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How it affects the change from time to sleep

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At two will be the three and, as a consequence of that, the dream patterns throughout Europe They will put themselves Above up. Another year. And it is logical: the day after time change, people It takes 33 minutes more than average In going to bed. In addition, they wake up 19 minutes before. That is, what does it affect us? Clear. And not only in quantitative terms; but also in qualitative term. The quality of sleep during the week following time change is frankly bad. Much worse in people between 20 and 30. These are U’s conclusionsn Analysis of sleep patterns of Samsung Health users in more than 40 countries and is interesting. Not because it is extremely representative. After all, the data starts from a huge sample selection bias: they are only its users. However, it does allow us to approach this curious phenomenon with first -hand data. Something that, until recently, was quite complicated. Samsung Health The Spanish surprise. That’s where a surprise comes to us. As I say, the analysis covers more than 40 countries around the world where the time change occurs. Of all of them, Spain is the one who showed greater stability in your sleep patterns. That is, Samsung Health users in Spain are the ones who least affected themselves in their dream for the hourly change. On average, they only delayed bedtime in 16 minutes (the country closest to us was Italy with 19) and the schedule of waking was only affected in five minutes during the first week; two during the second. Why does this happen? Well, the truth is that it is difficult to say. A possible reason may be, of course, that the Spaniards We go to bed very late. That leaves us little margin, on average, to delay the time to go to bed. However, there are other possibilities. As Jose María Olalla has defends for yearsProfessor of Physics at the University of Seville, in countries like ours “it cannot be said that (the change of seasonal schedule) is a bad idea.” Olalla explains that “at summer time it works well in summer and winter time works well in winter. Having summer time in winter is complicated, having the winter time in summer is also complicated. For different reasons, but it will always be a problem.” There are countries where change is a solution and others in which not. That is, the change of time is a simple, coordinated and fast way to adapt the schedule of the whole society to the fact that, in summer, the sun rises before. It is true that it can CAUSE DISPRUPTIONS DURING THE FIRST DAYS or weeks; But taking into account that seasonality is natural, that change would have to occur yes or yes. And the disruptions would remain in one way or another. However, we must not take it very seriously. On the one hand, we do not know how wide the sample in Spain. On the other, as well as Olalla told us“people usually do what they want, even in front of the official schedule. They do strange things, things that often collide with what theoretically is adequate.” Image | Lukas Blazek | Anthony Tran In Xataka | “Cenan at 10, they work at 9”: foreigners are understandably intrigued about how we sleep in Spain

The Spanish car will be unscathed from US tariffs for a very simple reason: we manufacture cheap models

