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5,000 Stanford students have given their love lives to what an algorithm decides. And it’s consuming the university

February 17, 2026 by usatoday24

It’s Tuesday at 9:00 p.m. in Palo Alto and the silence of the Stanford dormitories is broken by a simultaneous notification: it’s Date Drop. In seconds, the hallways are filled with students who, according to The Wall Street Journalthey “huddle” on their screens with a mixture of anxiety and hope. Ben Rosenfeld, a residential assistant, describes the phenomenon as an “all-consuming force”: Students talk about nothing else while they figure out whether their destiny that night is a free drink date at the On Call Cafe or an anonymous complaint on the forum Fizz. What began as a simple class project has escalated into a massive sociological phenomenon that has hijacked campus social life. The numbers are compelling: in a university of approximately 7,500 undergraduate students, more than 5,000 have already surrendered their love lives to the decisions of this algorithm. From a class assignment to a startup millionaire. The architect of this obsession is Henry Weng, a computer science graduate student who coded the platform in just three weeks. As detailed TechCrunchwhat Weng started as a tool to help his colleagues has transformed into The Relationship Company, a startup that has already raised $2.1 million in venture capital. The list of investors includes Silicon Valley heavyweights such as Mark Pincus (founder of Zynga and of the first investors of Facebook), Elad Gil (of the first investors in AirbnbStripe and Pinterest) and Andy Chen (former partner of Coatue). Success. The premise has been so successful that it has transcended the walls of Stanford. The service has expanded to ten other elite universities, including Columbia, MIT, Princeton, and the University of Pennsylvania. Weng, who curiously took a subject called “introduction to clowning” that taught him to “delight in failure,” seems to have found a winning formula far from failure. “Our matches turn into real dates at ten times the speed of Tinder,” assures TechCrunch. Optimizing love in the age of fatigue. The success of Date Drop It is not a coincidence; It is symptomatic of an exhausted generation and an environment obsessed with efficiency. As they point out in The Wall Street Journal, It’s a very Stanford solution to a very Stanford problem. On a campus where students are high achievers (high achievers) obsessively focused on academic and professional success, organic social interaction has atrophied. “People have difficulty starting conversations in general, and much more so for romantic interactions,” student Alena Zhang explains to the outlet. But the problem goes beyond Stanford. An analysis of Forbes reveals a general crisis In the world of digital dating: 78% of users report emotional or mental exhaustion from using traditional apps. He ghosting (suffered by 41% of those surveyed) and the feeling that the profiles are a catalog of lies have created chronic fatigue. Added to this is the “Paradox of Preparation” (Readiness Paradox). Generation Z wants to find love more than any generation before it, but they feel paralyzed by the fear of “public failure.” They have replaced asking for a face-to-face date with asking on Instagram, entering a cycle of infinite “testing.” Date Drop it seems to break that paralysis by externalizing the decision: you no longer have to choose and risk public rejection; the algorithm chooses for you. Goodbye to Swipehello to the data. The application is radically different from the mechanics of Tinder. There are no photos to compulsively swipe left or right. The process, detailed on the website itselfbegins with a 66-question questionnaire designed to capture the essence of the user. It’s not just about superficial tastes, but about deep values and political stances: “Is having children essential for a fulfilling life?”, “What are your core values: ambition, curiosity, discipline?” Weng explains that the system uses standard economic “matching theory” combined with an Artificial Intelligence that is trained with feedback (feedback) of the appointments that occur. However, the most innovative—and Machiavellian—feature is the social component. The platform allows friends to play Cupid. Wilson Adkins, a freshman cited by him WSJdiscovered that his friends had “conspired” through the app to match him with a girl from his residence. The algorithm validated the conspiracy with a compatibility score of 99.7%. Not everything is perfect in data heaven. Despite the enthusiasm and millions of investment, the road is not without obstacles. Date Drop It’s not the first attempt to automate love at Stanford. In 2017 he was born The Marriage Pact, a similar project which has already generated 350,000 matches. According to the WSJthe creators of this original project sent a “cease and desist” letter to Weng in November, alleging that the marketing of Date Drop It seemed too familiar to them. Furthermore, technology has limits compared to logistical reality. Gabriel Berger, another student, says that, although he had a great connection with his matchestheir schedules were incompatible: he was vice president of his fraternity and she had dance rehearsals. “We are not interacting well,” they concluded. For her part, Mila Wagner-Sanchez, freshman interviewed by Business Insideradds a note of realism: the novelty fades. After a fun first date (with a friend), and a second matches who never wrote to him, the pressure of midterms caused the app to take a backseat. “I would be open to trying again,” she says, but academic life sometimes outweighs algorithmic curiosity. Optimizing loneliness. Henry Weng has ambitious plans. He sees his company as a “Public Benefit Corporation” intended to facilitate not only romance, but “all meaningful relationships,” including friendships and professional connections. Perhaps the best summary of this phenomenon comes from Madhav Abraham-Prakash, a junior who helped bring the app to campus. Although Date Drop He hasn’t gotten him a girlfriend, he has given him connections on LinkedIn. His justification for The Wall Street Journal sums up the spirit of a generation that doesn’t want to leave anything to chance, not even fate: “I would be sad if my soulmate was here and I couldn’t find it. Or if my co-founder was here and I couldn’t find it, or if my business partner was … Read more

