for Jorge Javier Vázquez, after the disappearance of ‘Sálvame’, has not been able to find a space; and ‘Chain Reaction’ has done well while it has had its Mozos de Arousa, but once they are gone, the program fails to maintain interest. And that’s without talking about the current battle for access. prime timewhich with ‘La Revuelta’ and ‘El hormiguero’, Tele5 already considered lost. Again in the mornings. The reformulation of the mornings starting on February 3 will not be total, and both Ana Terradillos and Joaquín Prat, who were previously part of Ana Rosa’s team, will maintain the spaces with which Tele5 covered the slot after the presenter’s passage in the afternoons. Mediaset talks about “a remodeling of the network’s morning slot”, and there will be changes in the formats and durations, but both ‘The Critical View’ by Terradillos and ‘Let’s See’ by Prat will continue. Total domination. ‘TardeAR’ continues without Ana Rosa (perhaps the name change will be inevitable, but it is enough to dispense with the capital letters), although its current presenters, Frank Blanco and Verónica Dulanto, continue. With this change, the one that is undoubtedly the big winner is Unicorn Content, owned by the presenter, who, as stated in a statement about the change, will be on TeleCinco “from first thing in the morning until three o’clock, and then ‘TardeAR ‘from 5:40 p.m. to eight o’clock.’ A true absolute mastery of the channel grill. Bad figures. The afternoon, as we have mentioned, had not worked for Ana Rosa for a while. On December 17, ‘TardeAR’ made 10.7%, and since then, more than a month later, it has always remained below 10%, sometimes with figures as low as 7.7% this Monday , which may have precipitated his return to the mornings. To his rival on Antena 3, Sonsoles Ónega, it happens just the opposite: rarely falls below 10% share since last summer, and sometimes it reaches figures such as the 12.7% that was the maximum in October 2024, taking two and a half points ahead of Ana Rosa. What is left for Telecinco. Safe tricks, very few. It seems more or less guaranteed that the mornings will be yours again (although right now They’re not doing so well either.), but at the cost of the afternoon being extremely destabilized, with a program that is already in free fall in audiences, and that without its main supporter, may continue to decline. But the worst comes at night: although ‘Big Brother’, ‘Temptation Island’ and others realities they work well (without being infallible), the lack of a powerful product at the time of ‘El Hormiguero’ and ‘La Revuelta’ prevents there from being a carryover effect, and many times the public has to join their proposals “from scratch”. prime timewhich has made ambitious bets like ‘Next Level Chef’ puncture loudly. Header | Mediaset In Xataka | Broncano, Giró and Buenafuente: the plan of the new director of TVE to turn the ratings war upside down