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25% of tariffs on all cars that enter through the borders of the United States. That is the last major measure announced by Donald Trump that, if nothing changes, will enter into force on April 2. A new economic decision that has evident winners and losers. How does Spain affect you? 25% tariffs. It had been rumored for a long time and Donald Trump has ended up confirming it: the United States will tax with 25% tariff to all cars that enter through its borders. If the car has been manufactured outside the United States, the importer will have to disburse 25% more through the car. The announcement has a small print that was later clarified by the White House, they collect in The country. For cars manufactured within the economic space of Canada-Mexico-United States (which have a special treaty) only the tariff will be applied to the pieces that are not produced in the United States, which should partially mitigate the norm. The latter is important since it is estimated that tariffs will raise the purchase cost of a car in the United States between $ 4,000 and $ 10,000 Since half of the cars bought in the country come from abroad and, from those assembled there, 60% of the components are also manufactured outside their borders, they point out in Motorpasion. And a threat. “If the European Union collaborates with Canada to economically harm the United States, they will be imposed on a large -scale tariffs, much greater than expected, to protect the best friend that both countries have had,” Donald Trump threatened in words collected by The country. The words of the president of the United States are a notice for a European Union that had threatened to reactivate tariffs that were already in force during Donald Trump’s first mandate and even go one step further, as reported The New York Times. Germany is especially vulnerable to US policies. It is the country that exports the most cars to the United States. According to Bloombergin 2024 they exported 446,566 cars worth 24,800 million dollars. In addition, its main manufacturers produce a good part of the cars that sell in the United States in countries such as Mexico or Canada. So, 80% of cars that Volkswagen sells in the country come from outside the United States. Mercedes does the same with 63% of its cars and BMW with 52%. What about Spain? According to the Data from the Department of Commerce collected by The country. Spain only exported 8,316 light vehicles that added a value of 178.5 million dollars. Both figures are, obviously, minimal if we take into account those that we have been renovating previously. According to Observatory of Economic Complexity (OEC)the main shipments from Spain to the United States represented Volkswagen and Ford. Despite this, those 178.5 million dollars contrast with the more than 8,000 million dollars that Spain exports in cars to France or Germany, the main markets for the Spanish industry. Small and European. If the Spanish industry will not suffer with the tariffs raised by Donald Trump it is because the cars we manufacture here are focused on the European market. Most of them are Compact and utilitarian vehicles of relatively low prices that are manufactured in Spain because the labor is cheaper and, therefore, allows to better adjust the benefits margins. The data pointed out that Ford was one of the most affected companies in Spain because it produced in Almussafes (Valencia) the Ford Transit Connect. This vehicle was exported to the United States because it was used as a taxi in New York. However, It does not occur since 2024. To this we must add that the country has been taking positions in recent years to reposition its industry in the electric car. And production plans for this type of cars also indicates that They will be small carsdestined for a European public. Consumers. So far we have talked about the industry but, obviously, a European response will touch sectors outside the car. While in the United States half of the cars that are bought are manufactured outside the country, only 12% of cars imported to Europe come from the United States, According to Acea. If Europe decides to respond by raising more commercial barriers to the cars that come there, the main damaged will be the Tesla Model S and, above all, the American sports models such as the Ford Mutang or the Chevrolet Corvette. Models that, like the Ford Broncothey arrive at droppers and are especially expensive to compensate for the European Emissions Standards. Therefore, if the European Union decides to answer we can expect an increase in the prices of other products. For example, it was already valued to impose Harley-Davidson motorcycles. Photo | Stellantis In Xataka | Europe wants to complicate things to China but Spain has other plans: go for free to attract MG and Byd factories

Banco Santander will close more than 200 physical offices. It is the most visible symptom of traditional banking metamorphosis

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Santander plans the closure of the largest number of offices in Spain from the pandemic. According to Digital economymore than 200 branches will lower the blind this year. The arrival of Ignacio Juliá – a manager with DNA DNA forged in ING – to the direction of Santander Spain is no accident. It is a symptom. Similar to what happens to other Ibex companies – as Telefónica debating between transforming between technology company or assuming the decline as a traditional teleco-, Classic banking has an existential dilemma ahead. On the one hand, Maintain physical offices has become a financial ballast to the Neobancoswhich operate with infinitely lighter and more efficient structures. On the other hand, those same offices They are a competitive advantage for certain demographicparticularly among over 60 years, who concentrate a large part of the financial assets in Spain. Neobancos have gained ground in basic operation and current accounts, but still have important limitations in more complex products, such as mortgages or heritage management. Santander himself has recognized your annual report “The value of the human connection” provided by branches, especially for vulnerable clients, while simultaneously advances towards what defines as “a digital bank with branches”. The Ying and the Yang. Investment management is that space that still has traditional banking to uncheck from the Neobancos, where even the face to face with the manager (the one who gives a branch) can be an incentive for the client. There they face independent platforms, such as Trade Republic or the Spanish Indexa, with increasing traction, better fame … and lower commissions. Of course, they do not usually have exclusive products for large heritage, more complicated land for Fintech. Santander has no urgency for these changes. In 2024 he got a record benefit of more than 12,500 million euros. Your current business model is still profitable. The issue is whether the digitalization strategy combined with selective physical presence will be sufficient to maintain its relevance when the digital generation becomes the main segment with heritage. Traditional bank is not disappearing, but it is in full metamorphosis. It is looking for a balance between digital efficiency and the added value that human interaction provides. In Xataka | The digital counterrevolution reaches the classrooms: seven CCAA backs down with the screens and mark a change of trend Outstanding image | Santander Bank

