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Two years ago, an asteroid exploded over France with unusual violence. What saved the French was their size

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February 13, 2023. It was 4:59 in the morning when a violent explosion illuminated the skies of Normandynorth of France. It was not a ray, nor a missile. It was the end of a travel of millions of kilometers for a small asteroid called 2023 Cx1. Seven hours of notice. The 650 -kilogram rock had just a meter in diameter, so it had been detected only seven hours before impact. But the most disturbing thing was not his surprise arrival, but his behavior when entering the earth’s atmosphere. An exhaustive analysis published two and a half years later in Nature Astronomy He has revealed that, if the asteroid had been larger, the consequences of his extraordinary explosion could have been devastating. A high -risk meteor. Most meteorites are fragmenting as they descend through the atmosphere, but 2023 CX1 endured intact until it reached a distance to the ground of only 28 kilometers. At that point, the pressure made it explode like a pump. After traveling through space for about 30 million years, the asteroid released 98% of all its kinetic energy in a second fraction. And in a very concentrated region of the atmosphere, when it reached a dynamic pressure of 4 megapascal. It does not compare with Cheliábinsk. The 2023 CX1 behavior was radically different from that of the car whose explosion of 500 kilotons He broke windows and caused hundreds of injured in Russia in 2013. The one in France generated a spherical shock wave instead of cylindrical, concentrating much more energy and greatly increasing the area of ​​soil affected by overpressure. According to researchers, this type of abrupt fragmentation could cause much more damage than the progressive fragmentations of similar size bodies. The French were lucky that it was so small. More firewood for planetary defense. The analysis was based on an unprecedented number of observations after mobilizing the scientific and citizen community in those seven hours of margin. The prediction of the fall by ESA and NASA had a margin of error of less than 20 meters between the planned and observed trajectory, which in turn facilitated the recovery of more than one hundred fragments of the meteorite in the commune of Saint-Pierre-Le Viger. According to the CSICwhich participated in the investigation, this event confirms the existence of a new population of asteroids, type L chondrites, capable of these violent explosions. “These asteroids must be taken into account in the Planetary Defense Strategiessince they represent a higher risk for populated areas, “says Auriane Egal, first author of the study. With what we know today, perhaps the authorities activate evacuation plans the next time an asteroid of this type threatens us. Provided that detection systems do not fail, and detect the threat in time. Image | THAT In Xataka | Tunguska: the explosion of 12 megatones that reminds us that space is full of wonders, but also of horrors

