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“The wound is the place where the light enters”

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Can suffering transform us? Is it true, as Rumi, the great Persian poet of the 13th century, said, that “a wound is a place where light enters”? From the pre-Hislamic myth of Siyavash to the Sufi mysticism of the annihilation of the self or the Shiite obsession with martyrdom, Persian and Iranian thinkers have been thinking about suffering as a transformative force for thousands of years. It is a rich, lyrical, wild and sometimes very dangerous tradition. Therefore, it is curious that thousands of years of such a rich relationship with pain comes to us filtered and converted into Instagram stories. What Rumi didn’t say. Let’s start at the beginning: most likely, Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi never wrote those words. And, in this case, it should not surprise us either. In 1995, the recently deceased Coleman Bryan Barks published a book titled ‘The Essential Rumi‘ and, without anyone yet being able to explain it, it sold more than half a million copies. The only real problem with this is that Barks didn’t know Persian. He wasn’t even a really specialized translator. He took previous translations, he cleaned them of references to Islam and He adapted the verses to Western taste. It was a huge success that advanced something we are used to today: the probability that a date we see on the internet be false it is getting higher and higher. And yet, the quote has some truth. Because, in effect, today’s Iran is the repository of an ancient tradition that sacralizes transformative suffering. When Yazid I’s army ambushed and murdered Husain ibn Ali and his 72 companions near KarbalaThey had no idea what they were about to do. They thought they were resolving once and for all the thorny issue of Muhammad’s succession, but the martyrdom of the third imam of the Shiites would germinate in a strange cultural substrate: the idea that suffering is not an accident, it is a battlefield. Thus spoke Zarathustra. That’s where you can best see the ‘Zoroastrian substrate‘: in this religion, Ahura Mazda creates the world as a battle in which humans have to take sides. For old Persian philosophy, evil is not something inherent to the world: it is an army that must be defeated. Therefore, suffering, sacrifice and pain are part of the process that, if we are successful, will lead us to good. It is not the absence of love (as it might seem in the Judeo-Christian mentality), it is a definitive ethical filter. That is the archetype, then came its incarnations. When Islam takes hold in Persia, that substrate is there and takes many forms. While for the Shiites, martyrdom is redemptive and intercedes for us before Allah; For Sufi mysticism, suffering becomes a vehicle towards God, towards the annihilation of the ego and its arrival at divinity. To us, today, all these details don’t matter a little to us, honestly. What is relevant is how hundreds of philosophers resolved the “problem of evil“in a completely different way than what we are used to. Evil is not an error that must be explained by appealing to the unfathomability of God, Evil is the path by which the universe is renewed. No self-help. And in this context, Rumi’s dubious quote (“a wound is a place where light enters”) would be much more radical than any self-help manual would be willing to go. Suffering does not make us wiser, stronger, or smarter. It is simply the price to pay: there is no point in trying to justify it. Today, even knowing how dangerous this line of thought is, it is impossible not to look at those thinkers thinking how much of them really remains in our way of living. Image | If you’ve ever thought about “leaving everything and going to the mountains,” these thinkers have a lot to tell you