These are the autonomous communities that maintain the discounts

January 23, 2025 by usatoday24

Yesterday, January 22, 2025, the Government failed to carry out the Omnibus Decree that contemplated the pension increasethe extension of the MOVES III Plan and its aid to the electric car or the public transport subsidywith free or discounted multi-trip passes and tickets. The latter has had a direct consequence among those who use public transport daily because they have seen how the same transport passes that were discounted yesterday have now returned to their official prices before the discount. Óscar Puente, Minister of Transport, assured yesterday that public transport passes acquired before the refusal was given Omnibus Decree of the Government will maintain the advantages until the end of the first quarter (when said subscriptions had to be renewed) since the user had the “acquired right” with the purchase of the titles. However, those who had not obtained the titles before yesterday’s vote will not have these purchase aids. Aid that also affects regional titles. In the latter case, the transport subsidy is maintained if the town councils or autonomous communities responsible for them undertake to extend their contribution. Some of them have already confirmed that this will be the case. The autonomous communities that will maintain aid for public transport in 2025 Just a few days ago, with the first hours of 2025, the Government confirmed that it was extending aid to public transport until June 30, 2025. A measure that It would cost us 1.6 billion euros and that came with another promise: a single public transport ticket for all of Spain starting in the second half of the year. Aid for public transport, however, reached citizens through two sources. In those of state ownership (such as free quarterly subscriptions for Media Distancia with predefined origin and destination, the 50% reduction in the price of Avant multi-trip tickets or the free state-managed bus lines), the aid has been completely eliminated as it does not have the support of the Congress of Deputies. However, passes and multi-trip tickets of municipal or regional extension within the same autonomous community had double funding in the aid. The responsible organizations that wanted to benefit from the aid had the obligation to offer these multi-trip passes and tickets with at least a 50% discount. In order to apply this discount, the regional government was obliged to commit to a minimum aid of 20% of the original price and the State would support with the remaining 30% until reaching that minimum 50% reduction. Without the contribution of the State and the extension of aid, the autonomous communities and town councils have three options: Eliminate aid for public transport Maintain your minimum contribution of 20% or the one you have been applying until now Assume the State’s part and maintain the 50% discount, accepting that the entire final amount has to come from its coffers. In this context, some autonomous communities have already confirmed that they will maintain their aid to public transport in one way or another: Community of Madrid: It will maintain the 60% discount that its users already enjoyed. The regional government matched the State contribution and, therefore, the reduction in the final price was 60%. Government spokespersons in the region have confirmed that They will maintain the aid “for the moment” and therefore the prices They are still the ones you find in this link.Catalonia: At least temporarily, aid for public transport in Catalonia is maintained. It has been confirmed by Metropolitan Transport Authority (ATM) who claim that prices are maintained at a 50% discount “until the Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobility officially publishes or communicates” the withdrawal of its 30% state aid. From then on, the ATMs of Barcelona, Lleida, Tarragona and Girona will maintain the 20% aid that corresponded to them until now but the state contribution will be lost. the Basque Country: As stated EFEaid for public transport in the Basque Country will also remain at a 50% discount until the Government of Spain confirms the withdrawal of its part of the aid. At this time, 20% of Basque aid is provided, 10% by the Autonomous Community and the remaining 10% by the provincial councils and town councils. Regarding the application in each City Council, in Bilbao the 50% discounts are maintained on the barik card and in temporary titles until February 20. After this date, if the State does not maintain its 30% aid, the reduction will be 20%. In San Sebastián it has been confirmed that the 50% discounts are maintained although no date has been specified and in Vitoria they will be maintained, at least, until January 31, according to Basque Chronicle. Valencian Community: According to The Sixththe Generalitat Valenciana is studying to what extent it can maintain transport aid, which, for the moment, will continue to receive a 50% discount until next December 31. Andalusia: As stated Seville newspaperthe Junta de Andalucía will maintain, at least, the 20% discount on the price of passes and multi-trip tickets that it already supported with its funds. This discount is active throughout the Autonomous Community and, therefore, also in the Metro services of Seville, Málaga and Granada.Galicia: Pick up ABC that the Xunta de Galicia will also maintain transport aid at 50% until the end of January. From then on, the aid will be reduced to 20% corresponding to the section provided by the autonomous communities.Asturias: The Principality of Asturias has confirmed in X that the CONECTA card is used throughout the Autonomous Community will continue to maintain exactly the same current rates. The card can be recharged monthly up to a maximum of 30 euros (unused money is returned) and with it you can take trips that are divided into zones. Prices can be consulted at this link.Castile and León: Pick up EFE that the Junta de Castilla y León has confirmed that it will maintain public transport subsidies that depend on the regional contribution. Thus, the Avant service will maintain a 20% discount and metropolitan transport a 20% discount. Rural transport will … Read more

They could be from the new Glyph rear of their next mobile, the Phone (3)