There is an invisible chip in every USB-C cable that decides whether your phone charges fast or slow: almost no one knows it exists

January 19, 2026 by usatoday24

There is a small and notable chip in our USB-C cables. This is the so-called “e-Marker”, which is especially important. The reason is simple: when we connect a cable to a device, it is responsible for indicating to those devices whether the cable supports more or less transmission or charging speed, for example. USB-C chaos is a little less chaos. USB-C connectors completely dominate the market, especially after European regulations that require them to be used to charge mobile phones and other devices. Although they have become the Swiss army knife for connecting all types of devices and peripherals, it is not easy to know what we can do with a cable when we connect it to our mobile phone or laptop, for example. And that’s where the e-Marker chip (Electronically Marked ID chip) comes in, a fundamental yet invisible component of the connectivity of our devices. In Xataka We criticize the EU a lot with its obsession with regulating Big Tech. There are at least two examples that justify this obsession A chip to identify everything. The official specification of the USB-C standard clearly indicates the mission of this chip, which is responsible for showing what capabilities the cable in question has. The document that talks about this chip is the one dedicated to USB Power Delivery, the power delivery function through these cables. Specifically, the identification data includes: Manufacturer and model of the cable. Signaling protocol: that indicates the maximum transmission speedthat is, if it is a cable with USB 2.0 support, or USB 3.2 of one generation or another (Gen 1, Gen 2, etc.). Active construction (in long cables there may be chips that regenerate data signal to act as a kind of repeater) or passive construction (they do not alter the data signal). How much power does the VCONN pin (intended to power accessories) consume? Whether the cable can support 3A (standard) or 5A (required for powers from 100 W to 240 W). Latency (signal delay over the cable). RX/TX directionality (how the high-speed cable pairs are configured). SOP Controller Mode: Whether the cable controller can communicate independently with the charger or device Hardware/firmware version. One of the sections of the USB Power Delivery specification that talks about this chip. Source: USB.org An active safety mechanism. The e-Marker is not only official, but is a mandatory part of the USB Power Delivery (USB-PD) specification dictated by the USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF). This chip acts as an active safety mechanism, and during the power negotiation phase, the chip tells the charger “I am a cable certified to support up to 100W” (for example). If the charger does not receive that digital confirmation, it will assume that the cable is basic and cheap, restricting the flow of power or data transmission. Does your phone charge slowly or is the transfer using pedals? In fact, if a USB-C cable does not have an e-Marker chip, most device drivers will automatically treat it as a USB 2.0 cable. That means that even if the cable is physically capable of more, the speed will be limited to 480 Mbps maximum, and charging will also be slower. With 3A you can reach 60 W at 20 V, so even so this section is not so affected and it also depends on the charging capacity of the charger. {“videoId”:”x8dmqaj”,”autoplay”:false,”title”:”One USB-C TO RULE THEM ALL- the European Union approves a single charger for mobile phones”, “tag”:”webedia-prod”, “duration”:”54″} The rails. High-speed cables (USB 3.2, USB4, Thunderbolt) have multiple pairs of copper wires designed to transmit data in parallel. The e-Marker tells the device “I have all the threads necessary to activate dual lane mode.” If this confirmation does not arrive, the transfer speed is again limited. The e-Marker on long cables. Another function of the e-Marker, as we said, is to identify the length of the cable. At high transmission speeds the signal degrades very quickly, and the e-Marker is responsible for notifying you, allowing the device (mobile phone, computer) to adjust the signal strength to compensate for potential data loss. Support for alternative video modes. Another option that this chip enables is to indicate what video connection standards the USB-C cable in question supports, and if, for example, it has the necessary bandwidth for 4K or 8K resolutions. There are “readers” of the information provided by the e-Marker chip, although they are not cheap: this one from ChargerLAB costs about 140 euros. Two key pins. The “brains” of a USB-C connector are located on two specific pins known as the configuration channel (CC). These pins (CC1 and CC2) allow, for example, the orientation or reversibility to be detected. Since the connector is reversible, the device needs to know which side you inserted the cable to activate the appropriate data pins (TX/RX). When connecting it, the side will be identified, and based on that the rest of the pins are switched for transmission. The other pin of the configuration channel becomes Vconn to power the e-Marker chip. In Xataka | Mobile phone manufacturers first stopped including the charger with every purchase. 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Germany has spent three nights copying Taiwan. If Russia decides to invade it, it has had an idea: surprise them underground