The United States is willing to reduce tariffs to China, although you want something in return: Tiktok

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The US president has just written a new chapter of the soap opera starring Tiktok. Currently 170 million Americans use This Chinese social networkand bytedance, its owner, As soon as you have a week To find a buyer. The Government led by Donald Trump has given him the deadline until April 5 to sell Tiktok to a company that is not China. If you don’t will prohibit its use within the US. The US administration justifies this measure as part of a strategy that seeks to protect national security. Donald Trump and his collaborators have explained that they are worried that The Chinese government can use Tiktok to exercise and collect data from US users. And the way to prevent it is to prevent the administration led by Xi Jinping to maintain the ability to exercise some type of control over this social network. Donald Trump is willing to soften tariffs The controversial current president of the United States is aware that the Chinese government has a lot to say about the future of The social network of Bytedonce. Any option that implies the sale of Tiktok to a foreign company must be approved by the Chinese administration, and right now the negotiation seems to have reached a dead point. In fact, a few hours ago Donald Trump has confirmed, according to Reuterswhich is willing to extend the deadline of April if they do not reach an agreement about the future of this social network. At the moment Donald Trump has not specified on what percentage he is willing to reduce tariffs However, this is not the only thing that has been publicly anticipated. Has also put on the table the possibility of reduce tariffs to China If this measure contributes to placing Tiktok away from the influence of the Xi Jinping government. What has not specified at the moment is what percentage is willing to reduce tariffs, and neither What sectors can benefit from this measure. It is important that we do not overlook that during his still short second term Donald Trump and his collaborators have imposed additional tariffs of 20% to those already existing over all Chinese imports. This movement clearly reflects that for the US government The social network Tiktok is very important. Otherwise Trump would not have been willing to use tariffs as a negotiation tool. The Ministry of Commerce of China He has already respondedalthough in an ambiguous way. And it has officially declared that its position about tariffs remains consistent and that the Beijing government is willing to dialogue with Washington on the basis of mutual respect, equality and reciprocal benefit. At the moment he has not added anything else about Tiktok. Image | Gage Skidmore More information | Reuters In Xataka | The USA hits China again with a double purpose: to stop the development of its hypersonic superorders and missiles

There is only a clear winner with the new 25% tariffs to all cars not manufactured in the US: Tesla, of course