Tourism of juice and sandwich expands through the Basque Country French

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“I had never seen so many people doing picnic on the beach!” The phrase is from Sébastien Meric, manager of the Taverne Basque, a restaurant of Saint-Jean-de-Luzin Nueva Aquitaine (France), and although a priori it may seem a positive comment hides a feeling that worries the hoteliers of this village of the Atlantic Pyrenees as well as those of Other destinations From Spain: they arrive (almost) as many tourists as in 2024, but they think about it much more when it comes to their portfolios. And that is a problem. What happened? That with the summer campaign already advanced, the hoteliers of San Juan de Luz, a small commune of France famous for its traditional beaches, port and architecture, recognize having a bittersweet taste. It is not so much that tourists have stopped visiting the town and that they no longer do it with the same joy. So I know They recognized A few professionals recently to the newspaper Sud Ouestto which they admit their concern about what is promised a “mediocre” summer. Why’s that? To start because Julio has left a puncture in the influx of tourists. According to the Departmental Tourism Agency of the Atlantic Pyrenees, last month the flow of visitors in the Basque Country French descended -1%a fall that was even more pronounced if we talk about overnight (-4%). In the whole of the Atlantic Pyrenees the demand remained stable (+1%) thanks in part to a warmer and dry meteorology of the usual. Sud Ouest Precise That, according to the Julio Tourist Barometer, San Juan de Luz lost about 55,000 visitors, a fall that is largely related to the lower influx of visitors from other parts of Europe with respect to last year (Dutch, Spanish or Germans) but also from travelers from other regions of the country itself, such as Paris or the department of Hauts-de-Seine. From the City of San Juan de Luz, this decline in visitors, which relate to circumstantial factors, reduces importance in any case. “Time has been unpredictable and beaches have been closed by jellyfish,” Clarify The organism, “it is better to wait at the end of summer to draw conclusions.” Is there anything else? Yes. And that is perhaps the most interesting idea than comment The hoteliers of the region A Sud Ouest. Beyond the fluctuations in the influx of travelers, the really curious thing is that businesses perceive a contraction in spending. “Before we made a lobster barbecue per 100 euros, now we make chuletones with blue cheese sauce for three times,” confesses a restaurant, recalling that this is the second summer that does not meet expectations. “Last year we thought it was for the Olympic Games or Bayonne partieswhich coincide with those of Pamplona, ​​but this year is the same. ” detects New habits among veraneantes. “I had never seen so many people doing picnic on the beach!” A third place specifies that this year has encountered an “excess template.” And what is the reason? The big question. The Agite Du Tourism 64 perceive “For the first time in many years” a decrease in the influx of customers with a high level of income (-2%) in the French Basque Country, a trend that the organism believes compensated by an increase in equal extent of the middle-class clientele. The regional press points out other hypotheses, such as a decrease in the purchasing power of tourists or the changes in the legislation that regulates tourist floors. The New standard It puts certain limits to holiday rentals of second residences, which limits their offer and forces tourists to use hotels in which the average price per night in high season, slides Sud Ouestcan perfectly be around 170 euros. A higher expense in the accommodation would leave visitors (especially families) with less margin when it comes to allowing other extras during their vacations, such as meals or dinners in restaurants. Why is it important? Although Saint-Jean-de-Luz is located in France his data and especially the testimony of his hoteliers are interesting because they show us another perspective of tourism. One that is not exclusive to Atlantic Pyrenees. He last balance The INE reveals a considerable rise in the total spending of international tourists (+5.5%) and the average daily expenditure, but in some regions there are also hoteliers who have alerted a billing drop. They did recently in Diario de Mallorcathe hoteliers of Port de Sóller, in Mallorca, where they have detected a puncture of the demand in full high season. “We have gone from not having workers to overcome us,” admits the owner of two restaurants that he has had to do without employees. “This is a rebound effect after the madness after Covid. We return to the situation we had before the pandemic, but with much narrower margins.” Images | Tourisme Pays Basque Office (Flickr) and Cylk34 (Flickr) In Xataka | The north of Spain has been complaining about mass tourism for years. Asturias has discovered the bitter consequences of losing it