AI enters clinics to tell you its real potential

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For years, freezing eggs meant also freezing an unknown. Women who opted for vitrification as a strategy to preserve their fertility knew how many oocytes they stored, but not what real potential they had. The estimate depended almost exclusively on age and population statistics. There wasn’t much else. That’s starting to change. Artificial intelligence has begun to be used in reproductive medicine not only to optimize technical processes, but also to offer patients more precise predictive information about their real chances of becoming mothers in the future from their own vitrified eggs. From visual intuition to algorithmic precision. Before the introduction of AI, the quality of an oocyte could hardly be objectively assessed. According to Dr. Marcos Meseguer, Global Director of Embryology Researchin an interview for Xatakathe assessment depended on general morphological criteria and the embryologist’s subjective impression, often based on whether the egg “looked pretty or ugly.” There were no solid quantitative standards or models capable of estimating the biological competence of the oocyte. The prediction was extremely limited, almost equivalent to chance. The technological leap has not been incremental, but qualitative. “We have gone from having practically no prognostic tools to having models with real prediction capacity,” Meseguer details. Today, algorithms are introducing a layer of quantitative analysis that transforms that scenario. More in depth. The change is not minor. As Meseguer explains to us, AI allows us to analyze thousands of images of oocytes whose subsequent clinical results are known—if they formed an embryo, if they reached a blastocyst—and learn patterns associated with reproductive success. The algorithm always evaluates the same parameters in a standardized way. This systematization eliminates variability between observers and converts a subjective assessment into an objective and reproducible evaluation. In other words, for the first time a probabilistic estimate can be offered based on data and not just general statistics by age. It’s not magic: measure better, don’t see more. It is important to clarify what exactly AI does and what it does not do. The algorithm does not detect hidden genetic abnormalities nor does it replace tests such as preimplantation genetic diagnosis. As the specialist clarifies, the genetic analysis is not performed on the oocyte, but on the embryo after fertilization. The AI ​​applied to the oocyte analyzes the same images that the embryologist sees, but in a quantitative way. It accurately measures parameters such as oocyte diameter, the thickness of the zona pellucida or certain characteristics of the cytoplasm. “The difference is not seeing more, but measuring better and in a standardized way,” says Marcos Meseguer. Furthermore, the oocyte is not evaluated dynamically, as is the case with the embryo, but rather statically. It is not about choosing an “ideal candidate”—all mature oocytes are used in assisted reproduction—but rather about stratifying their biological potential and offering probabilistic estimates of competence. More information, but no guarantees. This advance does not imply that laboratories “select” only the best oocytes. All mature oocytes (metaphase II) continue to be used. The difference is in the stratification of their biological potential. In fertility preservation—women who vitrify eggs for use years later—this information takes on special relevance. Instead of basing expectations solely on age, personalized data derived from algorithmic analysis can be incorporated. However, caution is key. Age continues to be the most determining prognostic factor. AI does not modify biology or compensate for physiological limitations. It is a support tool, not a miracle solution, warns the expert. What it does achieve is reduce uncertainty. And in a field marked by emotional stress and complex decision-making, having quantified and objective information can change the clinical conversation. A global trend towards automation. The incorporation of artificial intelligence is part of a broader transformation of fertility laboratories. A recent example picks it up The New York Times from a study published in Nature Medicine. The work analyzes a microfluidic device called OvaReadycapable of recovering eggs that the conventional method did not detect after follicular aspiration. In the study, the device analyzed follicular fluid that had already been examined manually. In more than half of the patients, additional oocytes were found that were going to be discarded. The birth of a girl was even documented from one of those recovered oocytes. Although this technology is not exactly a predictive system like image analysis algorithms, it illustrates a clear trend: laboratories are incorporating automated tools that standardize processes and reduce exclusive dependence on human judgment. Experts quoted by the American newspaper highlightHowever, larger studies are still needed to confirm that these additional eggs consistently increase the live birth rate. The real impact: better managing the “biological clock”? Technological enthusiasm, however, has boundaries. “AI is a tool to support diagnosis and decision-making, not a miracle solution,” says the specialist in the interview. It can optimize decisions and reduce variability, but it cannot modify the intrinsic quality of gametes or alter biological limitations. In other words, it improves the information available, but does not change the biology. The next step. Development does not stop at the oocyte evaluation. According to the embryologist, the next big leap will be the progressive optimization of ovarian stimulation protocols through predictive models that integrate clinical, hormonal and previous response data. More than “absolute customization”, it will be a continuous improvement in precision. Reproductive medicine is moving toward increasingly data-driven decisions. In economic terms, technological incorporation may initially entail a higher cost, but in the medium and long term it could reduce failed cycles and make the system more cost-effective. Freezing eggs without freezing uncertainty. Vitrification will continue to be a bet with a margin of uncertainty. No algorithm can promise a future pregnancy. But it can offer a more refined estimate of the biological potential of those frozen eggs. For years, fertility preservation was a decision supported by general statistics. Today it is also beginning to rely on personalized predictive models. Artificial intelligence does not eliminate the passage of time or guarantee motherhood. But it does introduce something new to a discipline historically marked by probability: … Read more

