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Apple has a plan to fix Siri. One that aims to make Google even richer, according to Bloomberg

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Apple Intelligence was introduced in 2024 with great promises. The main one, a Siri completely renewedmuch more capable and versatile. As it turned out, what they showed was a fictitious demo and the new Siri was delayed until 2026. Apple has lost the AI ​​raceat least in the first round, but they already have a plan to recover. One that involves delivering 1 billion a year to Google, all while they continue developing their own model. The agreement. Account Mark Gurman at Bloomberg that Apple is about to close a deal with Google worth $1 billion a year. This will allow them to use Gemini’s AI model to power their Siri assistant, especially in the planning and summary functions, which are what allow the assistant to execute more complex tasks. Apple has been evaluating other competitors such as OpenAI and Anthropic, but has finally settled on Google’s Gemini. The new Siri is expected to arrive in spring of next yearalthough nothing is confirmed. Conditions. The agreement does not involve integrating Gemini as an assistant in iPhones, but rather it will be integrated into Siri and will also do so from Apple’s private servers. This will separate user data from Google’s infrastructure. Furthermore, Gurman says that they are not going to publicize the agreement as they did when Google became Safari’s default search engine; in this case it will be a “behind the scenes” agreement. Temporary solution. Apple does not plan to use Google’s model forever as they are developing their own language model in parallel. We don’t know much about what it will be like, just that it will have 1 billion parameters and they hope to have it ready next year. Apple sources believe that it will have a level of quality similar to that of the Gemini, but for now there is nothing to prove it. Taking into account Apple’s AI stumbles We would not be surprised if the promise of its own model ends up being diluted. Additionally, the company has lost at least three key AI executives because Zuckerberg signed them for his superintelligence team. China. The agreement has a problem and that is that Google services are banned in China, so the new Siri would arrive with modifications to comply with this restriction. It is said that heThe Chinese version could have its own models and a local filter developed by Alibaba. China is a key market for Apple and the latest results do not leave them in a good place. That the new Siri arrives “captured” in China could have more negative consequences. Images | Wikipedia In Xataka | Apple has lost the throne it held for a decade. And the Chinese brands no longer even let it be second

In China they have created a material for their fighters that opens a new technological direction: it aims directly at radars

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From the early days of World War II to the stealth fighters of the 21st century, the goal of remaining unnoticed by the enemy has been a constant obsession in military aviation. Aerial “invisibility”, more than a myth, It is a technological challenge that has marked decades of innovation in materials and design. A team from Chinese universities describes a flexible and ultra-thin coating capable of absorbing radar waves without losing thermal resistance, collects SCMP. If its effectiveness is confirmed in flight, it could change the conversation about modern aerial stealth. The development was detailed on October 14 in Advanced Materials. The study, signed by Cui Guang, Liu ZhongfanHuihui Wang and Maoyuan Li, among others, presents a graphene-on-silica-fabric (G@SF) metasurface that combines flexibility, low weight and thermal resistance of up to 1,000 degrees Celsius. According to its authors, the direct integration of the material into the insulating layer of an aircraft would allow the reflected radar signal to be reduced to −42 dB, without compromising the structure or weight of the aircraft. A surface that wants to defy the radar The material is based on a silica textile base on which the researchers deposited graphene using a chemical vapor deposition process. On that layer they applied a laser “erasing” technique, which allowed them to create a precise pattern on the surface and adjust your electrical impedance. In this way, they claim, they managed to make the coating effectively absorb electromagnetic waves without needing to increase its thickness or weight. The result is a flexible, ultralight metasurface with an adjustable sheet resistance between 50 and 5,000 ohms per square. {“videoId”:”x9ri2iu”,”autoplay”:false,”title”:”How China, the biggest polluter on the planet, has also become the complete opposite”, “tag”:”webedia-prod”, “duration”:”740″} Laboratory tests showed that the material maintains stable performance even under extreme conditions. After five minutes of exposure to 600 degrees Celsius in air, it retained its absorption capacity, and also withstood prolonged heating to 1,000 degrees in a vacuum without degrading. In tests with air currents of up to 200 meters per second, its loss of efficiency was less than 1%, and neither the surface pattern nor the resistance of the sheet were altered. These properties make it an ideal candidate for high-speed aircraft exposed to intense heat and friction. Withstood prolonged heating to 1,000 degrees in vacuum without degrading The material described in the study poses a possible alternative to conventional coatings, although it has yet to be demonstrated whether its advantages are sustainable outside the laboratory. US stealth fighters, such as the F-22 and F-35they use absorbent compounds They offer good initial performance, but require constant and expensive maintenance. In China, the J-20 has been seen with a coating apparently more stable, although those impressions come from displays and not verifiable technical data. The difference, for now, is in the discourse rather than the evidence. The new coating is still far from becoming a technology in real use, but it illustrates the direction of Chinese research in stealth materials. The challenge is not only to achieve high performance in the laboratory, but to keep it in flight and under extreme conditions. Chinese scientists aim to solve one of the most persistent limitations of modern fighters: the fragility of absorbent coatings. If the material achieves this stability, it could open a different stage in aircraft protection. In Xataka We believed that the F-16s were Ukraine’s great achievement: it has just taken the first step to receive up to 150 European Gripen fighters Beijing has set 2035 as the horizon to complete the modernization of its armed forces. In this context, the development of new compounds, sensors and materials responds to a broader policy aimed at strengthening its technological and military industry. Each advance in the field of stealth materials is interpreted not only as a technical improvement, but also as a step towards greater strategic independence. Images | Wikimedia Commons | Arthur Wang In Xataka | The Chinese ambition to lead each and every area of ​​the planet has found its next adversary: ​​Jaén (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 In China they have created a material for their fighters that opens a new technological direction: it aims directly at radars was originally published in Xataka by Javier Marquez .