It comes from the Andalusian mountain and burns in French thermal

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While Europe profile new sanctions Against Russia in the energy sector, the clock runs to fill the reserves for winter. In this context, France has decided to look south to supply its thermal plants and reduce its gas dependence: Andalusian biomass is placed in the center of the solution. Short. From the port of Seville a new export operation of forest biomass has come out to an electricity generation plant in the French region of Provence and Costa Azul. As reported by the Junta de Andalucía through a press release4,200 tons of biomass have been loaded, from jungle treatments made in Andalusian mountains and managed by the Novalis company. This operation is part of a public-private collaboration model that seeks to value the forest resources of Andalusia and position biomass as an exportable energy alternative. A paradigm shift. This type of exports shows a deep transformation in territory management: what was previously a residue or a fire risk, today becomes a clean energy resource with international demand. Andalusian woody biomass not only generates renewable energy, but does it with a neutral fingerprint in carbon, contributing to the decarbonization objectives of the European Union. In addition, active jungle improves the structure of forests and reduces plant load, which helps prevent forest fires. “For years conservation was confused with inaction and that has led to the abandonment of many mountains,” has pointed out in Europa Press The general director of Forestry Policy and Biodiversity, Juan Ramón Pérez Valenzuela. The process. The model is based on the tender for forest exploits on public land, especially in areas of high ecological value and risk of depopulation. Cleaning tasks, clareos and jungle treatments are carried out by specialized companies. Once classified and shipyard, biomass is exported through logistics infrastructure to energy facilities in France, Italy, Denmark and Sweden. Since the operation started in 2019, the port of Seville You have seen come out More than 400,000 tons of biomass: wood, cork and even olive bone that now serve to generate clean energy in Europe. Only the Sevillana Novalis company has moved more than 100,000 tons. If the exports also carried out from Huelva, Puerto Real or Almería are added, the total already exceeds 640,000 tons to countries of the north and east of the continent. Now there is no bottleneck. Spain has been seen as a Cul-de-Sac energetic: With limited infrastructures and with hardly any interconnections with central Europe. But when he is interestedas this operation demonstrates from Seville, it can be removed to the sea and what was only gas in gas pipelines, now they are mountains converted into heat. It is not the only case, since companies like Burpellet, in the small bourgeois town of Doña Santos, They consolidate this idea. With a production of up to 150,000 tons per year, its plant demonstrates that biomass can be a viable industrial solution for rural areas, without losing its local scale. The mountain as the energy of the future. The Junta de Andalucía does not hide your bet. The operation in the port of Seville is a sample of the deployment of the Andalusian Forest Plan Horizon 2030, which mobilizes 300 million euros per year to promote the multifunctional management of the mountain. And it will also be the basis for a future mountain law that consolidates the productive and sustainable use of the territory. At a time when Europe fears the cold of winter and heat of energy crises, Andalusia sends more than splinters: exports clean energy, active forest management and future for their peoples. The mountain, finally, is again the protagonist. Image | Port of Seville Xataka | Sea water to heat the streets: the idea of a German city to have more sustainable heating

In his plan to put Europe against the strings, China has a master plan: attack the French alcohol

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China has imposed tariffs of up to 34.9% for five years to Brandy from the European Union, exempting the punishment of the main producers of French Coñac (Hennesy, Rémy Martin and Pernod Ricard, among others), under condition that they sell at a minimum agreed price. The measure It emerges a year after Antidumping research which China launched in early 2024. What happened. The Chinese Ministry of Commerce reported on Saturday of “anti -dumping” tariffs between 27.7% and 34.9% to Brandy imports from the EU. The new rates apply to all distributors, except for those companies with which minimum prices will be agreed. As long as the products of these companies are exported to China, fulfilling the agreed conditions, they will not be subject to anti -dumping rights. Why it is important. With this movement, China has ensured the commitment of 34 Brandy producers of the European Union. The country led by Xi Jinping is using French alcohol as a geopolitical control strategy, a pressure game in which it shows its ability to retaliate against European tariff policy. The context. New tariff rates to Brandy are no accident. China initiated its anti -dumping research at the beginning of 2024, three months after the European Union began a procedure on The influx of Chinese electric cars in Europe. It was investigated how the policy of “huge state subsidies” was translating into “artificially low prices.” Shaun Reingeneral director of the China Market Research Group based in Shanghai to Reuters, explained on those dates how the measures of the Asian country “are a shot to let Europe know that China can also plan hard measures against its growing protectionism.” The largest market in the world for brandy. China has occupied a historic role in European brandy imports. Before the growing tensions, the country was the second largest destination for world exports of French Coñac, only behind the United States. It is a market for which they earn by market value, not by volume, if not paying more for bottle. Why attack Brandy? Because France is, however much, The largest exporter of alcoholic beverage to China. Putting the focus on your product is the best way to attack Europe. China and European alcohol. Chinese predilection for European alcohol does not have brandy as the only pillar. Chinese investors have been with predilection for wines like Frenchhaving come to buy entire warehouses that years later they went on sale. Chinese groups found in European alcohol a diversification for their portfolio of assets in addition to that, as a country, China is one of the main wine consumers in the world. Despite this, this consumption has suffered an accelerated fall for about a decade. The truce. The tariff to alcohol arrives in full uncertainty about what will end up happening with the rates imposed by Europe in the Chinese car. Europe is opening the door to the elimination of themwith the aim of looking for a land price depending on the type of vehicle. The EU wants to prevent China from playing with a practically inevitable competitive advantage. With tariff or without it, The Chinese car is eating the European in front of our eyesand the destiny of the industry passes through Asia. In Xataka | The great alcohol crisis in Spain: how young people are changing their relationship with radically drink Image | Ambitious Studio | Rick BarrettABODI VESAKARAN