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After repeatedly threatening, Donald Trump has ended up approving a 25% tariff to all cars That they enter through its borders. It doesn’t matter if the car is manufactured in Europe, Brazil or Mexico or Canada (with whom it has a special economic framework). The Unique free road For the import of the car to be a bit cheaper is that it has US components. If the car, for example, It is manufactured in Mexico It will not pay tariffs for the part corresponding to the pieces originating in the United States. The same if, for example, it is manufactured in the United States but its engines arrive from one of these two neighboring countries. In that case, it will only be paid for that little part. The impact of the measure will be high for consumers. It is estimated that cars will be more expensive Between $ 4,000 and $ 12,000depending on the value of the same and the presence of US components inside. The measure has as an evident intention to attract the production of cars to the country. Keep in mind that, According to the White Housein 2024 16 million cars were bought in the United States. From them, half came from outside their borders. And they ensure that, of the eight million manufactured in the United States, 50% of its components also came from outside “and is probably closer to 40%,” according to their calculations. Among the main affected by the measure, Bloomberg name Volkswagen to export to the United States 80% of its sales in the country. They are followed by Hyundai-Kia (65%), Mercedes (63%), Renault-Nissan-Mitusbishi, BMW and Toyota (which are also above 50%). But, of course, raise these tariffs He also has winners. One of them is Ford that only matters 21% of the cars he sells in the country. The figure is lower than that of Honda (35%) or General Motors (45%), some of its great rivals. Although, of course, the biggest beneficiary is Tesla. Tesla, the great beneficiary Since the application of these new tariffs were confirmed, all eyes have been put in Tesla. Elon Musk, CEO of the company and one of the most relevant men in this second mandate of Donald Trump, has not hesitated to throw balls out from his X account. Click on the image to go to the original tweet In response to an X user who showed that Tesla would win with the new tariffs, Elon Musk has responded that “it is important to note that Tesla has not been unscathed from this problem. The impact of tariffs on Tesla remains significant.” Click on the image to go to the original tweet The answer contrasts with the publications that the company itself has been doing in X. On March 23, Tesla presumed to have the most cars Made in America of the market. Keep in mind that the electric car company has been in the spotlight Since the role of Elon Musk was confirmed in the new United States government. The decisions that have been made They have affected less to the Musk company than to the rest of its rivals. Its leader position in the market It benefits you when taking the aid for the purchase of electric cars and even your own Donald Trump has campaigned In favor of the company in response to The attacks that Tesla has received inside and outside the United States. In Electreck They specify that presenting Tesla as winners is something like being the one -eyed in the country of the blind. “It doesn’t matter how Tesla fans or, more specifically, Tesla’s shareholders are trying to frame this. It is not good for anyone, including Tesla.” They point out that although the company assembles its cars in the United States, steel and aluminum used comes from outside the country’s borders. 25% of its components arrive from Mexico “And an not specified amount from Canada.” Despite this, it is evident that the impact on their accounts will be lower than on their rivals. Everything that involves an important increase in its rivals is beneficial for the company whose price should also be higher but will be more ease to absorb it partially or totally. They point out in The New York Times that Tesla has been losing land in recent months in front of the Chevrolet Equinox EV and the Ford Mustang Mach-E. Both are models that are manufactured in Mexico and, therefore, they should see their price increased to a greater extent than the Tesla Model Y. Of the best selling electric cars In the United States last year, Hyundai He began to manufacture Its ioniq 5 in the United States last year but produces its batteries (the most expensive element in the car) In South Korea. The Honda Prologue is assembled in Mexico. And cars such as Volkswagen ID.7 or the Porsche Taycan. It is these last companies, which do not produce their cars in the United States, the ones that will have the most problems to compete in price with Tesla models, they point out in The New York Times. They put Volkswagen as an example that only manufactures the Volkswagen ID.4 in the United States Audi and Porsche that export all their vehicles From Mexico or Europe. The same happens to Toyota that although it does assemble numerous cars in the United States, it exports more than half of its sales volume. According to some analysts to BloombergToyota’s operational benefit can be reduced by 6% and more than half in the case of Nissan that It was already going through serious difficulties In the country. Photo | Gage Skidmore From Surprise, Az, United States of America and Tesla In Xataka | The United States raises commercial tension with a new blow: it will impose 25% cars tariff made from the country

Spain has been superxplying its aquifers. March rains have given us the historical opportunity to save them