The F-47 will not only be the most advanced hunt in the US. The filtration of his badge has revealed which country aims

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Last March was the closest thing to winning the lottery in the Boeing headquarters. After spending tremendously complicated years, the United States gave him air with the contract contract: The future F-47aspiring to replace F-22 and overcome it in everything to become the New armed arm of the nation. Several months have passed since then, and now the badge that will accompany the standard of American combat fighters has been leaked. There are not many doubts about the enemy. An emblem under construction. The Network appearance of a patch with the Registration “F-47 SMO” and the central figure of a phoenix has revived speculation around the program of the sixth American generation hunting. The Air Force confirmed That the design was prepared within the F-47 system management office, although it has not yet been formalized and is in the development phase, that is, the final design may undergo some change. The patch includes several recurring elements of the military heraldry (golden deltas, red stars, books in Latin), but also, and perhaps the “nuclear”, more enigmatic symbols, such as silhouette From the Chinese oriental coastthat suggest the strategic orientation of the project towards an eventual confrontation with Beijing in the Pacific. The motto “SUPERAMUS PERSAMUS LETAMUS” (“We defeat, persevere, rejoice”), inherited from previous initiatives of the NGAD programreinforces the idea of ​​continuity of an effort that was close to canceling and that, like the mythical bird, seems to resurface from its ashes. Program symbol. The central reason for the phoenix, or Firebird, is especially significant in the trajectory of F-47. Before administration Trump will rescue himthe NGAD was about to be sacrificed to other budgetary priorities. Hence, the metaphor of the Renaissance charges strength: an immortal project that, despite political doubts, resurfaces with renewed vigor to become the pillar of US air superiority in the coming decades. The reference to the phoenix also evokes the duality of the “Firebird” Eslavacapable of being blessing or cursewhich reflects the enormous technological and financial commitment that the program implies. Although unlikely as an official name, the nickname could be popular in the same way as The A-10 It is known as “Warthog” and not for its formal denomination, Thunderbolt II. Cryptic details Beyond the phoenix, the patch accumulates symbols with open interpretations. The three yellow deltas remember the used In previous badges of the Agile Development Office, linked to the NGAD since 2019, and could refer to the competition between Boeing, Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman, from which it finally emerged Boeing winner. The six red stars Evoke to the Test Center Groom Lake ultrasecreto, known as area 51where NGAD prototypes were tested. With fewer doubts that white silhouette appears, with the profile of the Chinese coast, and which fits with the role assigned to F-47 as a spearhead to penetrate the EPL anti-aircraft systems in an eventual conflict. The acronym “FBC”, without official explanation, adds one more degree of mystery to the whole. History and nomenclature. The number 47 pays tribute to both the legendary P-47 Thunderbolt of World War II as a year of Foundation of the Air Force in 1947, in addition to coinciding with the presidential numbering of Trump, decisive in the relaunch of the program. The history of US military aviation offers precedents in which unofficial names surpassed the formal: the A-10, officially Thunderbolt II, is universally known as Warthog. Perhaps for this reason, in the future, the F-47 could maintain the Thunderbolt tradition, released after the withdrawal of the A-10, or adopt an alternative nickname like Phoenix, although the denomination is already reserved for Another navy plane. Projections and context. The F-47 will be the nucleus of the United States air projection capacity on the horizon of mid-century, conceived not only as a combat plane, but as part of A system system which will include accompanying drones and emerging technologies. Boeing already works on the first specimens, with an inaugural flight planned for 2028although the entry into operational service remains uncertain. Your essential mission will be drilling The denial bubbles of area (A2/AD) of the adversary and ensure the air advantage in high intensity scenarios in front of China. The aesthetics of the patch, which, as we said, is still provisional and can undergo changes, therefore works as a symbolic window to the “nuclear” mission and the narrative that the Air Force wants to build around its most ambitious air project since The F-22. Image | USAF/RAMA World, inc. In Xataka | Boeing came from difficult years. The US has just given air with the contract that can mark his return: that of the new F-47 In Xataka | Boeing F-47 images reveal that it will not be as “furtive” as expected. But it has something more suggestive: Canards

