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The United Kingdom put an age verification to access PornHub. Immediately afterwards, its traffic plummeted by 77%

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Since the United Kingdom implemented age verification stricter access to explicit sexual content last July, under the Online Safety Act, traffic to pornographic websites has plummeted. Pornhub, the most visited adult site in the world, ensures that its visits from this country have decreased by 77%. Massive traffic reduction. According to Ofcom, the British communications regulator, visits to sites with pornographic content generally have decreased by almost a third within three months after the law comes into force. Google shows that searches for Pornhub have dropped by about half since then. The regulations require that anyone who accesses this type of website from the United Kingdom prove to be over 18 years old through verifications such as facial identification, email codes or credit card data. It must be taken into account that Pornhub is the nineteenth most visited website on the entire Internet, according to data from Similarweb, which gives dimension to the impact of these figures. The VPN effect complicates measurements. The drop in traffic does not necessarily mean that Brits have stopped consuming pornographic content. And there is a tool that makes actual measurement difficult of traffic from the UK: VPNs. The UK has become one of the fastest growing VPN markets in the world. According to data According to Cybernews, in the first half of 2025, more than 10.7 million downloads of VPN applications were recorded in the country, a figure that is already close to 16.65 million for all of 2024. Ofcom esteem that around a million people use VPN daily, tools that are especially useful for hiding the user’s real location and thus bypassing age controls. After the law came into force, VPN apps topped downloads in the British App Store, with at least one provider reporting an 1,800% increase in downloads. “It is likely that some of Pornhub’s ‘missing’ audience has not actually disappeared, but is being reclassified as non-British traffic,” explains Aras Nazarovas, cybersecurity researcher at Cybernews. cunequal compliance. Alex Kekesi, director of Aylo, parent company of Pornhub, explains BBC that the new rules are “unenforceable” and that many platforms benefit from ignoring them. It notes that Ofcom faces an “insurmountable task” trying to enforce the rules on some 240,000 adult platforms, visited by eight million users a month in the UK, while the regulator has only taken action against fewer than 70 sites for non-compliance. Kekesi assures that there are sites whose traffic “has grown exponentially” due to not complying with age verification, and has expressed concern about the content of some of these platforms, mentioning one that seemed to encourage searching for content with minors. Aylo affirms have shared information about these sites with Ofcom. The defense of the regulator. Ofcom defend that prioritizes the investigation of sites according to their risk and number of users, and that the increase in traffic can be precisely one of the factors that triggers an investigation. The organism holds that the 10 most popular platforms already have verification systems in place, representing 25% of all visits to adult content from the United Kingdom. The regulator also insists that more than three-quarters of the daily traffic to the 100 most visited websites goes to sites with age verification. “Sites that do not comply and put minors at risk can expect to face enforcement action,” he said. declared Ofcom. The regulator has launched investigations against 62 services suspected of ignoring the law. The debate over where to check. Pornhub proposes that age verification be done at the device level instead of web by web, arguing that it would be more effective and better protect privacy. Kekesi, who has traveled to the United Kingdom to meet with Ofcom and government officials, stands out That the British country is an exception, since Pornhub has blocked access in other jurisdictions that required age verification, such as France, its second largest market. The difference is that the United Kingdom allows sites to offer various verification methods, including email checks that do not require biometrics. However, experts such as Chelsea Jarvie, a cybersecurity researcher at the University of Strathclyde, they explain to the BBC that “for someone to be truly safe online we need different layers of controls throughout their browsing,” noting that no single approach is a “silver bullet.” The position of the British government. The authorities they have defended the regulator’s actions and have reaffirmed that protecting minors online is a “top priority” for ministers. “Where evidence shows that greater intervention is needed to protect minors, we will not hesitate to act,” the executive states. Ofcom affirms that the new law is fulfilling its primary purpose of preventing children from being able to “easily stumble upon pornography without searching for it.” “Our new rules end the era of an age-blind internet, when many sites and apps did not carry out any meaningful check to see if minors were using their services,” the regulator says. In Xataka | We already know how to retrieve the exact prompts that people use in AI models. It’s terrifying news