January 23, 2025 by usatoday24

Just yesterday the British manufacturer returned to the fray with the Pokémon which will be linked to some of the mobile phones that it plans to launch this year. There are several possibilities and everything seems to indicate that they would be the Phone (3) and the (3a), and if anything has to modify or change Nothing is the back, precisely what seems to be drawn in some sketches that the British company has shared. If there is a manufacturer that likes to play with mystery with its imminent launches, this would be Nothing, and since it began its journey as a new mobile manufacturer, started posting images of insects to give clues about your next Phone (2) or the same Phone (2a) from last year. In that game he now finds himself publishing five images from his Instagram account in which you can see a series of sketches that draw part of the design concepts of some of the mobiles which he plans to launch this year. They can look like pieces of a puzzle or simply loose concepts that throw ideas about the change that must occur on the back of your mobile. And it is precisely that he received a lot of criticism with the Nothing Phone (2) when it was launched, since the back was very similar to Phone (1). These criticisms led me to play with another “Glyph” in the design of the next Telephone (2a) that he launched last year in Spain, so it is possible that those sketches made with erratic linesbut that draw shapes, be they part of the back of the next Phone (3) or (3a). Nothing’s sketches nothing The Free Android Of them there is an image that does not fit into the rest or in some way it cannot be related, and that is that they look like two boxes with an oval shadow that do not make it clear what they are referring to; which could be part of the rear with which it can move away from the design of previous mobile phones and thus powerfully draw attention again as it has done with many of its technological products. Be that as it may, mystery once again surrounds a Nothing Phone (3) mobile that was anticipated by Carl Pei himself at the beginning of the year in an email that he sent to his employees to make it clear that this year his commitment is going to be greater. In fact, he announced that Nothing was looking for capital to invest in the technology necessary to bring generative artificial intelligence to its new premium; and even more so when this time it wants to elevate the mobile phone category to catch up with those from Samsung, Apple and others. All five images are available from your account at instagram.

A UK nuclear submarine caught a Russian ship in front of the nation’s undersea cables. It’s the second time in three months

January 23, 2025 by usatoday24

If yesterday Taiwan was the nation that suffered a new cut of submarine cablestoday the tension moves to Europe, to be more exact, to British waters. A few hours ago it was known, through the UK governmentabout events that occurred last fall with a mysterious Russian ship called Yantar. The problem is that it has reappeared in the vicinity of the nation’s underwater communication channels, and this time it has been “escorted” by a Royal Navy nuclear submarine. Recent raids. The UK has raised its voice about what appears to be a growing threat of aggression from Russia following the recent Yantar spy ship raid in British waters for the second time in just three months, which has been interpreted as an attempt by the Kremlin to evaluate the country’s defense capabilities. According to British Defense Secretary John Healey, a nuclear submarine and two Royal Navy ships were deployed for two days to monitor the activity of the Yantar, described as a vessel designed for intelligence gathering and mapping of critical underwater infrastructureincluding telecommunications and power cables connecting the UK to mainland Europe. This incursion, furthermore, occurs in that context of growing concern over the security of key infrastructure in Europe that we have been talking about, and at a time when Western intelligence services have warned about Russia’s intention to use sabotage as a tool of pressure after the war in Ukraine. The Yantar and its history. The Yantar had previously been detected in November 2024when it was observed to remain over areas of strategic submarine infrastructure of the United Kingdom. On that occasion, Healey authorized a Royal Navy nuclear submarine to surface near the Russian ship, sending a clear message that its movements were being closely monitored. During the raid, The Yantar was also escorted by the Russian frigate Admiral Golovko and the tanker Vyazmawho left the area after the British response. Russian ship capabilities. The Yantar, operated by the Main Directorate of Deep Sea Research of the Russian Navy and “officially” a project 22010 oceanographic research vessel, is a ship specifically designed for the collection of information on underwater infrastructure. It is equipped with autonomous submersibles capable of operating at depths of up to 5,500 metersallowing you to identify, map and even manipulate submarine cables essential for Europe’s connectivity and energy supply. In this regard, and although its capabilities could allow acts of sabotage, security experts, such as Justin Crump of the intelligence firm Sibylline, point out that the main purpose of the vessel appears to be aimed at collecting sensitive information for future strategic operations, rather than direct action. Concern about Russian sabotage. There is no doubt that Yantar’s activities have generated concern in the United Kingdom and throughout Europe, especially after recent incidents in the Baltic Sea, where underwater energy and telecommunications cables were found cut in what have been suspected to be deliberate acts. of sabotage, unconfirmed acts and that, as we told yesterdayofficial investigations point to other types of problems derived from inexperience. Be that as it may, what is certain is that NATO has responded by intensifying its presence in the region with operation Baltic Sentrydeploying warships, air patrols and drones to protect critical underwater infrastructure. What the United Kingdom says. After what happened for the second time, the British Defense Secretary has emphasized that Russia represents the most immediate and significant threat to the United Kingdomand has reiterated the country’s commitment to taking firm measures to protect its national security. As part of this strategy, Royal Navy rules of engagement have been updated to allow closer monitoring of Russian vessels suspected of hostile activities. In fact, the most recent incursion of the Yantar into British waters caused HMS Somerset and HMS Tyne will escort the Russian ship until its departure for Dutch watersensuring that he did not remain in the area for prolonged periods. What does seem crystal clear is that the return of the Yantaring into British waters highlights the growing Russian threat to the UK’s critical infrastructure and the need for constant surveillance and a determined response. Image | Royal Navy In Xataka | The investigations into the cut submarine cables in the Baltic have taken a turn: it was not Russia, it was inexperience In Xataka | If China once again displays itself against Taiwan in the next two years, it will find a surprise: the US army