This is all we think about the one who aims to be Samsung’s most expensive mobile

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Although they are not for all audiences (especially for their prices), Folding mobiles They have come to stay. Samsung has a lot to do with the consolidation of this category and has made the formats of their fold and Flip mark the way to follow. But there is a new format in which Samsung has not yet entered, the Triple folding. This is about to change. This is Everything that has leaked from Samsung’s triplegable. Possible Name of Samsung triplegable Although Samsung has confirmed its existencefor now they have not said what the new model will be called. At first, rumors suggested that Samsung Galaxy G fold would be calledwhich would distance it from the rest of folding that use the letter Z to differentiate from the rest of the ranges. During the summer, it was discovered that Samsung had patented another name that fits with a triple folding: Samsung Galaxy Z Trifold. We will have to wait to confirm it, but it makes more sense that Samsung wants to maintain the lyrics z in its range of folding. Thus samsung money earns: the secret is on the iPhone Samsung Galaxy Z Design Trifold This was the prototype they taught in 2021. Image: Samsung In recent years, Samsung has left us clues How they imagine a triple folding. In 2021 Samsung already showed several prototypes during the ‘Sid Display Week’, One of them was a triple folding. Later, in 2023, they showed Another triple folding prototype In the Mobile World Congress. Several weeks ago, This X user published three videos that contain several animations about some functions of the device, revealing that The design will be different from the expected. Thus I solve the folds in this prototype. Image: Tecno Unlike Huawei’s concept with the Mate XT Ultimate Designin which we only have a large screen and the mobile folds like forming a Z, Samsung’s triplegable It will have two screens: an external and a huge internal screen. When folding it, one sheet must be closed and then the other, like This concept presented by Tecno recently. The advantage is that so The interior screen is totally hiddenwhile in the case of Huawei is exposed on the edge. In This other filtered animation It looks how it will be deployed. Samsung Galaxy Z Trifold characteristics This summer the processor was leaked that will integrate the new folding, which will be none other than the Snapdragon 8 Elite for galaxy, the same one that carries the Galaxy Z fold7. In addition, it will be standard with Android 16 and Oneui 8, The most current versions of the operating system and the Samsung customization layer. On the screen, The rumors point that the internal panel will measure 10 inches diagonally and will be OLED type. In addition, it will have a Triple Chamber System which could be the same as we have at the Galaxy Z Fold7. It consists of a main sensor of 200 megapixels, an ultra angle of 12 megapixels and a 10 megapixel telephoto. Image: Qualcomm The filtration that we have mentioned in the previous block reveals some features, such as that it will have wireless load and also reverse load to load accessories such as headphones. Also Other functions have been leaked As you can reflect the home screen on the interior screen, with up to three pages of icons and widgets. Besides, Three apps can be used in Multiventana modea function that Samsung calls ‘Split Trio’. When will it be presented and what will be the price of Samsung Galaxy Z Trifold We expected that Samsung will announce its triple folding in the Unpacked That was celebrated this summer, but it was not so. Given the generalized disappointment, the company confirmed within a few days that the triple folding was in process and would arrive Before the end of the year. The Huawei Mate XT Ultimate Design. Image: Xataka In statements to the media during the IFA Fair of Berlinthe head of Samsung’s mobile division confirmed that development is in the “final phases” and reiterated the company’s intention to launch it before the end of the year. Today we have known that The device has received the certification in South Koreaso your arrival could be imminent. Samsung’s triple folding is expected to have A rather limited launchat least at the beginning. There are 50,000 units that will first reach South Korea and China. With respect to the price, there is nothing confirmed, but considering that the Galaxy Z FOLD7 costs 2,109 euros, Everything points What will be above 2,500 euros. In Xataka | 10 years ago, Samsung was the ugly duckling of Android software. Now is the example to follow