There are already French asking for back the money they paid for their teslas. And the reason has a name and surname

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“Some customers no longer dare or do not want to use their vehicle.” With this phrase summarizes Patrick Klugman, lawyer for a future demand against Tesla in France, the feeling of his represented. A group of Tesla owners accuse the company that its public image has directly affected its vehicles and, of course, themselves. This is what they argue. Enjoy. That is, exactly, what the 10 Tesla owners who plan to denounce the company for the possible damage caused by the damage to the public image … of the company itself can not do with their vehicles. They ensure that Elon Musk’s political approach to the extreme right prevents them from circulating with tranquility, as explained to Le Parisien. Among the future plaintiffs are stories of all kinds. There is the one who says that one day he reached his car and found that he had been vandalized with the graffiti of a swastika. In other cases, they point to moral damage because they are owners who feel “betrayed”, in the words of lawyer Patrick Klugman, who is behind the defense of these consumers. “A Responsible Eco -Ciudadean approach”. Thus, they ensure this dozen owners, who received the company when they were made with one of their vehicles. “It was a 100% electric brand (…) buyers were willing to pay more money for their car to participate in the ecological transition … This vehicle (Tesla) became a sample of commitment,” explains the lawyer. They claim that with Elon Musk’s approach to the extreme right and the brand’s image degradation they cannot have a “peaceful possession” of the vehicle. A detail that is key to the demand that they want to present that, they point out in the middle, it cannot be defined as “collective” for the moment. Despite this, the lawyer encourages every owner who wants to add to the cause to accompany them. What are they based on? As we said, that “peaceful possession” is key. This is collected in the Article 1625 of the Civil Code In France. It specifies: “The guarantee that the seller owes to the buyer has two objects: the first is the peaceful possession of the thing sold; the second, the hidden defects of this thing or the prohibitive vices” To this “peaceful possession” is to which the owners of the Tesla grab ensuring that given the attacks against the vehicles that extended a few months ago and the reputational loss of the company, they do not dare to take the car out to the street or, to do so, they cannot enjoy it with the same conditions that were sold. What do they claim? The ultimate intention of these owners is simply that they return the purchase money or that the loan they maintain with the company is canceled if they are paying the car in installments. Bad image. What is clear is that Elon Musk’s passage through the United States government has seriously damaged the public image of the company. From the protests before your company’s concessionaires to direct attacks against their vehicles. But, above all, the company has seen how its sales have sunk into what we have been for the year. The problem is especially serious in Europe. In its two main markets (Germany and France) their sales are on the floor. Right where issues related to extreme right and the Nazism are more sensitive among public opinion. To this is added the increase in the second -hand market of Tesla cars. Beyond that some influencers have shown publicly How they got rid of their carsIn France the volume of ads selling second -hand Tesla cars shot in the first months of 2025, to the point that increased 30% Regarding the ads published in the first half of 2024. Photo | The White House and Felipe Tofani In Xataka | There is a shopping center that is becoming famous for one thing: Tesla is piling up the cybertruck that does not sell

The DGT has been pressing a five years against Waze or Google Maps. Your solution goes through copying the French model