the division enters a new stage

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On a Friday night we tend to be focused on other things, not a movement that reconfigures Xbox’s leadership. However, that is what we have found: the retirement of Phil Spencer, the resignation of Sarah Bond as president of Xbox and a new name at the head of Microsoft Gaming. The information, published by IGNpoints to a replacement that few publicly anticipated. And when we talk about the two most visible faces of the division in the last decade, we are not talking about a simple internal adjustment, but about a turning point. In detail. Phil Spencer will leave his position as CEO of Microsoft Gaming on Monday, February 23, 2026, according to sources familiar with the matter cited by the aforementioned media. In the email sent to staff, Spencer himself explains that the conversation began months ago: “Last fall, I told Satya that I was thinking about taking a step back and starting the next chapter of my life.” The transition, he maintains, was designed in advance. In parallel, as we say, Sarah Bond has presented her resignation as president of Xbox. It has not been proposed as a natural succession or as a staggered relief, but rather as an exit that coincides with Spencer’s retirement. The new boss. The name that the helm takes is Asha Sharmauntil now president of CoreAI, the area focused on product and artificial intelligence within Microsoft. As his LinkedIn profile shows, he joined the company in 2024 and was previously VP of Product and Engineering at Meta and COO at Instacart, in addition to serving on the board of The Home Depot. His profile comes from the field of product and large-scale platforms, rather than from a public career linked to the historical management of Xbox. The redesign does not remain in the executive management. Matt Booty, until now head of Xbox Game Studios, is promoted to Chief Content Officer and will work closely with Sharma. It is not a minor change: it begins to play a central role in the content strategy at a time when the portfolio of studios and franchises is one of the division’s most visible assets. Three commitments. In his first message to the team, Sharma structures his roadmap into three clear axes. The first is direct: “First, great games. It all starts here.” It speaks of unforgettable characters, heart-warming stories and creative excellence, and promises to empower studios, invest in iconic franchises and support new ideas. Within this framework is the promotion of Booty, whom he defines as someone who understands “the craft and challenges of building great games.” The second axis goes through what it calls “the return of Xbox”, with an explicit reaffirmation of the console’s role in the brand’s identity after 25 years. The third looks at the “future of gaming,” with new business models and shared tools for developers and players in an environment where gaming lives across diverse devices. Balance and what’s coming. The transition, at least on paper, has been designed months in advance and with an orderly transfer. Spencer will continue in an advisory role over the summer, but formal leadership will change hands on Monday, February 23, 2026. From now on, the focus will shift to execution: how the commitment to big games is realized, what real weight the console will have in the strategy and how cross-platform expansion will be integrated. The relief is defined; The stage begins that we will have to measure in facts. Images | Xbox In Xataka | Video games have grown a lot this year. But the money goes to China, Roblox and the owners of mobile platforms

Artemis II enters decisive territory

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There are times when a space program stops being a promise and becomes a tangible countdown. Artemis II just reached that point. The mission enters the realm of controlled preparation of decisions that are no longer easily or costlessly reversed. It is not yet the launch, nor even a set date, but it is the step that requires demonstrating that everything designed, integrated and tested over the years can work. The concrete advance arrived at the weekend with a movement as slow as it is symbolic. The Space Launch System rocket with the Orion spacecraft completed its transfer from the Vehicle Assembly Building to ramp 39B of the Kennedy Space Center, a journey of about 6.5 km that took twelve hours. The operation concluded with the placement of the assembly on the pedestals of the launch platform, a step that enables the start of activities. The test that puts Artemis II against reality The next step is the Wet Dress Rehearsalthe test that conditions everything that comes after. In this test, NASA explains that the teams must demonstrate the ability to load a large amount of cryogenic propellants, carry out a launch countdown test and practice the safe removal of rocket fuel without astronauts on board. The countdown will stop shortly before the simulated takeoff. While preparations are being finalized, work on the ramp is progressing on several fronts simultaneously. NASA details that the teams have connected purge lines to maintain rocket and spacecraft cavities in adequate conditions, have enabled communications with the Launch Control Center and have carried out movement tests of the crew access arm. The emergency evacuation system has also been connected, with basket release practices, and Orion and various elements of the SLS have been turned on to verify their response in the launch environment. With those tasks underway, the focus shifts to the realistic mission schedule. NASA notes that the launch window opens as early as Friday, February 6, but stresses that the program direction will evaluate the preparation after the Wet Dress Rehearsal before selecting a day. In parallel, the choice also depends on external conditions: the position of the Moon for the planned trajectory and the security requirements that force Orion to re-enter within very specific margins to protect the heat shield. The caution surrounding this phase is not gratuitous. Artemis II is the program’s first manned mission and comes after a long development, marked by technical reviews and schedule slippages. During the campaign of Artemis I, The loading of cryogenic propellants was marked by problems maintaining adequate temperatures and hydrogen leaks in several attempts. Corrections and procedures learned then have now been incorporated, but this section serves precisely to verify that these solutions work consistently in a vehicle intended to carry people on board. Unlike the next mission in the program, Artemis II is a verification flight, not direct exploration. The planned profile includes several elliptical orbits around the Earth, a push towards the moon and a flyby without landing on the moon, lasting approximately ten days. This scheme will confirm that Orion can sustain a crew in deep space, validate systems such as life support and check communications and navigation for that environment, with the support of the Deep Space Network, before preparing the jump to Artemis III. With all this work already concentrated on the ramp, Artemis II now has more than just an administrative advance at stake. The loading test and subsequent review will determine whether the system is truly ready to take on a manned flight beyond Earth’s orbit. If problems arise, NASA is considering the option of returning the rocket to the assembly building for additional work, a reminder that there is still room for maneuver even if it impacts the schedule. Images | NASA (1, 2, 3, 4) In Xataka | Faced with the need to look for weapons against superbacteria, science has opted to send viruses into space