Grok 4 destroys the tests and aims to be the most advanced AI model. The problem is that Elon Musk continues to sabotage his answers

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Xai has launched Grok 4its new artificial intelligence model that is sweeping the most demanding performance tests in the sector. The model exceeds OpenAi, Google and Anthropic proposals in multiple benchmarks. And is that in the absence of knowing OpenAI’s strategy with GPT-5At the moment it has all the ballots of being the most pointer the model. However, Grok continues to drag the usual problems: controversial responses, offensive content and an Elon Musk using the model to subtract credibility. The numbers speak alone. In the test Humanity’s last examconsidered one of the most difficult to measure abilities of AI, XAI states that Grok 4 has achieved 25.4% Without additional tools, surpassing O3 of Openai (21%) and Gemini 2.5 Pro from Google (21.6%). But it is with Grok 4 Heavy, its multiagente version, where the results shoot: according to the company, reaches 44.4% With ‘tools’, almost doubleing competition. Image: XAI In addition, at the benchmark ARC-AGI-2which measures the ability to solve complex visual patterns, Grok 4 has obtained 16.2%practically double the next commercial model. According to Musk“Grok 4 exceeds the doctoral level in all subjects, without exception”, an affirmation that, although it sounds to marketing, is supported by the results obtained. The revolutionary approach. Grok 4 Heavy works with A “multiple agents” system that work in parallel about the same problem, then comparing their results as if it were a study group. This architecture allows you to climb intelligence according to the available computational power, a concept that could redefine how we understand the AI ​​performance. Image: XAI The usual problems. The launch of Grok 4 occurs just after the previous version of the chatbot published anti -Semitic comments In X, even identifying as “Mechahitler” in some answers. XAI had to temporarily withdraw the service and eliminate offensive publications, while countries like Poland They announced complaints before the European Commission and Türkiye blocked access to chatbot. The cause was a modification in the system instructions that allowed the model “not to avoid politically incorrect statements.” Although Xai withdrew that guideline, the damage was already done. A constant sabotage. Despite these technical advances, Musk continues to condition Grok’s responses in ways that compromise their usefulness. The model performs automatic searches for the opinions of the tycoon in X to respond to controversial issues, turning the alleged search for “truth” into an echo of its creator’s ideas. This practice, confirmed By experts in AI like Carlos Santana, he once again demonstrates how Musk’s controversial decisions are directly influencing the development of the model. In addition, several researchers already They have managed to avoid Easily model safety barriers, making it generate content on chemical weapons, malicious software, drugs and other sensitive issues through relatively simple jailbreak techniques. Ethan Mollick, professor at Warton and an expert at AI, Point out The lack of transparency of the company: ‘There is no detailed technical documentation, risk analysis or explanations on how to avoid future incidents’. This opacity makes it difficult for companies to trust Grok for critical applications. Grok 4 prices. XAI Grok 4 Basic offers at a price of about 30 dollars a month. However, the company has also launched Supergrok Heavy, a subscription of $ 300 per month in which its most advanced model is offered and that directly becomes the most expensive market service on the market. What is coming. XAI plans to launch a programming model in August, multimodal agents in September and video generation in October. Also will integrate Grok 4 in Tesla vehicles Next week, expanding the scope of AI throughout the Musk ecosystem. The question is whether the company will separate the technical excellence of the media controversies that surround it, or if it will remain hostage of its founder’s impulsive decisions. Cover image | XAI In Xataka | We knew that AI would generate new jobs that did not exist before. What we did not expect is that he was fixing his pifias