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In recent years, we have spent hours and hours talking about swamps and reservoir water. And it makes sense: a good part of the country and its economy depend on them. However, if we only talk about reservoirs, we will be forgetting two out of ten Spaniards. And is that Spain is an aquifer country. According to The data of the Ministry of Ecological Transitioncover more than 90% of the national territory. That is between 20,000 and 30,000 cubic hectometers of water that are renewed annually. However, in the last decades we have been systematically overexploitation to the point that a good part of the country is being taken to the edge of technical bankruptcy. March rains give us a historical opportunity to solve this, the question is if we will be able to take advantage of it The clearest example is Doñana … The National Park lost “more than 80% of its marshes compared to the beginning of the 20th century.” However, more than half lost it in the last decade. That gives a clear measure of the voracity of the system: if the overexploitation has been able to denaturalize hectares and hectares of one of the most protected natural places in the country, what will not be happening with the rest? … But there are many more. Above all, because for most of the population what happens in Doñana It is still distant (problematic, rejectable, worryingYeah; but distant). The problem is that many regions depend critically on groundwater and the desiccation of aquifers exposes them to enormous water insecurity. The insecurity of which I speak has a very simple explanation: the agroganadero sector consumes 82.5% of the country’s water. That translates that most of the water passes through fertilized lands. It is not surprising that, according to the citizen network of measurement of nitrates, almost 60% of Spanish underground waters is contaminated by nitrates. If the subsoil is loaded with water, that pollution can be worrying, but is diluted. As soon as the water is scarce, the aquifers become unusable. The real problem is another. For decades, whether by their own decision or by omission, the Spanish authorities have lived back their aquifers. This explains a good part of the disorder and lack of control that surrounds them. Eyes that do not see, illegal irrigation that are allowed. Wwf Spain revealed in 2019 that The four most important aquifers in the country have been sheared for years. And presumably, goes much further. According to the reports of the Geological and Mining Institute“For decades, salinization of Mediterranean and insular Spanish coastal coastal aquifers have been known.” Despite this, “only in a few cases this situation is well managed.” As happens, for example, with the Malaga aquifer of Guadalhorce, Integral studies are missing of the entire aquifer to specify the existing reserves and determine the best extraction strategy “if it exists. Without knowing how much water there is and how that water is the situation becomes impossible to manage accurately. The opportunity of March. When we say that We have been failing for 30 years When preparing for the next drought (and diverting the resources we obtain from the improvement of efficiency to uses that abound in exploitation), we refer This kind of thing: The lack of a really ambitious management framework that recovers, manages and sanctions the aquifers of the country. March 2025 and the huge amount of water He has put in the channels has become a great opportunity to solve this. We have given us time to build these integral studies and make decisions for the future. Hopefully not missing her. Image | Scott Jasechko (via sync) | Niel Baars In Xataka | “In the next ten years, Spain and Latin America will suffer (and much) with water,” Robert Glennon (University of Arizona)