What it is, what games you have access to, and how to get more titles

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We are going to tell you everything you need to know about Amazon Luna free for Amazon Prime users. The online store has changed the strategy with its cloud gaming platform, and allows users who have a Prime subscription to access its basic version. Let’s start by briefly reminding you what it is Amazon Moonand then we will tell you which version of the platform you can access and what different versions you have. Then we will tell you how to get more games, and how to start playing and where you can do it from. What is Amazon Luna Amazon Luna is a streaming video game platform. This means that they are games that you will not play locally by installing them on your computer, but rather you will connect through the Internet to the servers of this service to play them remotely. The advantage of this service, which is a competitor to others such as NVIDIA GeForce Now either Xbox Game Pass the thing is you don’t need a powerful computer nor modern for current games, since you don’t have to install anything. When it comes to playing, the operation is as follows. The video games you play They are installed on Amazon serversand you connect to them through this platform. You will need a controller connected to the computer or device you are going to play on, in addition to having a good Internet connection. In addition, Luna has its own controller that also connects directly to the servers, although on the computer you can use a keyboard and mouse. The good thing about the controller is that when it connects to Luna and not to your device, when you press the button it goes directly to the servers of this platform without first going through the device, which makes the response time shorter. Amazon includes Luna within the services of its Prime subscription. This means that If you pay for Amazon Prime you can use Luna and many of the games included. Not all, because you will only have access to those in your basic subscription. You can play Luna on multiple devices. You can do it on any computer with a browser, on Android with its own app, iOS and iPad with a browser, Fire TV devices and some Samsung and LG televisions. The way to use Amazon Luna is simple. You simply enter the file of a game that you like in its catalog and you click on the play button to start it in the browser or device, using the controls you have linked. What games do you have access to? Amazon Luna has two versions, the standard and the premium. Your Prime subscription gives you access to the standard version, which has fewer games. The catalog is limited, although there are some big name gamesfrom popular ones like Fortnite to recent ones like Hogwarts Legacy or the latest Indiana Jones game. You also have access to the GameNight group gameswith which you can play with other people on the same television by sharing a link, and accessing titles with cooperative mode. How to get more games on Luna In addition to the games that are included in the Prime subscription, you can also pay 10 euros per month for the premium subscriptionwhich has a larger catalog of games. You will also be able to link your accounts from other services such as GOG, EA, Electronic Arts or Ubisoft. This will not allow you to play all the games purchased on them, but it will allow you to play some of them. Furthermore, there are also a game storealthough its operation is complex. In some cases you will buy them directly from Luna, but in other cases You buy them through the linked services store. For example, from Luna you can buy a compatible GOG game to play streaming. In these cases, if you buy a game from another platform through the Luna store, you will also buy it on this platform. Come on, then you can also use it independently. Finally, Amazon has long allowed you claim free gamesand this has now somehow been linked to Luna with the web luna.amazon.es/claims. In it, from time to time they offer you free paid games, both for Luna and for third-party stores. In Xataka Basics | Amazon Luna, analysis: Amazon’s cloud play is pure potential. You just need to exploit it

WhatsApp Business prohibits access to ChatGPT, Luzia and all generalist chatbots in its business API. Only one survives