November 24, 2025 by usatoday24

Last July, the Taiwan subway experienced an unusual day: Instead of passengers loaded with purses and suitcases, soldiers, soldiers and more soldiers armed with anti-tank missiles began to arrive at Taipei stations. The reason was twofold: to send a message inside and outside (China) of the country. That idea seduced Germany, and now that it has begun its rearmament it has launched in Berlin. A disturbing return. The exercise Bollwerk Bärlin III Last week, he returned to the German capital a scene that seemed banished to the memories of the 20th century: soldiers descending U-Bahn stairsjumping onto the tracks and advancing through smoke, simulated gunshots and cars taken over by “saboteurs.” For three nights, between 1 and 4 in the morning, about 250 members of the Wachbataillon (a unit known for its ceremonial role but with infantry functions) transformed stations like Jungfernheide into a real underground battlefield to practice assaults, close combat, evacuation of civilians and protection of critical infrastructure in a realistic environment in which nothing is altered or mocked up: the narrowness of the tunnels, limited visibility and changes in light are the same as they would find in a real war scenario. In the background: Russia. They remembered the TWZ analysts that this return to urban warfare in tunnels and stations, without embellishments or theatrical simulations, symbolizes a profound change in Germany’s strategic priorities and revealed the extent to which the shadow of a possible conflict with Russia has penetrated into the very heart of Germany. his military planning. The metamorphosis. The battalion in charge of displaying honors on state visits had been conceived for decades as a symbol of institutional stability, not as a combat force. However, its real operational mission (protecting the federal government and its facilities in the event of a crisis) today takes on an urgency that has not been seen for a long time. Hence the direct tone of his commanderlieutenant colonel Maik Teichgräber: Berlin is your area of operations and they must prepare for “the worst case scenario,” which means training where you would really fight. The use of stations closed to the public allows practice quick entriesassaults on trains, neutralization of enemies and immediate removal of wounded, integrating snipers, perimeter security and coordination between units in a densely urbanized environment. The presence of additional scenarios (such as the former Rüdersdorf chemical plant or the Ruhleben police complex) underlines the desire to turn the capital’s defense into a multidimensional exercisecapable of absorbing everything from internal sabotage to coordinated incursions that seek to paralyze the political center of Germany. Global dimension of the trend. Which happens in Berlin It is also reflected in other regions of the world. How we countTaiwan uses its subway as a defensive artery during the Han Kuang exercises, aware that, in the event of a Chinese invasion, underground infrastructure they would be vital to move troops and supplies while the surface becomes a continuous target. In parallel, the United States has raised the underground war a priority for its special forces, responding to the proliferation of fortified tunnels, dense urban areas and the expansion of drone swarms that force troops to seek refuge underground. The growing autonomy of unmanned systems, already present in Ukraine, accelerates this trend: in a future where aerial surveillance will be almost constant, defending in depth will mean dominating not only streets and buildings, but subways, tunnels, pipelines and interconnected bunkers. The war of the future, according to these emerging doctrines, will be fought both upwards (against drones, sensors and loitering munitions) and downwards, in an underground network that takes on strategic value. Echoes of the Cold War. He training on the U-Bahn inevitably refers to a divided Berlinwhen the city was a western enclave surrounded by Warsaw Pact forces. At that time, the United States, the United Kingdom and France were rehearsing urban operations aimed at slowing down an invasion to gain political time, aware that holding the city indefinitely was unrealistic. Units like the (secret) Detachment A They practiced sabotage and unconventional warfare techniques from the shadows. Even stations, such as Pankstraße or Siemensdamm, were designed like nuclear shelters for more than 3,000 people for weeks, with armored doors and air filtering. The reunified Germany had left behind that architecture of fear, and today, faced with a panorama of uncertainty, it returns to study how to reactivate these civil protection capabilities. The contrast is evident: what in 1994 seemed unnecessary is once again considered a strategic necessity. Historical rearmament. we have been counting. The exercise is also part of a context transformation unprecedented german military apparatus. By 2029, Berlin plans spend 153,000 million euros per year in defense (around 3.5% of GDP), an enormous jump from the levels that for decades were a source of friction with Washington. It is a rearmament designed not only for modernize capabilitiesbut to adapt the country to threats that They are no longer theoretical: What happens 900 kilometers away, in Ukraine, conditions the entire strategy. This budget increase has led NATO to consider a symbolic turn that would have been unthinkable during the Cold War: that Germany would command the allied forces in Europe. Although that moment has not arrivedthe expectation underscores the pressure on Berlin to demonstrate that it can take on top responsibilities and is willing to prepare its military for complex scenariosfrom urban sabotage to large-scale conventional warfare. Strategic warning. Teichgräber put it clearly: Nobody can guarantee that the war that is currently devastating Ukraine will not one day reach German territory. That phrase sums up the background of Bollwerk Bärlin III. The Bundeswehr trains in the subway tunnels because it understands that contemporary conflicts do not respect borders or capitals. The hybrid warcoordinated attacks on critical infrastructure and the massive use of drones They make the interior of cities as vulnerable as their borders. If you like, what is at stake is not only the defense of Berlin, but Germany’s capacity to react facing a moment in which the strategic … Read more