These are the most prominent

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We have been a few days after this new Amazon Prime Offers Party. This event, which will last until March 31, is perfect to buy devices of all kinds at prices that we usually see or see little for the rest of the year. Here the key is to be fastsince the best chollos do not usually last too much. Although, like everything, there are exceptions. Some of the most top offers have flown quickly, but we still have several that maintain their reduction. There are for all tastes or needs, but just then we leave you a list of some very interesting offers that are still available: Amazon Kindlethe most economical option of the brand if we are looking for an e-reader, by 99 euros. Arcade 1up recreational machinewith wifi and 8 classic games included, by 479.99 euros. Amazon Fire TV Stick HDideal to give an old teleja a second life, by 27.99 euros. Xiaomi little x7 proin its version with 512 GB of capacity and 12 GB of RAM, by 379.99 euros. 7000 Philips Series Cutrnerwith 14 accessories and very good autonomy, for 54.99 euros. Amazon Kindle Reading fans have in An e-reader The possibility of having with us a huge book arsenal on a compact device and that is ideal to read everywhere. The Amazon Kindle is one of the best if we look for something economical, especially now that we have it lowered to the 99 euros. This model, which has a 6 -inch screen, will allow us to enjoy our books with very good quality. Its 16 GB of storage, taking into account what the books or comics usually occupy, offer us endless free space. Its autonomy is also great: hold up to 6 weeks with a single load. New Amazon Kindle (16 GB), the lighter and lighter Kindle, with screen without reflexes, more fluid page, adjustable frontal light and long -term battery * Some price may have changed from the last review Arcade 1up recreational machine Having a recreational at home is the dream of many. It is true that getting an important investment, but the spring offers party It makes us a little easier. We have this recreational of the arcade1up machine available with a real discount: of almost 700 euros that marks its usual price, it costs 479.99 euros. Its design and marquee are decorated with a good motive of marvel motifs vs capcom 2, video game that It is included among the 8 that has the machine. It has controls for two players, which guarantees countless piques with friends or family. In addition, it has WiFi, which will allow us to share our scores with people around the world. Tastemakers Arcade1Up Marvel vs Capcom 2 Arcade Machine * Some price may have changed from the last review Amazon Fire TV Stick HD There is the possibility that we have an old TV at home, but that we still look so good that we do not want to retire it yet. In those cases, get a device like this Fire TV Stick HD Amazon can allow us to give it practically a second life. The best is undoubtedly the price it has right now: 27.99 euros. This version, which allows you to reproduce HD content, It is ideal for an old TV and use streaming platforms. In addition, we can also use a wide variety of applications with it and it is the most compact, which also makes it easy for us to take it everywhere with us. Amazon Fire TV Stick HD (last generation) | With free live TV, Alexa voice control, digital home controls and streaming HD reproduction * Some price may have changed from the last review Xiaomi little x7 pro The Amazon Spring Offers party also has lowered mobile phones, even someone else that carries very little in stores. That is the case of this Little x7 pro of Xiaomi, A device with a very high value for moneymore now that its best version comes out of 379.99 euros. This device comes with a 6.67 -inch screen, one that also has a peak shine of 3,200 nitsideal for exteriors, in addition, it comes with a good soc as is the dimensity 8400 ultra of MediaTak, which is complemented in this case with 512 GB of capacity and 12 GB of RAM. Its 6,000 mAh battery, which can be loaded in its sigh thanks to the fast charging of 90 w, will also give us a very high autonomy. Xiaomi Little X7 Pro – 12+512GB smartphone, Crystalres 1.5k 120Hz Amoled, MediaTek Dimensity 8400 -Ultra, 50 MP camera, 90W Hypercharge, not included loader, black (ES version) * Some price may have changed from the last review 7000 Philips Series Cutrner As a last option, we bring you one of those devices that have always been at home. A trimmer is the most useful to always have a fixed beard, as well as to keep the hair of any part of our body at bay. This of Philips is now at a very interesting price: 74.99 euros go on to cost 54.99 euros It comes with 14 accessories very different from each other, which gives a great versatility to the trimmer. In addition, your combination can be configured from 0.2 mm by 0.2 mm, so we can achieve a good result regardless of what we are looking for. It also has fast charging, although a complete load gives for 120 minutes of use. Philips beard cutter 7000 series, machine cut hair, cut them man, kit 14 in 1 for face, hair, ears, nose and body, 120min of use, dry and wet, rechargeable, cover, mg7930/15 * Some price may have changed from the last review Some of the links of this article are affiliated and can report a benefit to Xataka. In case of non -availability, offers may vary. Images | Amazon, Arcade1up, Xiaomi, Philips In Xataka | The best mobiles (2025), we have tried them and here are their analysis … Read more