After invading the development of video games, AI enters an untouchable area with a Sony patent: the player himself

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Sony has registered a patent that proposes a future where video games can complete themselves. The document, presented in September 2024 and released this weekdescribes a system of “artificial intelligence ghosts” capable of actively intervening in PlayStation games. These virtual agents would go beyond traditional guides: they would not only show how to overcome obstacles, but they could directly take control and solve entire levels while the player watches. How it works. The patent details an assistance system with several levels of intervention. For example, “Guide Mode” would allow the ghost to show the solution to a specific problem, such as solving a puzzle or executing a precise sequence of commands, but it would have to be completed by the player. “Complete Mode”, on the other hand, would hand over total control to the artificial agent, which would overcome the obstacle autonomously. More modes. The registration document describes four modes Selectable additional features: Story Mode, Combat Mode, Exploration Mode and Full Game Mode, suggesting specialization in certain tasks, depending on the type of challenge presented to the player. The system would function as a layer superimposed on the user’s character, visible on the screen as a visual reference. In some cases, this digital ghost could even hold conversations with the player’s avatar to offer contextualized instructions. What does it feed on? The technology would be fueled by recordings of previous games, including content shared on YouTube and social networks. The original patent document justifies the need to access these videos by stating that “players can research the game or search for previous gameplay on Internet sites, but that process is time-consuming.” Help systems. Player aids have come a long way. In the ’90s, players who got stuck called support lines (Nintendo’s being especially popular) or consulted guides in magazines, full of maps and secrets. The web democratized access through databases such as GameFAQs and, later, through audiovisual content on YouTube that allowed step-by-step solutions to be seen. In fact, Playstation 5 already incorporates Game Helpa system that displays clips of other users overcoming specific sections of the game. Its application, however, leaves something to be desired. Microsoft, of course, is betting on Copilot in the form of a conversational assistant that answers questions about the game. The proposal for artificial ghosts goes one step further, going from pre-recorded content to direct intervention in the game. AI in industry. The artificial intelligence integration video game development is accelerating. In 2024Unity revealed that 62% of studios that were using its tools implemented AI in some phase of production, highlighting animation as the main application. A survey from the Game Developers Conference of the same year indicates that approximately a third of professionals in the sector were already using these technologies. Data from the Tokyo Games Show raised the figure to more than half of Japanese companies. The automation of gameplay It’s not new either. Kotaku mentions in its article successful titles such as ‘Vampire Survivors’, with semi-automatic mechanics; ‘Megabonk’, nominated for the Game Awards for its automated design; or, in general, all idle subgenrewhich has such popular examples as ‘Ball X Pit’. The debate. This technology poses a dilemma: on the one hand, it would allow more players to enjoy complex content and prevent abandonment due to frustration. It would be integrated into the accessibility options (difficulty settings, control remapping, color blind modes), without forcing anyone to use it. On the other hand… do we run the risk of losing the “challenge” of games by delegating our participation to AI agents? What’s the point of playing then? And of course, it raises multiple questions in multiplayer environments, where there will be a temptation to take credit for victories achieved by the ghost. In Xataka | The new “test” to discover whether or not an AI model is truly intelligent: play Pokémon

Spain enters the “Scandinavian blockade” and that causes a radical change starting December 23

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Something is happening in Scandinavia and that something is going to affect us directly. It’s already affecting us. Because, as I write, a huge anticyclonic blockade over the Nordic countries is channeling polar (continental) air towards southern Europe. Specifically towards us. What is a lock atmospheric? We speak of blocking when the “normal” flow of west-east winds is interrupted and the jet becomes more wavy (it has variations from north to south). This slows down the typical advance of storms and sends them to areas with little traffic. In Europe, to be specificwe speak of “Scandinavian blocking” when a mass of high pressure in the north of the continent reorganizes the storms and favors cold weather towards mid-latitudes. What translated it turns out: a complicated week. At least in Spain and the Balearic Islands, where low pressures in a context of cold inflows and episodes of stability can end up generating many problems. We talk about yellow warnings for rain in the entire northwest half and snow levels approaching 700 meters in many areas of the country (and 1,200 in the south) Why is this important? I mean, we’re in winter, right? Yes, it’s true: but we are also on Christmas Eve, one of the busiest times of the year. Snow at medium levels and, above all, frost increase exponentially the probability of incidents on roads, ports and mountain passes. That is to say, we do not need a “new Filomena” for the country to turn upside down and accidents to skyrocket. And all this without talking about the associated problems. Indeed. On the one hand, a pattern of low maximums tends to put pressure on electricity and heating demand (with very intense peaks and the possible risks involved). On the other hand, agriculture will suffer damage and the cold will be a terrible factor because it will help the flu epidemic keep wreaking havoc. The debate now is on the impact. That is, the usual debate. For the first time in many years, we are not going to have a warm Christmas and that, we already know, is going to cause problems. The issue is how many problems and to what extent we will be able to get them right. Image | ECMWF In Xataka | Lightning seems like a normal thing: in reality we have been trying to understand it for years and we have achieved it in a laboratory