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Meta has updated the conditions of use of its WhatsApp business API to prohibit access to third-party generalist chatbots, as reported TechCrunch. The measure, which comes into effect on January 15, 2026, affects tools such as ChatGPT, Perplexity, Luzia and Poke. Meta AI From then on, it will be the only generalist AI assistant that will remain operational on the platform. Why is it important. WhatsApp has more than 3 billion monthly active users, which has turned the platform into an unrivaled distribution channel for AI companies. The decision consolidates Meta’s control over the AI ​​experience in its ecosystem and eliminates direct competitors that had free access to its huge user base. The blow to Luzia. The Spanish chatbot, created after the launch of ChatGPT in November 2022, went viral precisely due to its integration with WhatsApp. Its star feature—the automatic transcription of voice audio—turned Luzia in a phenomenon. WhatsApp later incorporated this same function natively. That viral hook led Luzia to reach one million users very quickly. At the beginning of this year, in a report in which we analyze his state at that timehad 60 million users in 40 countries, having raised 30 million euros in financing. The startup operates both as a standalone mobile application for iOS and Android… …as a service integrated into WhatsApp, although with more limited functions in this latest version. Between the lines. Meta justifies the change by arguing that generalist chatbots generate an excessive volume of messages that overloads its systems and requires a type of support for which the company is not prepared. However, the context suggests other types of motivations: WhatsApp’s business API is one of the main sources of income for the platform. Meta charges businesses based on different message templates: marketing, utilities, authentication, and support. The problem is that there was no specific category for AI chatbots, which meant that companies like OpenAI or Luzia were accessing WhatsApp’s infrastructure and audience without paying for it. The money trail. During the presentation of results for the first quarter of 2025, Mark Zuckerberg stressed that enterprise messaging was “the next big opportunity” to generate income. “Enterprise messaging should be the next pillar of our business,” he explained. In this context, allowing competitors like OpenAI to distribute their products for free through WhatsApp is not only a technical burden, but a lost business opportunity. Meta has clarified that the ban does not affect companies that use AI as an auxiliary tool to serve their customers. A travel agency operating a customer service bot or a bank with an automated assistant can continue to operate without problems. The key distinction is that AI should be an “incidental or auxiliary” functionality, not the core product. ANDn game. Luzia will have to concentrate its efforts on its native mobile applications. The startup still operates without a defined business model, financing itself exclusively through venture capital. In January 2025, its CEO Álvaro Higes explained that its future strategy will likely include advertisements and sponsored links. ChatGPT, Perplexity and the rest of the generalist chatbots have less than three months to prepare their departure from WhatsApp. For users, the transition will mean migrating to these services’ native apps or settling for Meta AI as the only in-app option. In Xataka | If the question is whether your company can put you in a WhatsApp group without asking you, the answer is a 42,000 euro fine Featured image | Mika BaumeisterLuzia

A man had access to the Government’s nuclear secrets. Until he uploaded thousands of porn photos to his work computer

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Using your work computer for personal things is a delicate area that can be reason for dismissal. This worker from the US Department of Energy has discovered it by force after uploading hundreds of thousands of pornographic images on his company computer. What has happened? They tell it in 404Medium. In March 2023, the employee wanted to back up his photo collection. He thought he was uploading the images to his personal hard drive, but it was connected to his work computer and he ended up making the copy where it wasn’t. The problem is that it was not a normal collection of photos, but more than 187,000 pornographic images that he had been collecting over several decades. Although he did not lose his job, his mistake has had consequences and the main one is that he has lost his security clearance. To train AI. The employee defended himself by arguing that this happened during a depressive episode in which he felt “extremely isolated and alone.” One of his distractions at this stage was creating images with AI, specifically “robotic porn.” At first he used his cell phone, but tired of using such a small screen, he thought it was a good idea to upload all his pornographic images to the computer to train the AI. The problem is that he did not upload them to his hard drive, but rather they ended up on the network of a government company. Goodbye accreditation. The employee did not realize his mistake until six months later. It was the time it took his bosses to investigate the origin of that enormous amount of porn photos flooding their servers. The result was that his security clearance was withdrawn. The Department of Energy is the in charge of supervising the US nuclear arsenalso we are talking about access to very sensitive information. The worker appealed to get it back, but after an exhaustive investigation, they decided not to return it. If he had not appealed, the story would not have been made public. My boss spies on me. It is one of the reasons that the man presented in his appeal, which compared the investigation to “the Spanish Inquisition.” What does the law say about this? According to expertsAlthough they let us use it for personal things, we should not expect to have privacy on a company-owned computer. Some companies even pre-install software to measure the time employees work. Control programs. Can they force you to install one of these programs? A few years ago we talked about installing software to control the work of remote employees and Joaquín Muñoz, an expert lawyer in digital law, resolved our doubt: the company cannot force us to install a program of this type if the computer we use to work is ours, but if it belongs to the company they can do so. Of course, they are obliged to report in detail about all the functions of said software. Image | Gemini In Xataka | “These are things that a university student would get in trouble for”: Deloitte scammed Australia with a report made with AI