an AI that decides when to shoot has hidden where it is least expected

November 17, 2025 by usatoday24

In recent months, Ukraine has seen technological leaps that until very recently were more typical of the realm of science fiction. Of the machines capturing and taking prisoners went to drones attacking on his own in a matter of weeks or even the arrival of a “general AI” capable of converting soldiers in “invisibles”. The latest: a kind of cross between Terminator and Predator. From improvised anti-aircraft weapon to autonomous system. Yes, Ukraine has turned urgency into advanced military engineering by developing what they have called like Predatoran automated machine gun turret initially created for the Magura naval drones could face Russian helicopters and fighters that They patrolled the Black Seaa space where air pressure on Ukrainian operations increased after the success of unmanned attacks against the Russian Fleet. The Predator debuted in combat end of 2024when its sensors and target acquisition capabilities allowed two helicopters to be shot down using missiles fired from other naval drones, and months later it helped shoot down a Russian Su-30, demonstrating that an unmanned explosive vehicle could also provide anti-aircraft cover. A twist. Once the success of the machine was seen, Ukraine decided to “hide it” where it would be a surprise to the enemy. It turns out that integrating this turret into a maritime platform was a complex challenge which made it necessary to guarantee stability in adverse conditions, precision in a moving hull and compatibility with guidance processes that combine optical sensors, artificial intelligence and gyroscopic systems. The Predator turret equipped on a small tracked vehicle Naval technology adapted for drone warfare. Thus, although it was born for the sea, recent tests of the Predator have confirmed its usefulness in the dominant theater of modern warfare: the FPV drone combat loaded with explosives, responsible for a growing share of Ukrainian losses on the ground. With 7.62mm ammunition, optical sensors, gyroscopic stabilization and automatic detection alerts, the system can be mounted on track vehicles or in the bed of a pick-up, shooting on the move and following minimum targets of just a few centimeters at 100 meters. And more. Artificial intelligence allows the turret identify threats and present options to the operator, who maintains the final decision to avoid fratricidal fires, while the new versions incorporate laser rangefinders and precision improvements adapted to drones controlled by radio frequency or fiber optics. From Ukraine to NATO. The rapid industrialization of the Predator (more than thirty units built and a plan to produce a hundred a month in less than half a year, with a unit cost of less than $100,000 for the Ukrainian forces) makes this system one of the most agile developments of the Ukrainian military complex. In fact, its success has awakened the NATO interestwhich invited the company to an Innovation Challenge and put the system to the test at an evaluation event in France, where the manufacturer presented it remotely as a modular and immediately deployable solution to threats that evolve with weeks, not years, of margin. Additionally, UGV Robotics plans a larger caliber model, the Apex Predatorwith .50 ammunition and the ability to intervene against heavier aerial threats, aiming to turn these turrets into an exportable standard for Western allies. The new paradigm of Ukrainian defense. The story of this turret illustrates how Ukraine is integrating naval and land capabilities into the same combat ecosystem automation basedmodular sensors and systems capable of operating on unmanned platforms, a strategy driven by constant pressure from Russian drones and the need to protect both infantry and exposed vehicles. In this context, a design conceived so that an explosive drone would not be shot down from the air is now transformed into a ground defense against cheap and lethal swarms, making the Predator a symbol of Ukraine’s shift towards a distributed, adaptive defense focused on neutralizing asymmetric threats before they reach their objective. Image | UGV Robotics In Xataka | It’s not that the war in Ukraine has been gamified, it’s that there are now “hero points” to exchange for exclusive weapons In Xataka | In the midst of rearmament, Europe has realized an unimportant detail: it does not have enough bullets

Europe decides tomorrow whether to hand it over to telecos or Wi-Fi

November 11, 2025 by usatoday24

The future of wireless networks needs high-capacity frequencies, such as the 6 Ghz band. It is a key frequency both for the advancement of WiFi, especially WiFi 7, and for mobile networks and the future 6Gthe problem is how it is going to be distributed. This is what European regulators are deciding, and we will know their verdict tomorrow. What is happening. Our colleagues tell it Xataka Mobile. He RSPG It is the body in charge of making decisions on the radio spectrum in Europe and is currently studying how to distribute the 6 Ghz band. As we said, it is a key frequency for high-capacity connectivity technologies, such as Wi-Fi 7 and the future 6G. The point is that there is a fight to get this precious band. On the one hand, the telecommunications operators, who want it for their mobile networks, and on the other, the Dynamic Spectrum Alliancewhich advocates free use of telecommunications. Two postures. Telecommunications companies, under the umbrella of the GSMA, they are pressing to use 6 Ghz exclusively, arguing that it is key both for the efficiency of 5G and for the future of 6G. The Dynamic Spectrum Alliance defends that WiFi is essential for connectivity in Europe, that using this band will be faster, more reliable and efficient. Why is it important. There is 480 Mhz in the lower part that is free for WiFi 6E and WiFi 7; What is at stake is the remaining 700 Mhz. The decision is important for the future of connectivity in Europe since, if the telecos win, WiFi 7 would lose more than half of its potential expansion capacity. In statements to The Register“would be devastating for the future of Wi-Fi technology in Europe. This spectrum is uniquely positioned to sustain the evolution of the Wi-Fi ecosystem and enable the next generation of digital innovation.” On the contrary, telcos defend the need to dedicate the band to mobile networks, which will strengthen Europe’s digital sovereignty. What have other countries done? The 6 Ghz band is not only a dilemma in Europe, other countries have also had to decide what to do with it. For example, in The United States decided to open the entire band to WiFi networkswhile in China they made the opposite decision: reserve the entire band for 5G and 6G. Verdict imminent. The date marked on the calendar for the RSPG to make a decision is November 12, 2025, tomorrow. However, this is an assessment and is not binding, but it will mark the path forward for the regulators of each country in the European Union. According to The Registerit seems that the group is more inclined towards granting use to mobile networks, with countries like Germany in favor of this option. Image |Pascal, Pexels In Xataka | Turning off the router at night: false myths, why it is better to leave it on and when it is better to leave it off