The problem is that we are not measuring it well

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Artificial intelligence is transforming the work world and business at a speed never seen before. However, this technological advance also raises an important challenge: to measure the real impact of the In productivity. Traditional metrics do not correctly capture the contribution of AI since they only focus on specific process factors, not what economists call Total factors productivity. In other words, it is not enough that only improve a certain link In the production chain, but the improvement must be given throughout the process, obtaining a greater value of all the resources used in it. Therefore, one of the pending subjects will be Develop adequate tools To measure the productivity that AI contributes in those new parameters. AI is only a tool. Automation promoted by AI has already begun to make differences in sectors such as financial, technological and manufacturing. These AI tools allow Automize repetitive tasks and release time for activities that require human skills such as strategic decision making. However, that change of time use It is not reflected in productivity because The quality of work is not recorded or the long -term improvement of the company’s strategy. A study Harvard Business School revealed that generative AI can increase the speed of execution by 25% and individual yield by 43%. However, its impact is not uniform: while some sectors obtain immediate benefits, others do so in the long term. The “J” of productivity. Historically, technological innovations have followed a pattern known as “Productivity J curve“. Erik Brynjolfsson, economist and teacher of Stanford, explains that this model describes how companies that adopt new technologies in their processes initially experience a Reduction in its productivitythen bounce and rebound it. Some examples were seen with the adoption of the steam machine, electricity or the use of computers, whose positive effects took decades to consolidate. The generative AI does not escape this pattern. Although some companies may experience growth in their productivity, many face an initial fall due to the need to adapt their internal processes and train their employees, making this increase in productivity applaud over time. Default AI is a mistake. A proof that AI alone does not represent an improvement in productivity is The studywhich carried out the University of Pennsylvania and Harvard Business School. The study discovered that the use of Chatgpt had an immediate impact on the resolution of certain tasks, while others were resolved in less time when a human without AI intervention was carried out. Therefore, the productive growth paradigm only because of the fact of impleting AI has a huge asterisk. This growth is conditioned by the type of industry and economic activity that companies develop. The implementation of AI in the field of manufacturing or the primary sector requires greater investment and adaptation time, than for other companies in the services or financial sector. Time is the best productivity indicator. A Published article in Bloomberg On this subject made a flag of the popular saying “time is gold”. It pointed out that AI automation can be a “throwing weapon” that improves the productivity of some sectors, but sinking that of others. Its author set the Autophagus kiosks They already have some fast food establishments. With them, the company saves the salary of some ATMs receiving orders and charging them, which increases the productivity of the company. However, this solution makes use of the unpaid time of customers. What if those customers were other companies? Its productivity would be affected since its employees must use their time by making “your orders” and loading with the cost of automation that is saving its supplier. The new gold mine is not doing more, but less. This approach puts on the table the role of AI in the industry to take advantage of its ability to Automate processes. These processes consume a lot of time on the working hours of workers (such as Amazon already pointed out), so the challenge is to automate them so that workers use that time to improve their products, such and As I pointed out Jensen Huang. Rather Measure productivity in terms of how much does an employeeperhaps new metrics should be taken that collect factors such as What do you do your working time and How are they improving The product. This is a great change with respect to industrial metrics based on the amount of product produced per hour. In Xataka | “I have three years of work”: more and more IA managers believe that AI will end up removing the position Image | Unspash (Remy Gieing)

A victory for AI technology

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In recent years, The use of copyright protected works To train artificial intelligence models has generated an intense legal and ethical debate. However, the limits of this practice remain diffuse. Now, a new movement in the courts has given a respite to the great technological ones, tilting the balance in their favor. Anthropic’s (partial) victory. This week, the company behind the chatbot Claude He got a favorable failure. As Reuters points outa Federal Judge of the United States dismissed the request of several musical editors, including Universal Music Group, who sought to provisionally block the use of protected copyright letters in the training of AI models. The origin of the case. In October 2023, Concord, Abkco Music & Records, Universal Music and several of his subsidiaries They took Anthropic to the courts. They accused her of using letters protected by copyright to train Claude, her chatbot of AI, who was able to generate answers with textual or almost textual fragments of her works. The plaintiffs argued that Anthropic had violated the copyright of at least 500 songs, although some specifically cited, such as Katy Perry’s ‘Roar’, ‘I Will Survive’ by Gloria Gaynor and ‘You Can’t Always Get What You Want’ of the Rolling Stones. They also stressed that the company did not have any license to use those letters. “There are already several aggregators of song lyrics and websites that fulfill this same function, but these sites have duly licensed the works protected by the copyright of the publishers to provide this service,” said the demand. Here presumably referred to web catalogs such as Genius or Musixmatch. The judge says ‘no’ to the motion. Judge Eumi Lee rejected the precautionary measure requested by the record records. He considered that they did not demonstrate irreparable damage or clearly evidenced how the use of protected letters to train Claude affected his reputation or the license market. In addition, he stressed that the petition was too wide. Claude no longer spits song lyrics. If you ask Claude today to recite the letter of ‘You Can’t Always Get What You Want’ of the Rolling Stones or ‘Roar’ of Katy Perry, the Anthropic chatbot will refuse for copyright reasons. Instead, it will offer some data related to the song, the album or the artist, but without reproducing it. This is because Anthropic reached an agreement with record records to apply filters that prevent their AI models, both current and future, to generate answers that violate copyright. That commitment was, in fact, one of the elements that the judge took into account by rejecting the precautionary measure requested by the editors. Everything is said. The judicial decision known this week does not end the case. The process continues its course, with both parties trying to achieve a victory. While the record records seek to protect the catalog of the artists they represent, Anthropic defends their training model supporting the legitimate use. Images | Freepik | Anthropic In Xataka | Millions of people are interested again in Chatgpt. The problem is that he has achieved it by violating copyright