This is the tunnelador who aims to transform line 11 of Madrid

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The expansion of line 11 of the Madrid Metro aspires to much more than adding stations: It wants to become a great diagonal axis that see the city transversely. It is an ambitious, complex work that demands machinery at the height of the challenge. In the center of that machinery is Mayritthe tunnelador that will be in charge of opening a passage underground. It is not a generic machine, but a model expressly designed To adapt to the geological and geotechnical conditions of the Madrid land, and that in the coming months will become the main protagonist of one of the most important developments of public transport in the capital. A tunnelador designed for the Madrid subsoil The tunnelador is already finished. Its manufacture has been in charge of Herrenknecht Agone of the most recognized firms in this type of machinery, and It has developed in its Schwanau factoryGermany, during a 20 -month process. Mayrit is not any tunnelador. It is an EPB model (Earth Pressure Balance)adapted to dig in cohesive land, such as those in Madrid. Measures 98 meters long, It weighs 1,500 tons and is able to advance up to 15 meters per day. On average, you can complete about 500 meters a month with teams of twelve people per shift. To this technical level is added logistics complexity. His transfer to Madrid will not be fast or simple. The machine must be completely dismantledpiece by piece, for the next three months. Then, one will begin trip more than 2,000 kilometers which will combine road journeys to Antwerp, maritime transport to the port of Santander and, from there, its truck transfer to the future Comillas station, in Carabanchel. There will begin the reverse process: a new assembly that will last until March 2026, when it is planned to start operating. Its function will be to drill the section of the section between Elliptical Plaza and Count de Casal, one of the most complex phases of the expansion. The works in this section are already at 18.4% execution, and the regional government has announced an investment of 518 million euros only at this stage. In parallel, manual excavation works have already begun in a 700 -meter stretch between quotes and elliptical square, with a rhythm of progress of about 50 meters per month. The goal: to leave the ground prepared for when Mayrit enters action. And the truth is that, beyond rhetoric, the technology that moves Mayrit is far from being trivial. Inside, A TRANSPORTED SCREW the material excavated to a tape, while pressure sensors allow Real time control the balance of forces in the excavation chamber. This allows to maintain the stability of the front and avoid sinking, even in heterogeneous terrain with the presence of gravel, water or sand. In addition, the system can be adapted on the march to different geological scenarios. Herrenknecht has developed several solutions that convert the end of the endless into a wash circuit to also work with sludge when the land demands. Other modules allow to modify the consistency of the soil by injections of bentonite, water or foam. At the moment, the arrival of Mayrit to Madrid is scheduled for December. Images | Madrid Metro | Herrenknecht In Xataka | The largest concrete wall in Spain is in Salamanca and generates electricity: this is the almond dam