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“You don’t know who you warn.” With these words, the DGT warned of the danger of giving the alarm of a traffic control through our mobile phone. It is no accident that The article It will be published in November 2024. The article clarifies the entire phenomenon seen with the one known as “Galician Method”. Last year, a person was denounced for alert 15,000 drivers through messages in a WhatsApp group of Civil Guard controls on the road. The problem is that There is no rule in the circulation code that prevents it. In the last decade, drivers have been perfecting the notices. The DGT points out that in 2012 some applications were already alerted to radars or controls but that the first boom came in 2014 with SocialDrive and Waze. Users had, in real time, information about fixed radars (That the public DGT itself) but also of mobile phones and controls. The second boom came with the Coronavirus pandemic. With the increase in road controls, users multiplied and since then many have climbed into a car from which they no longer get off. Who aspires to skip a Civil Guard control has the tools for it in Google Maps, Waze and even WhatsApp. And that is a real problem if we talk about alcohol and drug controls but also if, for a reason for general security, a device has been mounted to stop the suspect of a crime. Trying to put containment barriers, the Citizen Security Law to try to stop those WhatsApp groups with thousands of users. It is something that the DGT itself recognizes that states that in article 36.23 it is expressly prohibited “the unauthorized use of personal or professional data or professionals of authorities or members of the security forces and bodies that may endanger personal security.” However, they recognize that it is not enough and has been pressed to carry out a modification in the Traffic Law. At the moment, all that there is a proposal for the proposition of the Law born in the Commission on Road Safety of the Congress of Deputies at the proposal of the PSOE. It requested that the text reflect the obligation to “sanction those who provide information that hinders or prevents the control work of breaches of circulation standards”. In France it already applies This new wording would serve to end current doubts. The closest thing to receive a sanction for notifying the Civil Guard control is found in article 100 of the Civil Guard GENERAL CIRCULATION REGULATIONwhere the following is exposed: The use of long -range or road light is prohibited as long as the vehicle is stopped or parked, as well as alternative employment, in the form of flashes of long -range or road light and light or crossing light, with purposes other than those provided in these regulations The problem, obviously, is that this analog acting has been disused. This has led to the DGT has press and emphasize in the last five years that their intention is to chase those who use these applications to notify the controls. In 2020, Pere Navarro, director of the DGT, already put the focus on applications during mobility week in A Coruña where he pointed out his will to “Prevent, hinder or limit” Applications like Waze. The referent can have it in France. There, the famous traffic application cannot show mobile radars to users. It is an anomaly in Europe, as they collect in the Gauling country media. They point out that there the decree No. 2012-3 of January 3, 2012, which modified its circulation code more than a decade prohibits “Possession, transport and use of radar detectors”. However, this application extends to mobile applications, something that does not happen in Spain. Here, The law was modified in 2022 To punish the single presence of a radar detector. Until then the use of radar inhibitors and detectors was punished. For three years, the single presence of these devices is also punished with Fines of 200 euros and three points of the driving card for detectors and six points and up to 6,000 euros in the case of inhibitors. What the DGT wants to get is that the notices in mobile applications are also punished and the first step would be the modification in the traffic law that would allow copying the French model. What applications like Waze do is alert “danger zones”. To skip the restriction, the application allows you to add this notice on road sections, never in a specific position. With this notice, the driver already knows that a mobile radar or traffic control will be found later but is not specified in any case to stick or where it is installed. Photo | Waze on Instagram and Pricob ioan In Xataka | The DGT denounces the breakage of seven radars: there are up to half a million euros at stake and three -year jail sentences

A French people have to deal with an surprising incidence of ALS. The main suspect is a fungus