A viral message claims that “AIs can access group messages” on WhatsApp. It’s a manual hoax

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There are many WhatsApp users You are receiving a disturbing message. It indicates that “if we do not activate an advanced privacy option, AIs can access group messages, see phone numbers and even obtain personal information from the mobile phone… even in private chats.” The message is nothing more than a hoax that was already spread in the summer and that uses WhatsApp again as a means of dissemination. We explain why. manual hoax. According to this hoax, the chats you have on your WhatsApp could be at the mercy of tools like Meta AIthe chatbot that Meta integrated into WhatsApp some time ago. That would imply that they could read everything you write and write to you if you don’t take that immediate action. Although the notice may originate with good intentions, it is false: there is no invasion of privacy. Or at least, none that we didn’t already know. WhatsApp message that is being spread and that is nothing more than a hoax. Advanced chat privacy. The function “Advanced chat privacy” was presented by Meta months ago and its objective was none other than to offer more control over the dissemination of content shared in a conversation. The idea is to be able to limit the ability of group participants when redistributing messages and multimedia files. Specifically, and as They already pointed out in Genbeta a few months ago: Prevent messages from being shared in other chats, preventing you from using the forwarding option. Block automatic saving of media filessuch as photos or videos, in the users’ gallery. Disable the ability to use AI features within the chat, such as invoking Meta AI by typing its name. What does that option do then? Just the opposite of spying on you: it protects you more, in fact. Above all, other participants share things that you do not want to be shared. With this you can block group messages from being sent to other contacts (including chatbots), but you can also block Meta AI from being used within those specific chats. From reading your private messages, nothing. Goal AI, the chatbot integrated into WhatsAppcan’t see the private messages you’re sending with someone else. The only way this chatbot can access those messages is if you explicitly share that message with her. To do this you have two options: Share the message with AI: for example, by copying and pasting it into a conversation with Meta AI, ChatGPT or any other chatbot. Invoke Meta AI in the chat: if you write “@meta AI” in that private chat, you will make this chatbot able to access the messages of the chat in which it has been mentioned. WhatsApp’s AI only reads what you let it read. Precisely with the “Advanced chat privacy” option you can prevent the use of Meta AI from being invoked in those private chats (with another person or a group). If you do not do this, Meta AI will be able to access the messages in which you mention it or to which you give it access so that it can summarize them, for example. We continue to use end-to-end encryption. It is convenient to remember that when we use WhatsApp we do so with messages that are end-to-end encryption. Not even Meta (nor its AI) can read them, nor can they access or read group messages, including information such as phone numbers or personal information. Don’t worry. The conclusion is this: that viral message is nothing more than a textbook hoax, and everything it says is false. Meta’s AI is not and will not spy on you, and only accesses messages when you summon it. This AI cannot “spy on you alone”, enter your mobile phone through WhatsApp and steal your private chats or your phone number. What it will use to train its AI models—if you don’t prevent it— are your Facebook and Instagram postsbut of course, those are public. In Xataka | How to translate WhatsApp messages: converting them from any language to Spanish