the first plasma produced by the SMART reactor invites us to optimism

January 23, 2025 by usatoday24

We have news of the experimental reactor of nuclear fusion from the University of Seville. Very good news. The SMART Tokamak plan aims to develop a type reactor tokamak extraordinarily compact. In fact, the acronym SMART comes from the English name ‘SMall Aspect Ratio Tokamak’. Building a compact fusion energy reactor is not easy. In fact, ITER (International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor), the experimental fusion reactor that an international consortium led by Europe is building in the French town of Cadarache, is gigantic for several good reasons. The most relevant is that a large vacuum chamber together with high intensity magnetic fields allow the plasma to be stabilized more effectively. And the other advantage is that This design minimizes energy loss. The SMART experimental fusion reactor that the engineers at the University of Seville are working on does not have the titanic size that ITER will have in its favor, but this does not mean that it will not come to fruition. In fact, its strategy is radically different from that of ITER and its design is surprisingly innovative. In any case, the development of SMART is being carried out within the international initiative Fusion2Gridso Seville researchers are not alone in this adventure. They work side by side with scientists from the Plasma Physics Laboratory at Princeton University (USA). SMART has generated the first plasma with negative triangularity The vacuum chamber in which the fusion of the deuterium and tritium nuclei, the two isotopes of hydrogen involved in the fusion reaction, occurs does not need to be as large in the SMART reactor as in ITER or other experimental fusion machines because because it has negative triangularity in its favor. Broadly speaking, triangularity identifies the geometry of the plasma within the tokamak by being confined inside the magnetic field. SMART’s negative triangularity causes the plasma cross section to compress toward the center By adopting positive triangularity, which is common in experimental fusion reactors of the type tokamakthe widest part of the triangular section of the plasma is outside the center of the vacuum chamber. This geometry is very well known, and it works, although it is not optimal to control plasma turbulence. In contrast, SMART’s negative triangularity causes the plasma cross section to compress toward the center, so the widest part faces the inside of the vacuum chamber. Negative triangularity has two major advantages. On the one hand, it is very effective in controlling plasma instabilities. And, in addition, it helps to distribute the heat at the base of the reactor in a more homogeneous way. Its biggest problem is that this technology is still young and requires much more research. Fortunately, researchers at the University of Seville are on the right track. On a very good path. And they have already done the first plasma testa milestone that marks the beginning of the experimental phase of the SMART reactor. “We were all very excited to see the first magnetically confined plasma, and we look forward to harnessing the capabilities of the SMART reactor together with the international scientific community (…) SMART has attracted enormous interest around the world“, Eleonora Viezzer has declaredphysicist and professor at the University of Seville. The initial investment in this project has been slightly more than five million eurosbut over its estimated 10 years of development it will presumably require a total investment of about 500 million euros. Image | University of Seville More information | Nuclear Fusion | University of Seville In Xataka | “We are already on the last step”: how Spain has obtained the key to making nuclear fusion a reality