Its technology aims to reduce the scope of the enemy sound

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In the underwater world, noise can be a sentence. The more silent a submersible, the lower the probability that it is detected by sounding. Although artificial intelligence begins to change the rules of the gameefforts to further reduce the acoustic firm do not cease. As SCMP points outthe last advance arrives from China, where a team of researchers has developed a technology that, in laboratory conditions, has managed to significantly cut the vibration that is transmitted from the engine to the helmet. The idea starts from replacing the traditional engine rigid supports with a hybrid structure of active-peasive insulation. The system was presented at A study reviewed by pairs published in Noise and vibration control By researchers from Jiao Tong University in Shanghai, in collaboration with China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC). According to the authors themselves, a reduction of only 10 decibels at the noise level of a underwater vehicle could decrease its 32%detection range. A double control system. The system combines two elements. On the one hand, a steel-gum-steel ring that acts as a passive shock absorber. On the other, a series of 12 piezoelectric actuators that surround the engine and neutralize micromovimientos with the help of precision levers. These actuators are designed to adapt to reduced assembly space. The combination allows to reduce both structural vibrations and low frequency sounds, the most problematic for stealth. The system is governed by an FX-LMS algorithm, an adaptive method that coordinates the 12 actuators and avoids interference between them. Thanks to this intelligent management, the system can adjust your response in real time, which allows you to maintain control even in the face of unexpected variations in engine behavior. The method is based on rebuilding the interfering signal to feed the noise cancellation. Promising results, but in laboratory. The tests were performed with a 200 kg simulated engine mounted on a cylindrical metal housing. The system was designed to operate with a regime of 1,500 revolutions per minute (25 Hz). At 100 Hz, the passive system managed to reduce noise by 12 dB. With the complete system, the attenuation reached 24 dB. At 400 Hz, the reduction was 26 dB. The researchers explain that the chosen frequencies correspond to the most common spectral lines of the engine. A development still with questions. The study also indicates limitations. The rigidity of the rubber used in the passive system can be affected by temperature and pressure variations, and the durability of piezoelectric actuators has not yet been verified in real operating conditions. In addition, researchers do not specify what type of underwater would use this technology or the final impact that it would have on its global acoustic profile. In fact, the term “underwater vehicle” is used throughout the study. That is, they do not speak of diesel-electrical submarines or nuclear submarines. For now, it is an experimental development with promising results. The participation of CSSC suggests strategic interest, but there is no confirmation that this system has been integrated into any operational platform. What demonstrates is that China continues to bet on advanced technologies to reinforce its underwater stealth, an important factor in the modern naval war. Images | TOOK-RANCH (Wikimedia Commons) | Jiao Tong University In Xataka | The war in Ukraine had a red line of 70 kilometers. West has just eliminated it after Russia’s last attack

It aims to go beyond what ai offers today at WhatsApp with these powerful functions

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It all started with a promise. Goal announced more than a year and a half ago that would integrate generative artificial intelligence into WhatsApp. And he did. Goal AI was deployed first in the United States, then in other markets, and finally, in March 2025, In the European Union. Today it is possible to ask you things, ask you to generate images or summarize content. Of course, some functions, such as the creation of images, are not yet available in the old continent. Telegram, on the other hand, has opted for a more direct route. Instead of developing its own technology, it has signed an agreement with XAIthe artificial intelligence company founded by Elon Musk. The result is Grokan assistant with ambitious aspirations that already works on the social network X and now prepare a greater deployment in Telegram. Its objective is not less: integrate AI in user’s day -to -day life. Telegram supervitaminated with AI In a video shared by Pavel DurovFounder and CEO of Telegram, shows how Grok will be present constantly. It can be top of the conversations and will appear in the search engine, prepared to answer doubts or generate content directly from there. Something similar to what we find in WhatsApp. From there, the functions are raising level. Grok can generate images from the application itself, as a goal is already in other regions, but will also go further with assisted writing tools. That is, you can reformulate messages directly in the text field. For example, if we write “Great!” and the system would suggest something like “excellent teamwork. Keep it up!” It may seem lower, but introduces a customization layer that takes another step in the naturalness of the conversation. The list continues. The wizard can also generate animated stickers, summarize groups of messages, links or PDF documents. And those summaries will not only be displayed on the screen, but they can also be read aloudfacilitating content consultation while we do other tasks. In groups, Grok also aims to play a role as a moderator, although for now there are no details about its operation. What has been shown is a possible verification system in the public channels of Telegram. In the examples shared by the company, the AI ​​resorts to Fuentes such as Bloomberg to analyze and validate the published information, although it remains to be seen how, and if, this function will really be implemented. While WhatsApp keeps moving step by step, Telegram bets on a more ambitious integration. And he does it with an AI that not only responds, but begins to get involved actively in the conversation. It is expected that Grok’s deployment in Telegram will begin in Summer of 2025although for now it is not clear if all the functions will arrive at the same time, if they will be activated gradually or what will be the road map for availability in the EU. Images | Telegram/XAI In Xataka | Openai has just demonstrated that the AI ​​no longer completely obeys: O3 sabote its own shutdown to continue working