Who can access, fines and exceptions

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October 1, 2025. The date of the definitive implementation of the Granada Zbe has arrived. As of today, all cars that access without permission to the municipality will receive a fine of 200 euros, taking into account that in article 76 Z3) of the Traffic Law, Motor vehicles and road safety It is pointed out as serious infraction: Do not respect the circulation restrictions derived from the application of protocols in the face of pollution episodes and low emissions areas. This leaves all neighbors whose cars do not have stickers and are registered outside the city of Granada. Therefore, All citizens From the peoples of the metropolitan area they have to be careful not to exceed the limits of the municipality if they do not want to be fined. To clarify the whole matter, we collect all cases and exceptions. Granada Zbe Map. Source: Granada City Council The Granada Zbe: Map and Permits The first thing to be clear about before is to be clear that the Zbe of the city of Granada applies to the entire city. That is, to the entire extension of the municipality. Therefore, the same criterion is applied as in Madrid either Barcelona But the creation of special protection zones is omitted, as in the capital. Therefore, There are no rings or areas with special restrictions. All Granada is governed under the same standards. In the upper map, cars that are prohibited in entry may not exceed the area delimited in green. In total, we talk about an area of ​​23.55 km2. The City Council is obliged to signal all access points with a signal in which it is collected where the ZBE begins and what are the vehicles that are allowed to pass. Likewise, it has specified that It is not necessary to carry the DGT sticker Put on the windshield since the record is telematic. Who can happen? In this case, simple: all cars registered in the city of Granada. There is no environmental label discrimination in this case. If the car is registered in Granada, its driver can circulate wherever and time he wants. In a city like Granada, with a multitude of border municipalities, it must be taken into account that if I live in a town near Granada but my car is registered in the city, I will have no problem. On the contrary, if I live in Granada but the car is registered outside, I can find some restrictions. Who can’t happen? Circulation restrictions only affect cars that are not registered in the city of Granada. These restrictions prevent the step to High -environment cars. In the case of having a letter B, C, Eco or Zero Emissions, we can circulate without problem, during the time we want and with total tranquility. But if the car does not have an environmental label we can only pass with some exceptions. What exceptions exist? To pass to the interior of Granada with a registered car outside the city and without label, there are some exceptions that allow the passage without a fine. These are the most important: Pharmacies and hospitals: it can be accessed without receiving a fine without prior justification as long as This form is drilling in less than a week and the displacement is justified. This other form It is the specific one for guard pharmacies. Over 67 years: they have to fill out This responsible statement making it clear that it is they who will drive the car. Workers: You can access the work by car as long as an IPREM rental threshold. That is, if the income does not exceed 16,800 euros. In this case you have to Fill the responsible statement and present the employment contract in the City Council Mobility Area. Parking lots: the delimited area can be accessed with a car without sticker as long as it is stacked in one of the 36 public parking lots For more than an hour. The goal is to prevent a person from entering the city without permission, take a quick step through a parking lot and leave it. Historical vehicles: as long as they participate in unique events or events. It is necessary to fill out this form. Workshops and Courts: You can access whether the driver He goes to a workshop either to a court. Filling the previous links for each case. Dependent people: Access of a vehicle per dependent person is allowed previously filling this form. If you still have any questions, the City of Granada is active the following email where you can leave all your questions: zbe@granada.org. Besides, On this website You can find all cases and exceptions. Photo | Granada City Council and dimitry_b In Xataka | A very high percentage of fines that are used in Madrid for the Zbe end up annulled: two reasons explain it

WHO wants to improve access to drugs such as Ozempic. Now they are on their list of essential medicines