For the first time, we can see how an algorithm decides who receives aid

September 18, 2025 by usatoday24

The Supreme Court has condemned the Government to deliver the Bosco source code, the application that automatically decides which vulnerable families receive the electric social bonus. The sentence responds to Resource of the Civio Foundation after seven years of legal battle. Why is it important. This decision creates jurisprudence and establishes that citizens have constitutional right to know how algorithms that manage social rights work. The sentence raises algorithmic transparency to the level of fundamental, inseparable right of the democratic state. The context. Bosco has worked as a black box that emitted binary verdicts. It was limited to two results: Without more explanations, leaving thousands of vulnerable families in helplessness. Civio detected errors that harmed groups such as widows or large families, but The government refused to reveal the code alleging intellectual property and national security. The panoramic. The “Bosco Doctrine” establishes two principles: Transparency improves security by allowing experts to detect failures, rejecting the argument of “dark security. Public interest exceeds intellectual property when it comes to algorithms that manage social rights. Between the lines. The supreme has invested the burden of proof: now it will be the administration who must demonstrate specific and serious risks, not theoretical possibilities. The sentence quotes the precedent of Covid radarwhose code was published by the government itself. And now what. Public authorities have the obligation to explain “understandably” the functioning of all algorithms that affect citizens. This doctrine will apply to future cases of AI and automated systems in the public administration, creating a new era of transparent “digital democracy”. In Xataka | Access to positions of officials A1 and A2 in Spain is broken. The government wants to solve it … with a master’s degree Outstanding image | Judicial Branch

The Canary Islands will tend an underwater cable to Morocco. If Morocco decides to extend it, Spain will have a problem