In his second trailer, ‘Gta VI’ aims to exploit one of the great ideas so far absent in the franchise: love

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Although it sounds strange at this point, the Second trailer of ‘GTA VI‘points to something unexpected: Rockstar has matured. Or at least, he intends to continue with his purpose of making games more adults than those who gave him fame, an intention that started with ‘Red Dead Redemption 2‘. For the first time in the franchise, we see unthinkable maturity notes a few years ago. Hello to love. The plot core of ‘GTA VI’ will undoubtedly be the love story between Lucia and Jason, something unusual in a franchise full of promiscuity, prostitution, unsatisfactory marriages and lonely antiheroes and without time for love. This is what Rockstar tells us in the official synopsis: “Jason and Lucia always knew that the letters were against them, but when a blow that seemed easy to go wrong, they are trapped on the darkest side of the most sunny place in America, in the midst of a criminal conspiracy that extends throughout the state of Leonida, and forced to depend more than ever of each other if they want to go out alive.” Goodbye to the cartoon. If something puts on the table the new trailer of ‘GTA VI’ is A graphic realism never seen in the serieseven though we could be talking only about kinematics. And that realism has to bring hand in hand A change in the arguments that develop. Let us remember what the characters of ‘GTA III’, ‘Vice City’ or ‘Liberty City’ were: excessive, big heads, of schematic movements, almost cartoons. That has ended, and emotionally, the characters have to live up to it, in the same way, as we pointed out in their day, The demands of female representation have changed. A clear inspiration. Before we know more details about the argument (there are already rumors that Jason It could be an undercover policeman), the clearest reference of GTA VI are Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrowthe couple of robbers of banks who lived a bloody romance in the Chicago of the thirties. In this trailer we see Jason and wore a bank together, the first picking up the second when it comes out of jail, and sharing some beers, a sunset and some passionate scenes that perspire a certain unusual tenderness in the ‘GTA’ games. But a shadow looms on them. The thing may not end well: Rockstar games, especially the recent ones, usually deal with betrayal, one way or another. In ‘GTA v‘, where we were driving alternately to the three protagonists, in the end we were asked to choose between betraying our classmates or accepting a last mission with them. In ‘Red Dead Redemption’, betrayal when the protagonist seemed to have reached peace was inevitable. And in this ‘GTA VI’, if we alternately control the protagonists in the ‘GTA V’ style, the player could have to resort to a similar decision: loyalty to his partner or fulfill a mission. The model is ‘Red Dead Redemption 2’. It is the most sophisticated and deep game at the level of characters that has set rockstar to date. He left behind the grotesque composition of the protagonists of ‘GTA V’ and opted for emotion: in ‘RDR2’ we see Arthur Morgan learn with the player valuable lessons about betrayal, responsibility and – while he faces his own death, and as it is inevitable taking into account the title of the game – redemption. If Rockstar looks for a reference for maturity and adult characters, his own masterpiece is his model. A logical trajectory. From ‘Red Dead Redemption’, published fifteen years ago, the detour to more mature and adult arguments is indisputable. He was followed by the police key ‘La Noire’, the turn of ‘Max Payne’ in its third part towards personal hells and the second installment of ‘Red Dead Redemption’. Only ‘GTA V’ and, obviously, the verbenero ‘GTA online‘, to which you have to feed apart, they have left that line. But even recognizing that the fifth installment of the franchise is a look at more frivolous and caricaturescos times, posed unprecedented issues and approaches in the criminal saga. For now, noise and fury. For now, all this are conjectures, such as The brilliant idea that all we are seeing is the start of the game and Jason dies in the early hours of history. We cannot deduce from the second trailer what are going to be the key points of the argument, but the official information makes it clear that the relationship between Lucía and Jason (include or not deaths, betrayal or something else) will be openly romantic. And what is clear from the tone and visual style of the trailer is the potential of the game of giving an unprecedented impulse to the depth of the stories that are told in video games. And Rockstar is not known for letting this type of opportunities pass. Header | Rockstar In Xataka | The delay of ‘GTA VI’ goes far beyond a mere change in the calendar. It is an earthquake for industry