so you can use it and get the most out of it

January 23, 2025 by usatoday24

Movistar just announce a very interesting agreement with Perplexity. Thus, Movistar customers will be able to access for free to the premium version of the Perplexity service, called Perplexity Pro. Perplexity is a “conversational search engine” that since its beginnings It is proposing a paradigm shift in the way we search for information on the Internet. Your answers collect data from trusted sources and then built using AI models. The result is clear and complete answers that are certainly a great alternative to those provided by traditional search engines, but this platform also goes one step further. Perplexity allows the client to expand and deepen the investigation by providing the possibility of asking follow-up questions related to the answers obtained, so that the client can dialogue with the answer engine in a personalized way. Movistar customers will be able to activate the option from the website or from the miMovistar app. Thanks to this agreement, the miMovistar service, along with the rest of Movistar’s contracting options, includes from today free access to Perplexity Pro for 12 months, a version that works using the most advanced AI models in the world (GPT -4o, OpenAI o1, Grok-2 and Claude 3.5). So you can use it and take advantage of all its options In order to activate the service we will have to go to our personal area on the Movistar website and in the miMovistar app. Movistar customers will have a personalized URL that they can use up to five times to activate the Pro version of the service for 12 months, so you can share it with family and friends. The service Perplexity Pro offers important advantages over the free service. Among them the following stand out: Pro Searches: Up to 300 Pro searches per day, which are deeper and more detailed and may follow a “reasoning” process for more complex searches. Normal searches unlimited. Access to powerful AI models: from Perplexity we can choose advanced models for the responses. Among them, GPT-4 Omni, Claude 3 Sonnet/Opus and Sonar Large 32k (based on Llama 3 70b) stand out. File upload: It is possible to upload documents in PDF or CSV for example in addition to images to take advantage of the multimodal capabilities of these models. API Credit: It will also be possible to experiment with the API thanks to the five dollars a month of credit granted. With the API it is possible experiment with the latest Open Source LLMs, such as Llama 3, and the Perplexity Online LLMs. An agreement that strengthens the alliance between both companies The agreement comes shortly after Wayra announced in October 2024 that it was investing in Perplexitythus joining other companies such as NVIDIA or Databricks that participated in that investment round. The agreement with Movistar is part of a global agreement between Telefónica and Perplexity, which is already being executed in Brazil and the United Kingdom, and which will soon be launched in other countries where Telefónica operates. Likewise, Telefónica also announced that it is offering the first Perplexity experience through television worldwide, an app hosted within the Movistar Plus+ catalog that allows customers who have a UHD decoder to easily interact with Perplexity. Users can ask about any topic through the Movistar Plus+ Voice Remote by pressing the Aura button, and receive text responses generated by AI in real time that will be displayed on the screen and can also be heard. In Xataka | Perplexity wants a piece of Google’s pie: the AI search engine already processes 100 million queries a week

Spend a moment of real panic with these books that review the grotesque world of 80s horror and horror noire

January 23, 2025 by usatoday24

We peer into terror in ‘paper maze‘, the fantastic literature podcast that we do at Xataka in collaboration with Minotauro, and we do it with a couple of new features that combine classic and modern. On the one hand, an essay that delves into the disconcerting and insane world of horror paperbacks from the eighties. And on the other, a compilation of stories focused on black horror, the subgenre most concerned with the most terrible and chilling side of racial conflicts. For this he accompanies us Bernard J. Lemanan expert in horror literature with whom we break down these two volumes edited by Minotauro, and which confront the past, present and future of the genre in a unique mix. Paperbacks from Hell is the work of Grady Hendrix, author of novels that we have already talked about here, such as ‘How to sell a haunted house‘. Here he writes a wonderful essay analyzing with detail and a sense of humor the incredible panorama of brutal and exploitative horror literature of the eighties. With a chilling selection of covers and a good edition by Minotauro, which has taken care of the translations of the titles that have been published in Spain, it is an essential volume for anyone who wants to find out more about how the horror genre has gotten to where it is right now. . Jordan Peele, director of films like ‘Let Me Out’, ‘Nope’ and ‘Us’ is responsible for compiling the stories of ‘out there screaming‘, a volume of horror noire perfect for entering very uncomfortable areas of the genre. All the stories in the book have a racial component, and all genres are explored: from pure and simple satire to new meat, including horror of manners. Varied and very combative. How can you subscribe? If you liked this episode of the second season or if you want listen to ‘Paper Labyrinth’ from your favorite podcast applicationyou can subscribe through the main platforms: You can also listen to us and see us on our Youtube channel. In Xataka | Overpopulation taken to the limit, ultra-space thieves and other science fiction milestones by Harry Harrison

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