As of October 9, transfers in the EU will no longer be the same. A new bank verification enters into force

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You open the bank’s app, choose “Transfer,” you go, you write the name of the recipient and confirm. Today, October 7, 2025, if that name does not match the holder of the account, the usual thing is that the payment is executed without alerts. As of October 9, that everyday gesture changes. In the EU, starting with the entities of the euro area, the bank must check if the name you enter with that of the IBA before authorizing the shipment. The idea is simple, that money reaches who owes. Until now, European banks were not obliged to verify whether the beneficiary’s name coincided with the IBA before executing a transfer. The system was based only on the account number, which allowed payments to be processed even if the name was not correct. Some countries, such as the Netherlands, had developed verification mechanisms such as the “Iran-Naam Check”, but there was no common norm. The new European regulation corrects that disparity and establishes a uniform procedure for the entire union. Three possible messages. When the bank taught the name and the Iban, the answer may be one of three. Total coincidence. If the data fully coincide, the transfer will be validated without additional notices. Partial coincidence. If there are slight differences (a changed letter, an absent tilde or an abbreviated name) an alert will appear indicating partial coincidence. In that case, the user may review the data or continue under their responsibility. Without coincidence. If there is no coincidence, the system will warn that the data does not quote, without showing the real name of the holder for privacy reasons. WARNING, DO NOT BLOCK. Receiving an alert does not mean that the payment is blocked. The system is designed to inform, not to prevent the operation. Even if the name and the IBAN do not coincide, the user will be able to move forward with the transfer under their own responsibility. What changes is the transparency of the process. Before it was not known if the data fit; Now the bank will show you before executing the shipment. The final decision will remain yours. People and companies. The verification is based on the identification data of the account holder. If the beneficiary is a natural person, the system will compare its name and surname as it appears in the receiving bank. In the case of a legal person (for example, a company or association), the verification will focus on the company name or the commercial name. The usual errors, such as tildes, abbreviations or second denominations, can generate partial coincidences, but will not prevent the transfer, as we mentioned above. Standard, immediate and periodic. Verification will apply to both standard and immediate transfers, without additional cost for the user. One of the payment entities that have detailed how the process will work is Nickel. As explainedperiodic transfers scheduled before October 9, 2025 will not be subject to the beneficiary’s verification, although its execution is subsequent. Only the coincidence in the new orders created from that date and once, at the time of configuring them, will be verified. Absence of verification. As Nickel also explains, it can happen that the system fails to check the name with the Iban. This ruling, the company points out, may be due to communication problems between banks or specific technical limitations. In that case, the entity indicates that it will also proceed with the transfer, without the system confirming the coincidence of the beneficiary. Nickel herself advises to cancel the operation if there are doubts about the recipient, especially when it comes to high amounts or unusual accounts. The origin of the measure is in the rebound of bank fraud in the last decade. The European institutions, headed by the Commission and the ECB, considered that the system knows a mechanism for verifying the beneficiary to prevent erroneous payments and identity robberies. With the new standard, each transfer will include an automatic verification that acts as an informative filter. It does not delay shipping, but offers a warning that did not exist before. Vishing, Smishing, Romance and BEC. Behind the regulatory change are the fraud that proliferate in Europe and that banks try to stop new verification tools. He Vishingfor example, use false phone calls to impersonate bank employees or authorities. He SMISHING It arrives by SMS with messages that simulate being from the bank or a shipping company. They have also extended The romantic scamswhere the victim’s trust is gained before asking for money, and the CEO fraudin which an alleged manager orders urgent and confidential transfers. Beyond the differences between modalities, almost all bank scams share the same pattern. They use psychological manipulation techniques to generate urgency, fear or trust, and rely on identity supplant to seem legitimate. In most cases, they seek to make the user a bank transfer, taking advantage of emotions such as concern, empathy or hierarchical pressure. The verification of the beneficiary does not eliminate these risks, but it can act as a pause that allows to detect the deception in time. Before clicking “Send.” Stop for a few seconds can make a difference. Before confirming a transfer, it is convenient to calmly review the name and I went from the recipient, especially if it is a new account or a recent change. If the bank notice indicates a partial or without coincidence, the most prudent is to verify the data by a different channel (a direct call or an official website). And, given the minimal suspicion, canceling is always better than regretting. The new system also reaches companies and professionals who make frequent payments. Each transfer will require confirming the coincidence between the name of the beneficiary and the IBAN, which will add a small step to the usual process. For companies, it can be an opportunity to reinforce their treasury controls and detect internal fraud attempts or supplier supplant. It is not a lock, but a filter of verification. What banks, what countries, what deadlines. The … Read more