August 13, 2025 by usatoday24

An underwater cable of 49 million euros will connect the Canary Islands with Africa, but it will stop just where the legal problem begins: the border of the Western Sahara. What is happening. The Ring of the East islands will first join Gran Canaria, Lanzarote and Fuerteventura with the latest generation fiber. Then it will jump to the African continent, to Tarfaya, the last Moroccan city before the West Sahara. The Canarian government It has been clear: “The cable goes to Tarfaya, it has nothing to do with Western Sahara.” But Morocco has other plans. His government wants to extend that connection to what he calls his “South Provinces”, the euphemism with which he refers to the Saharawi territory since 1975, when Spain abandoned it. Why is it important. Submarine cables are Internet highways. 99% of data traffic between continents travels through them. This project promises to make the Canary Islands a digital node between Europe and Africa. But there is a huge legal problem. The EU Court of Justice considers any economic activity in the Western Sahara without consent of the Polisario Front, recognized by the UN as representative of the Saharawi people. And the Polisario He has already warned: If the cable reaches Saharawi territory, they will go to court. The context. Since Pedro Sánchez supported the Moroccan Autonomy Plan for Sahara in 2022Spain tries to maintain the balance between its economic interests with Morocco and its international legal obligations. This cable puts that test balance. If the infrastructure that Spain finances with European funds ends up facilitating Moroccan expansion in Sahara, could splash Spain with legal problems in European courts. The money trail. The construction has already begun with these numbers: 49 million total budget. 20 million provided by the European Investment Bank. Additional 7.5 million for connection with Tarfaya. In February, Canalink technicians – the Canarian public company that leads the project— Tarfaya visited to study the land and design the submarine layout. The cable will be manufactured in 2025 and will be deployed in 2026. The precedent. It is not the first time that Canary Islands connect with Morocco. Since 2011 There is a cable with Asilahin the north of the country. But that did not generate any controversy because it is far from the territory in dispute. This is different. It reaches the same border of the Sahara. And even if technically stops there, it creates the perfect basis for Morocco to complete what European companies cannot do directly by legal restrictions. The threat. The Polisario Front has a history of victories in European courts. He has lying fishing agreements and agriculture between the EU and Morocco for including resources from the Sahara without its consent. “We will carry out any action to guarantee the rights of the Saharawi people,” He said Abdulah Arabi, representative of the Polisario in Spain. A data cable would be your next goal if you cross the border. And now what. The project will continue because Canary Islands need this connection. The ESSI Spain will be able to maintain the legal fiction that its responsibility ends in Tarfaya. If Morocco extends the cable to the Sahara using the base infrastructure financed with European money, Spain could be found in the midst of another conflict between its economic interests and its obligations with the territory that it abandoned 50 years ago. And this time it will not be for fishing or phosphates, but for the control of the data between two continents. In Xataka | The Google Maps of submarine cables: an imposing interactive map that allows us to know the skeleton of the modern world Outstanding image | TelefónicaGoogle Maps

GPT-5 has many versions, but Openai decides which one to use for you

August 8, 2025 by usatoday24