Millions of people are interested again in Chatgpt. The problem is that he has achieved it by violating copyright

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Networks had long since They didn’t go so crazy with an artificial intelligence tool. Normally there is a certain bustle when something attracts more attention to the account, but what has happened with the generation of chatgpt images based on GPT-4O It does not make any meaning. The generative AI has achieved something that had not achieved: surprise the user on foot. And he has done so shows one of the greatest criticisms of this technology: the violation of copyright. Content ©. In recent hours, social networks have been filled with memes, images and avatars edited by ChatgPT for look like Studio Ghibli drawings. The images are really spectacular, to César what is from Caesar, but it is not convenient to forget that an AI knows how to generate an image of a horse because, among other things, it has been trained with millions and millions of images of horses. Click on the image to go to Tweet. Otherwise. If an AI like chatgpt-4o is capable of converting or generating an image With the style of a specific author It is because it knows what the concrete author’s style is like. That is, ChatGPT-4O must have been trained with related content, based or generated by the study founded by Hayao Miyazaki. And what about that content? Which is beautiful, emotional and close, but not free or public domain. It is contained in copyright, an issue that has brought to ChatgPT and head OpenAi since its inception. It is no secret. Of course not. Chatgpt was trained with a huge amount of data obtained from the Internet, websites, books, publications in social networks, academic articles, etc. Content that can be freely accessible, but not for that reason. An image that is “on the Internet” is not “on the Internet”, is housed on a server that can belong to a company and can have (and surely) copyright. That you can see and download it for free to your mobile to use the wallpaper does not mean that you can print it and sell it or illustrate the cover of your next novel with it. Click on the image to go to Tweet. “Live artists”. Openai claims to have opted for a “conservative approach” for the images that use the work of other artists and have “added a denial that is activated when a user tries to generate an image with the style of a living artist.” Like Miyazaki, for example. Before the flood of images generated with the style of the Japanese cartoonist, a company spokesman has told Business Insider that Openai will prevent “generations with the style of individual individual artists”, but will allow “broader studies styles.” In other words, Hayao Miyazaki no style, Studio Ghibli style yes. Which has its ironic point, because in the year 2016after seeing a demo of an animation generated by AI, the teacher Miyazaki said “I would never want to incorporate this technology into my work. I firmly believe that it is an insult to life itself.” My neighbor Totoro | Image: Studio Ghibli The style. It should be noted that no one can prevent someone from doing works with the style of Miyazaki or Studio Ghibli. The style is not protected per se. Another story, and is where the quid of the matter is, is to use protected works to train an AI capable of replicating that style. That is the real problem. We could understand it as the fan art: You can make an illustration of Pikachu, print it and put it in your room, no problem. What you can’t do is sell that illustration. OpenAi’s headache. This access and use of copyright content for commercial purposes has earned Openai some other complaintbeing the most important that of New York Times. Getty also denounced Stable Diffusion for having used their images to train models, Anthropic was denounced By a group of authors for having used their books to train Claude and a goal, apparently, downloaded 81.7 TB of books With copyright to train your models. The conclusion is clear and we have addressed it on occasion: The price to be paid for having artificial intelligence is the looting of all the contents on the Internet, beyond that AI companies They support and hide in the Fair Use. With generative artificial intelligence it seems to have assumed that if it is on the Internet it is free, and the reality is that it is not always. All large AI companies have ignored Copyright laws And, for the moment, there is no consequences. The debate, however, is far from finishing and probably this is not the last time it is put on the table. Cover image | @MDURBAR In Xataka | The generative AI has a huge problem with the content without a license to train. Adobe is trying to solve it

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