The US studied what would happen if it enters war with China. Now he has started a career desperate to double missiles

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When China raised the curtain of your military parade staged much more than arms power which has. It was a clear and direct message that had its reaction a few days later, when the United States moved its new platform from missiles to Japan. It was then discovered that, if missiles, there are 3,500 pointing In the same direction. Since then, the United States has started a desperate race: to double its own missile manufacturing for what may happen. The strategic awakening. I told it in an exclusive The Wall Street Journal. The Pentagon has turned on all alarms in the face of the evidence that its missile arsenals would not reach to sustain a prolonged conflict With China. Russian Ukraine invasion and mass consumption of interceptors In Europe the fragility of the American industrial base had already made clear. However, He counted the medium What was the twelve between Israel and Iran, in which Washington launched Hundreds of high -end missiles to support their ally, which finished emptying the deposits and precipitated a shock plan. The message that circulates in the pentagon’s offices is clear: the current arsenal is not enough to defend Taiwan or the allied bases in the Pacific if a direct confrontation with Beijing explodes. The new creation. To face that reality, the Department of Defense has created an extraordinary body, the Munits Acceleration Councilpersonally directed by Deputy Secretary Steve Feinberg, who calls the main executives of the industry every week to demand immediate increases. The strategy seeks to duplicate, and even quadruplethe production of the twelve missiles considered critical: from the Patriot interceptorsto him Standard Missile-6the Long Range Anti-Ship Missilesthe Precision Strike and the Joint Air-Surface Standoff Missiles. The Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegesh, and the Chief of the General Staff, General Dan Caine, They have presided Meetings with giants such as Lockheed Martin, Raytheon or Boeing, but also with new actors such as Anduril Industries and with key component suppliers, from solid propellants to batteries. The destroyer of guided missiles USS John Paul Jones (DDG-53) of the United States Navy launches an RIM-174 Standard Eram (Standard Missile-6, SM-6) The industrial bottleneck. The challenge is monumental. The complete manufacture of a missile can take up to two years. The production lines have cooled after decades of divestment, secondary suppliers have disappeared and critical pieces such as Boeing front search engines have become true bottlenecks. Expanding shifts, add square meters and form specialized personnel require billions of investment and firm purchase commitments. As Experts remembercompanies do not produce without contract: they need guarantees that the pentagon will not withdraw financing in the middle of the effort. Even so, some suppliers have taken steps in advance. Northrop Grumman, for example, has invested More than 1 billion in expanding its rocket engines capacity, with the expectation of doubling production in four years. Patriot Priority: Patriot. The most urgent case is the Patriot PAC-3whose global demand has shot himself. In September, the army gave Lockheed a contract of almost 10,000 million of dollars to manufacture 2,000 missiles in three years, but the objective of the pentagon is to reach that same figure Every twelve monthswhich means quadruple the current rhythm. To do this, Boeing has been seen forced to expand Thousands of square meters of its plant to assemble more search engines, while Lockheed studies new investments in assembly lines. The spokesmen insist that they can deliver above their declared capacity, but all claim more money and multiannual commitments that give stability to the productive jump. Precision Strike Missile New acquisition model. The pressure is such that The army announces “Massively substantive changes” in the way of buying weapons. Formulas such as licenseing technologies to third parties are explored, attract private capital or guarantee registration programs to give demand visibility to the entire supply chain. Trump administration already It allocated 25,000 million extra in five years through Big, Beautiful Billbut analysts agree that it will be necessary to multiply For several orders that figure to meet the objectives. The effort, in addition, is part of a greater debate: how to maintain an industrial base capable of sustaining high intensity wars in a world where arsenals are consumed in weeks. Background: China. The ultimate reason for this acceleration is the perspective of a War in the Pacific. A confrontation By Taiwan I would demand simultaneously American and Allied Bases, guarantee maritime runners and face a Chinese Navy increasingly equipped with hypersonic missiles and drons swarms. American superiority will depend not only on the quality of its systems, but on their ability to replace them quickly in case of prolonged conflict. Pentagon fears Discover too late that does not have the necessary volume to hold the pulse. Hence the race against clock to turn the industry into a large -scale war arsenal. The risk of the gap. The acceleration effort reveals the structural contradiction of the West: weapons every time more sophisticated and faces which are consumed at an industrial rate, in front of adversaries willing to flood the battlefield with solutions of low cost and mass production. In that sense, Ukraine’s lesson seems clear: millions of millions of dollars They can be exhausted In a matter of months, and rebuild reserves it has been. If the United States wants to maintain its deterrence against China, it must demonstrate that it can sustain not only technological innovation, but also the mass production on which the survival of its network of alliances depends. Image | Lockheed Martin, Mapn, Us Navy In Xataka | Satellite images have revealed that China has turned its oriental coast into a war zone: 3,500 missiles point to Taiwan In Xataka | After the demonstration of China’s force, the US moves a card sending its new missile platform to Japan