Openai wants to simplify our lives, but maybe he has made a mistake in doing so. When you use GPT-5, you won’t know which GPT-5 version you will be using. Because although Openai has raised it as a “unified model”, it is actually using variant distress according to the scenario and, of course, according to what you pay. And not knowing what he is using at all times is a blessed? problem. Welcome to the era of the opacity of AI. GPT-5 are many GPT-5. In his “system card“Openai stands out how GPT-5 It is a “unified system” that actually consists of several versions. Some more powerful, others less, and others that reason. But unlike what happened so far-you chose if you wanted to use the lighter model or one that would think more-GPT-5 will choose for you. As? On the one hand we have the “external” names of the variants of GPT-5 and on the other the inmates. The “real -time router” will be responsible for deciding which is used at each moment. Source: latent.space A “router” that chooses for us. To know what variant you have to use, GPT-5 uses a “real-time router that quickly decides which model to use based on the type of conversation, complexity, or the need for tools.” As they point out In Latent Space The idea is remarkable, and helps to avoid That name chaos We had so far. Of course: the only way to “force” the type of model to use is to express it clearly in the prompt when using chatgpt. Thus, if we ask him something and ask that “think a lot about this”, we will activate that reasoning model so that the router does not make mistakes by choosing perhaps a less capable model. Opacity. Although OpenAi indicates that he uses these arguments to decide which GPT-5 variant USA, here we face the dichotomy of opacity. That GPT-5 chooses for us is on the one hand good and on the other bad. Simplifies the use of chatbot, no doubt, and that brings it closer to the novel public. But at the same time Advanced users steals control or those who have enough knowledge to know how to decide which version of GPT-5 would like to use. With an expected exception. We can already say goodbye to this old model selector. For better, and for worse. Beware of simplifying. The simplification problem of complex technologies is that it can cause unwanted side effects. For example, that users do not understand the differences between the models. That leads to reducing its ability to make informed decisions about which tool is more appropriate for each specific context. Openai raises something like a “technological infantilization”: do not worry, dear users, that GPT-5 will already do everything for you. Even choose how to work. If you pay, choose. If you are one of those advanced users who know how Chatgpt Pro (200 dollars/month) In order to activate any of the different internal models of GPT-5 Correspondence between the “old models” and the “new models.” Source: OpenAi How are they compared to previous models. The arrival of this new family of models assumes that now each of the above It has its replacement with one of the Variants of GPT-5. Thus, the old GPT-4O would be the new GPT-5 Main, while GPT-4O-mini will be GPT-5-Main-Mini and O3 will be GPT-5-Thinking. And so with the rest: Goodbye, old GPTS. As explained in the version notes Published in OpenAI, the arrival of GPT-5 supposes goodbye to the models that were used so far in Chatgpt. Chatgpt Pro subscribers They can continue to have access To these ancient models, at least for now, but for other users the option is clear: the pre-GPT-5 models are retired, and among them: GPT-4O (will continue to be used for voice mode) GPT-4.1 GPT-4.5 GPT-4.1-mini O4-mini O4-mini-High O3 O3-PRO GPT-5 should explain your decisions. Although the idea of having a unified model is not bad, that lack of control and information about the way of functioning of GPT-5 is worrying. One of the solutions is to introduce that selection of ways (available in Chatgpt Pro), but another is even simpler: Chatgpt would be enough to indicate which version of the model has used at all times so that we know what to stick to … and if we can force that in such questions a more capable (or less) model is used. In Xataka | The AI has so far a nice accessory: with GPT-5, OpenAi wants to place it in the center of all things