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Ozempicthe treatment against diabetes that reached the fame converted into medication for weight loss has lived for a convulsive years that could have resulted in a “death for success.” The popularity of the drug created a severe supply problem. Now, the World Health Organization (WHO) has taken a new step to improve access to the drug, especially in less favored countries. Updating the list. The (WHO) has up to date its model list of essential medicines (EML). The new list Includes GLP-1 drugswhich emulate the peptide that gives its name to the group, the family of treatments flagging by Ozempic. According to the international organism, this inclusion aims to improve access to the popular drug, especially in countries with less income. The extension covers other drugs, such as treatments against various types of cancer, against cystic fibrosis, psoriasis, hemophilia and other blood -related disorders. In total, the new list now incorporates 523 essential medicines. The extension It also affects the WHO model list of essential pediatric medicines (EMLC), which now has 374 treatments. The “GLP-1 family”. The incorporation of the GLP-1 drugs includes compounds such as semaglutida (the Ozempic base and Wegovy), the dorara and the liraglutid Zepbound and Mounjaro). These types of compounds act as agonists of the hormone receptors that we know as LPG-1, or Peptide similar to type-1 glucagon (although some also work as agonists of other hormones). This hormone is produced and segregated by our body after meals and meets Two key functions. On the one hand, it informs the pancreas of the intake to reinforce insulin production, hence these compounds help people with diabetes. The second function of this peptide is the one that makes these useful drugs to lose weight. The LPG-1 also transmits information to our brain, information that it interprets as the feeling of satiety. Improve access. According to WHO explains in a press releasethese drugs can help people with type 2 diabetes improve their glycemic control, but they are also able to “reduce the risk of cardiovascular and renal complications, favor weight loss and even reduce the risk of premature death, especially if they have renal or cardiac failure ”, a fact that would be based, at least in part, the decision. As details in the international organism, the price of these drugs implies significant access to them. Its inclusion in the list aims to expand this access, prioritizing patients who can benefit the most while fostering competition through genericians capable of bringing these medications to primary care, “especially in unattended areas.” “A large part of the direct spending of families in noncommunicable diseases is destined for medicines (…). To offer equitable access to essential medicines, an equal response of health systems, a strong political will, multisectoral cooperation and programs focused on people who allow everyone,” detailed in the press release Deusdedit Mumbangizi, Director of Policies and Standards for Medicines and Health Products of the WHO. Expanding in the fight against cancer. The expansion of WHO lists also include several cancer treatments, including several antineoplastic, drugs that seek to avoid the formation of growth that can become cancerous or neoplasms. Among these drugs are inhibitors of the immune control point PD-1/PD-L1, which help our immune system To recognize and attack with cancer cells. In Xataka | China is the great candy of pharmaceutical thinning. And there is a wild race for selling the new ozempic Image | Chemist4u / Yann Forget

To decongest Everest, Nepal allows you to access another 97 free peaks. The problem is that nobody wants to upload them

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Although some contender seeks to remove the crownEverest remains the mountaineer Grand Prix. Hundreds of people die every year During the journey to the top and arriving, it ensures personal glory and a certificate. So important is that There are those who lie about their feat. It is evident that Everest is a tourism monsterand that has led Nepal to take a radical solution: let out other peaks of the Himalayas free of charge. It won’t be so easy. Pressure. Getting to the top of Everest is not simple. Sample of difficulty are the bodies that accumulate In its corners, but mountaineering, and specifically Activity at Everestremains one of the heavyweights of the Nepali economy. It is estimated that, in 2024, of the 5.9 million dollars that the country obtained directly from the climbing permits to its peaks, more than 75% were thanks to Everest. And we would have to add expenses such as stays, food and other activities related to that activity. The problem is that it is saturatedwhich led the government to touch prices. The rates to undertake the adventure will rise 36%, from $ 11,000 to 15,000 to upload the mountain in the busiest months. And, from September to November and from December to February, when the influx is lower, the rates will be placed at $ 7,500 and $ 3,750, starting from September 1 of this year. The Himalayas opens from par. Money is not the only thing that will need those who want to crown the top: there is also debate about the need to have made a mountain of more than 7,000 meters from the country itself before climbing Everest. And there the measure that adopted from Katmandú a few weeks ago comes into play. On July 17, and during the next two climbing seasons, Nepal opened For the doors of almost a hundred mountains. Specifically97 located in the westernmost regions of the country. 77 Cumbres are in the province of Karnali and the remaining 20 in Sudurpaschim, and are not negligible picos because, after all, Nepal has eight of the ten highest mountains in the world: Saipal – 7,030 meters. API West – 7,076 meters. API – 7,132 meters Tourists, welcome (please). If we look at the figures, this measure makes all the meaning of the world for two reasons. The first and most obvious, decongesting Everest, being a huge logistics challenge to have to manage that number of visitors. The second, distribute a little tourism that, currently, are concentrated both in Everest and other central summits. The Government wants to arouse interest in little visited tops or even virgins. And if before we talked about more than 75% of the money that the climbing permits leave in Nepal come from activities at Everest, we must specify something more: in 2024 421 permits were issued to climb Everest, but there were only 68 mountaineers that They tried Go up at 97 summits that will now be free. Challenges beyond the mountain. Giving that incentive for the adventurers to explore other areas of the country, they will not only decongest their great peak, but also give an oxygen ball to more remote areas, but with equally impressive peaks. Now, the great challenge will be to convince climbers to go to those areas. Karnali and Sudurpaschim are precisely the poorest and least developed regions of Nepal. The services are limited, the scarce infrastructure and are not the most prepared areas to manage tourists efficiently, something that also moves those possible visitors away. And the big problem is that, as they point out in BBCit is not clear how local communities would face the avalanche of climbers or, even, if the authorities have plans to improve infrastructure or connection with these more remote areas. Because climbing those 7,000 -meter peaks can be free now, but if arriving is an adventure even greater than crowning the top, the climbers will continue to go to the area that is prepared: that of Everest. Image | Sebastian Pena Lambarri In Xataka | During confinement we abandon mass mountaineering. It’s time to try to get back