OpenAi already enters 1,000 million dollars per month. They are crumbs compared to what you need to be profitable

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The launch of GPT-5 It has been rather disappointing for users at street level and has arrived accompanied by some problemssomething that has recognized the Sam AltmanCEO of OpenAi. However, it is sweeping a key sector: Companiesfor the quality of its reasoning models and its price. Not being a company that quotes in the stock market, the doubt is how much success translates into large income, and Sarah Friar, Financial Director of OpenAi has given a key fact: OpenAi has entered 1,000 million dollars in a month (July) for the first time in its history. Results as good as insufficient. Openai’s reality is that it is still early to celebrate a figure like that announced by Friar, especially when the executive recognized that artificial intelligence “right now is voracious in GPU and in a computational power.” In that sense, he affirmed that the biggest problem they face is “being constantly under computational capacity.” That is, the demand for the use of GPUs of its models is greater than the resources they have to cover it. The plan to cover your needs is clear, and Friar recalled it: “That is why we launch Stargate”, in reference to that Historical project In which partners such as Microsoft, Oracle, Nvidia and ARM participate, and in which they expect to spend 500,000 million. They expect, because There is still no single contract signedand find more sources of financing It is a huge challenge. With this financial context, the 1,000 million dollars that OpenAi already enters a month are totally insufficient. They look for solutions, but more complications arise along the way. The reality of artificial intelligence according to Sam Altman is that his demand will continue to grow, their training needs will continue to grow and spend “probably more aggressively than any company has done in something for progress.” Given this need, OpenAi seeks solutions, such as selling 6,000 million in shares with an assessment of 500,000 million dollars, after raise 40,000 million in a financing round at the end of Marchwith an assessment of 300,000 million. 18,000 million were going to dedicate themselves to the Stargate projector. The problem is that to get the last 30,000 million of that round, Openai had to become a “For-Profit” company, a path that He has recently abandoned. A problem structure of expenses. As much as Openai continues to have the confidence of large investors such as Softbank or Microsoft, the problem is that the company’s expenses are huge. Not being a quoted company we cannot know official figures, but estimates point to 8,000 million operating expenses per year (They do not count investments, infrastructure or other financial obligations). Even if it continues to enter the current rhythm (1 billion per month), in 2025 it would not go from 12,000 (the estimate they handled for this year, According to The Information). That is, only their operating expenses “eat” 66% of the operating expenses, which do not contemplate their higher volume investments. The cost scheme is very complicated, and Sam Altman came to affirm that They lost money even with chatgpt prothe subscription of 229 euros per month. And the profitability for when. According to An internal studyOpenai will lose 44,000 million dollars between 2023 and 2028, and 14,000 million only in 2026, the triple of those estimated by 2024. It will have to wait four more years, until 2029, so that the company exceeds the Break Even And I achieve The long -awaited profitability. It is something they estimate that they would get 100,000 million dollars annually. Right now, viral moments such as the generation of chatgpt ys imagesor explosion of images of Ghibli either help: “Derritate” servers with a huge cost. The good news is that Sarah Friar confirmed that they have seen acceleration in the adoption of payment subscriptions. But much remains to stop losing money. Image | Dima Solomin In Unspash, Village Global In Xataka | Google has finally revealed how much electricity and water consumes its AI. Estimates could not be more wrong

The war enters the field of science fiction. Ukraine has captured Russian soldiers without humans: the robots did it