Hyundai aims to automate 40% of his new plant in the US. THE KEY TO GET IT: ATLAS HUMANoid Robots

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Robots have been in the automobile industry for decades. They have welded, pressed and assembled pieces without rest. But despite that long career, many tasks were still in human hands. That is starting to change. Robots are less and less clumsy: They are more skilled, more versatile and, most importantly, much cheaper to manufacture. And that opens the door to a new phase. Hyundai wants to be in charge of that change. On your new plant HMGMA (Hyundai Motor Group Metaplant America), located on the outskirts of Savannah (Georgia, USA), the company has proposed to automate 40% of the vehicle assembly process before the end of 2025. According to Nikkei Asiathe objective is to transform this factory into an intelligent environment, where artificial intelligence and data are key from logistics to the final assembly. A connected and flexible ecosystem. The plant is designed not only as a assembly line, but as a demonstration of everything Hyundai is able to do with technology. The brand defines it as “a highly connected, automated and flexible manufacturing system”, prepared to adapt to changes in demand and optimize each phase of the process. That is why it is no coincidence that starts focused on the production of electric and hybrid vehicles, with an estimated initial capacity of 100,000 units a year, which will grow to 500,000 when it is at full performance. The Metaplant aspires to become one of the referents of the automobile industry of the present and the future. Atlas enters the scene. In that technological deployment, the focus is on a very concrete protagonist: Atlas, Boston Dynamics’s humanoid robot. It is not any robot. It is a completely electric model, designed to move as a human and work in the same space as humans. Atlas is the successor of the famous hydraulic model that we saw mortal somersaults. But this time, the approach is another. It is prepared to lift heavy objects, install parts and adapt to what happens around you in real time. Hyundai describes it As a robot with “athletic intelligence”, and that translates into sensors, algorithms and a structure designed for complex tasks that one person could only do. Boston Dynamics is already part of the Hyundai group. This movement makes sense because Boston Dynamics is not just any partner: It is part of the Hyundai group since 2021. Since the company was made, the South Korean firm has been integrating its technology within its vision of “progress for humanity.” A vision that includes autonomous cars, urban air mobility, robotics in logistics and, of course, new ways of manufacturing. Boston Dynamics has been working with biped and quadruped robots for years, and now faces the challenge of taking them to the commercial field. If Atlas works in this plant, it will mark a before and after. Because it is no longer just impressing in a viral video: it is about a robot being useful and productive on a large scale. What tasks will the robots perform? Hyundai has not detailed all the works that Atlas will assume, but, according to the aforementioned Asian newspaper, it has confirmed some: move heavy objects, install doors in vehicles and collaborate in physical tasks that require strength and precision. The objective is clear: to free human operators from repetitive or demanding works. Now, that does not mean that Atlas is just as agile as an expert operator. For now, it is not. Just see some assembly line videos To ask ourselves if robots will be as skilled as humans. Atlas will not be the only one in the plant. They will also deploy The well -known spotdog -shaped robots that also manufactures Boston Dynamics. Its function will be to monitor production lines, inspect bodies and identify possible structural defects. And next to you they will live more classic automation systems: welding robots, presses and heavy machinery. A context marked by the tariff war. This deployment does not happen in a vacuum. It arrives in the middle of the commercial war between the United States and China. The administration Trump has imposed a 145% tariff To many products from China and maintains a base rate of 10% for most commercial partners, including South Korea. That is why Hyundai has decided to bet on American territory. Has announced An investment of 21,000 million dollars in the United States over the next four years. A strategy that seeks to protect its position in the North American market and, at the same time, gain margin of maneuver against geopolitical uncertainty. Of course, automating more does not necessarily mean hiring more. Hyundai’s expansion is accompanied by strong robotization. And that raises questions about employment. Will less operators be hired? Will new roles emerge within factories? The advance is indisputable, although it does not guarantee new jobs. Images | Hyundai In Xataka | Duolingo inaugurates a new era: when human talent is no longer essential

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