Anthropic cuts Claude’s access to Openai. He has done it before the launch of GPT-5

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The AI race is very intense lately. The last episode is stars in Anthropic, who have cut access to Openai so that they cannot access their family of models Claude. The company claims to have caught the engineers of Chatgpt wearing Claude programming toolswhich has not fallen very well. This, According to a spokesman From the company to the medium Wired, it is “a violation of its terms of service”, so they have restricted access to the API. What has happened exactly. Openai connected Claude to his internal tools through his API, instead of the conventional chat interface. This allowed the company to carry out comparative evidence between Claude and its own models in areas such as programming, creative writing and security -related responses. The results helped Openai evaluate the behavior of their models and make necessary adjustments. An endless war. This decision goes beyond a simple contractual dispute: marks a turning point in the relationship between two of the main powers of the generative AI. Anthropic was born in 2021 precisely from an Openai split, when several key researchers, including the brothers Dario and Daniela Amodei, left Altman’s company due to differences on the direction and safety of AI. Since then, The tension has been palpablealthough it had remained in the background. The justification of Anthropic. “Claude Code It has become the preferred option of programmers everywhere, so we were not surprised to know that Openai’s technical staff were also using our programming tools before the launch of GPT-5“said Christopher Nulty, spokesman for Anthropic. The company considers that this constitutes a direct violation of its commercial terms, which expressly prohibit using the service to” build a competitive product or service “or” make reverse engineering. “ Openai’s response. Sam Altman’s company He has defended its practices as “standard in the industry” to evaluate other AI systems and improve security. “Although we respect Anthropic’s decision to cut our access to the API, it is disappointing considering that our API is still available for them,” said Hannah Wong, director of communications of OpenAI. Between the lines. What we see now is the materialization of a cold war that has been being taken for years. Anthropic has positioned Claude as the “safer and more ethical” alternative against Chatgpt, while Openai has maintained his leadership for mass adoption and general abilities. This rivalry is not only business: it is also philosophical, with very different approaches on how to develop and market the AI. In addition, the blockade of the API is not an isolated case in the technological sector. As They mention In Wired, Facebook also blocked Vine In his day and Salesforce He recently limited access to competitors. What is clear is that this reflects how competition in AI is becoming more aggressive and territorial. Important nuances. Despite the blockade, Anthropic has clarified that will maintain OpenAi access “for benchmarking purposes and security evaluations”, a practice considered standard in the industry. However, the company has not specified how this current restriction will affect these activities. And now what. This climb arrives at the worst possible time for OpenAi, especially considering that we would be officially knowing GPT-5, which promises significant programming improvements. Therefore, everything indicates that Anthropic is willing to use all the tools at their disposal to stop the advance of its competitors. The worrying thing is that this could only be the beginning of a more open war between the Big Tech and the use of AI. In Xataka | The investment in AI already represents 2% of the US GDP. The problem is that it doesn’t even work well

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