The AI already decides who says goodbye to who ascends in many companies

July 8, 2025 by usatoday24

We are seeing the first indications of how AI is going to Transform the future of employmentalthough that does not imply that I will take it out. Newly graduated to which the possibilities of learningprogrammers converted into operators of a assembly chain of Software generated by AI either Chatbots interviewing you To hire you in your next job. In this new transformative role, AI is also having A leading role In employment, although not as you think. According to A survey carried out by the Employment Services platform summarizes Builder, managers are asking the AI who should say goodbye. The new glass ball. A survey conducted at 1,342 Business Managers in the US has revealed that 60% of them trust AI to make human resources decisions in their companies. 78% of respondents ensure that IA decides which employees receive salary increases in their company, 77% indicate that AI chooses those who are rising, and 66% consult who should say goodbye. Taking into account the AI skills In business managementmaybe it’s adventurous to leave In the hands of generic models Talent management, but 53% of respondents ensure that he asks Chatgpt what employees say goodbye to who ascend. 29% claimed Use co -pilot and 16% left the fate of its employees in the hands of Gemini. Without training or training. As in other areas, two thirds of managers who use AI for a task as delicate as equipment managementhas not received any training For the use of AI. Only 32% say they have received the necessary training on the ethical use of AI in personnel management. To complicate things a little more, around 20% of managers ensure that it lets the AI have the Last word in decisions about who says goodbye or who ascends without mediating human intervention. However, the vast majority of them are willing to intervene if you do not agree with the decision made by AI. Confirmation bias. According to Stacie Haller, Main Professional Advisor of Sumume Builder, it is risky to leave the weight of important decisions in the hands of AI without adequate training. “While AI can support data -based information, it lacks context, empathy and criteria,” the authors of the survey indicate in their report. Such and as he published he New York Magazinethe main problem of the general models as chatgpt, is that They are flatterers by nature. That is, they seek to please the user at all costs, although this implies altering the results. That implies that, for a lot of neutrality and objectivity that managers want to obtain in their decisions by saying goodbye to employees, AI will take into account their personal preferences, reinforcing their confirmation bias, although the choice is not the best for the company. Tantling the land for AI. As they have revealed the survey data, 46% of the managers who use the management of their teams have been commissioned to evaluate whether IA could replace a position that an employee was carrying out. 57% considered that there was the possibility of applying AI to automate those tasks, and 43% carried out That replacement. However, although some profiles may have succumb to the first automation traces, there are still many other managers that see AI as a very useful tool as support in equipment management. 97% of respondents claim performance evaluation of your team or to elaborate strategies with which to improve that performance, but always supervising the results proposed by AI. In Xataka | A company hired a worker, dismissed the boss who selected him and forgot about him: he has been charging without working seven months Image | Unspash (INNN agency, Emiliano Vittoriosi)

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