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In the last hours two unpublished facts have been known in the Ukraine War. The first of all occurred a few hours after Trump announced the Partial resumption of sending weapons to kyiv and criticize hard To Putin. Then Russia launched The biggest attack with long -range drones from the beginning of the war. The second goes directly to History booksbecause Ukraine has stopped Russian troops only through machines. Drones and robots on the front line. In an unparalleled event in modern military history, the 3rd separate assault brigade of Ukraine managed to capture Russian soldiers Without using infantry human, using exclusively aerial drones and terrestrial robotic platforms. The operation, announced on July 9 by official Ukrainian sources, represents a unprecedented milestone In the evolution of automated combat, marking the first time enemy soldiers surrender directly to unmanned systems. According to The statement of the brigade, the terrestrial drones were the immediate receptors of the surrender, an event that until now belonged to the science fiction and that has now materialized in the context of the war in Ukraine. Asymmetric technology and war. The operation took place in the Járkov region, northeast of the country, an area high intensity on the front from the beginning of the large -scale invasion by Russia. The Ukrainian unit deployed FPV drones and robotic platforms Kamikaze -type terrestrial to assault Russian fortifications that had resisted previous attacks from other units. These tools, developed as part of a national strategy to reduce human casualties and adapt to a saturated artillery and surveillance war theater, allowed Ukrainian forces to execute an offensive Without exposing directly to your soldiers. According to Brigade’s storythe drones destroyed several Russian positions, and as a terrestrial robot approached a partially damaged shelter, the Russian soldiers entrenched there chose to surrender, without there being human presence in the immediate vicinity. An automated capture. After the surrender, the prisoners were guided outside the fighting zone by The same drones Ukrainians, in a sequence more typical of fantastic literature that demonstrates not only the offensive capacity of these systems, but also their effectiveness to operate complex tasks such as custody and remote control of enemy movements rendered. Subsequently, the Russian soldiers were taken in custody by Ukrainian forces. The success of this maneuver, they tell, not only allowed capture without direct physical contact, but also facilitated the taking of the fortifications previously defended, as well as the control of a adjacent forest line of considerable tactical value. New military paradigm. No doubt, the episode not only shows the degree of sophistication achieved in Ukraine in the matter of Automated warbut also raises fundamental questions about the future of land combat. The Rendary against drones Terrestres is a radical turn in the psychological dynamics of the battlefield: the soldiers, in this case Russians, did not face visible, human enemies, but to silent machines that approached relentlessly, having destroyed all previous defenses. This type of deployment, which mixes destructive capacity with occupation and control functions, anticipates a new paradigm where direct human interaction could become exceptional even in capture operations. Russia attack in Ukraine An unprecedented offensive. But as we said, if the capture of Russian soldiers was a historical fact of modern wars, Russia’s attack It is not precedents From the beginning of the invasion. On one night that could redefine the limits of the unmanned air war, Russia unleashed the greatest drone attack, launching 728 Shahed drones (including lures) and 13 missiles, including feared Kinzhalagainst 741 objectives throughout the country. The epicenter of the attack was the city of Lutsk, in the Ukrainian northwest, a few kilometers From the border with Polandwhich caused the Polish and NATO Air Forces to be deployed in maximum alert. According to kyivmost of the projectiles were intercepted, especially thanks to electronic warfare systems, although hypersonic missiles managed to cause unspecified damage. War in the front and in court. While the sky becomes a network of autonomous swarms, the situation on land remains marked by intense fighting No significant advances. Russian troops They continue to press In Sumy, Járkov, Luhansk and Donetsk, although reports indicate that Ukraine has contained attacks on most of those fronts. In parallel, a Russian soldier belonging to a criminal battalion He denounced publicly Inhuman conditions and the lack of gunner support, describing suicidal assaults in improvised vehicles and without air backup. On the legal level, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that Russia has systematically violated human rights Since 2014including extrajudicial executions, torture, forced deportation of children and forced labor. The Kremlin, on the other hand, dismissed the ruling as “null and without effect.” Plans. They counted the Twz analysts that kyiv, anticipating a large -scale response, would be preparing a thousand drones long range against Russian objectives, including areas near Moscow. In addition, the Ukrainian Secret Service arrested Two Chinese citizens accused of trying to spy technologies of the Neptune missileused in the Moskva’s sinking and now adapted for long -range terrestrial attacks. On land, the proliferation of unmanned land vehicles, such as New UGV “Snail” Or improvised models with wheels made of mines, shows that automation not only dominates the heavens, but also advances on the mud and steel of the front. The war in Ukraine, ultimately, thus enters a phase every time More hybrid and technological of the traditional forms of combat. The contest, that already It had been a pioneer In use massive drones Of recognition and attack, another threshold has crossed, this time historical and unimaginable does not so much: the surrender of soldiers against machines. Image | Arx Robotics, Ukraine’s 3rd Separate Assault Brigade, Emergency Service of Ukraine In Xataka | The production of Russian drones was so huge that Ukraine has opened them looking for clues. The surprise is China In Xataka | We were accustomed to seeing strange things in Ukraine, but this is different: ships and bombers with no one behind the wheel

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