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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as ELA (ALS in English) is a disease capable of wreaking havoc in our nervous system. Today It has no cure And what we know about its origin is quite limited. Throughout decades of study, we have been discovering risk factors related to the appearance of this disorder but perhaps the strangest was detected a few years ago in a town in the French Alps. The unique case of Montchavin. A few years ago, a group of researchers discovered that the French people of Montchavin, located near the Alpine border with Italy, has a high incidence of ELA. After investigating the case, the team pointed out as possible culprit To a very concrete element of local gastronomy, the fungus Gyromitra gigasa type of false colmenilla or false morilla. ELA. The Amyotrophic lateral sclerosisknown among other names as Lou Gehrig’s disease, is a disease that affects neurons, both in our brain and spinal cord. It is a disease that is progressing until it ends the life of who suffers it. Today we do not know a cure, although there are treatments that relieve Some symptoms and increase the life expectancy of patients. The symptoms of this disease usually appear from the age of 50, although there are earlier cases, and They can start With problems walking, writing or speaking. The disease It generates the loss of muscle strength and coordination capacity, problems that extend to different muscle groups. Unknown cause. Today we have no accurate record of what mechanisms unleash this ailment, although we know Some risk factors correlated with their appearance. What we do know is that about 10% of cases are related to a genetic variant, and that the disease is more common among men than among women. Among the known risk factors are tobacco and exposure to certain environmental toxins. A higher prevalence has also been detected among people who did military service. The incidence of this disease It is between one and 2.6 annual cases per 100,000 inhabitants; with an approximate prevalence of about six cases per 100,000 per 100,000 people. An enigma in the French Alps. A few years ago, the cases of Montchavin unleashed the curiosity of the French neurologist Emmeline Lagrange. The health and its team accounted for 14 cases of ELA diagnosed between 1990 and 2018 linked to residents in this town, including migrants and people who had their second residence in Montchavin. Examining the case, the team did not find genetic factors that could justify the high incidence in the town. Although they found cases of smokers, they also ran into healthy habits in the group. Nor did they find clues of possible pollutants in land, air or water, or radon traces, a pollutant that could also be linked to this disease. From Pacific to France. As the journalist Terence Monmany narrates In an article For the medium Knowablethe team found a thread to throw on the remote island of Guam. On this island located in the archipelago of the Mariana Islands, in the Western Pacific, another team had detected a possible relationship between the consumption of potentially toxic seeds and the prevalence of neurological diseases (including ELA) among the natives. Although science is not settled in the causes of this epidemic, this hypothesis placed the consumption of food in the center of the debate. According to Detaine Monmanythe native chamorros treated these seeds with water to reduce their toxicity before their culinary preparation. This process would not be able to eliminate all toxins, giving rise to subsequent neurological damage. Gyromitra gigas. Something similar could be happening in Montchavin, not with seeds but with a mushroom. As the team observed, the cases could be drawn up to people linked to the collection and consumption of the fungus Gyromitra gigasa type of false morilla. It is a fungus in a toxic principle, but that, as in the case of Guam, can be treated to reduce its toxicity. In spite of this, the team maintains in its work that the incidence of the ELA in the town can be linked to its toxins and DNA lesions caused by these in the long term. The details of that study were published in 2021 In an article In the magazine Journal of the Neurological Sciences. A spurious relationship? In Xataka | I am a journalist, I have ela and I can’t move anything from my body except my eyes … So I write articles with my pupils Image | Henk Monster / Alexey Laa

If ‘the substance’ captivated you, look at this visceral French horror piece in Netflix

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‘The substance’ finally did not take the deserved Oscar to those who was nominatedbut his single presence in the ceremony is poison for everything that is hollow in Hollywood with his radical proposal. In fact, his messages about the demands that the entertainment industry requires the female body anticipated, in fact, which ended up being the award for best actress (a mature Demi Moore defeated by a version of itself that was much better in front of the cameras). But We can celebrate his moral triumph with a good dose of marrano horror filmbloody and with a radical message thanks to this French gore classic of the nineties that dialogues perfectly with the movie of Coralie Fargeat. It’s about ‘Baby Blood‘, that He has just arrived in Netflix And that proposes a cheap, rude and direct festival of wild humor, dribs of blood at discretion and a message that touches the antisocial. Everything starts when a strange creature is introduced into a woman’s uterus. The brand new pregnant has no choice but to become a murderer to feed the being that lives in its bosom. Like life itself. The result drinks both of the fantastic cinema of the fifties but in a key completely out of mother (with forgiveness) and of the Frank Henenlotter ‘Basket Case’ and ‘Brain Damage’ classics, but in gala version, that is, even more scarf and dirty. Such an influences blender is The ideal bridge between the gore cinema more serve as eighties and what was to come both in the most extreme horror cinema and, years later, in ‘The substance’. Because if it is important for something capital ‘Baby Blood’ is to understand horror cinema from France that would arrive a few years later. Films like ‘Inside’, ‘Martyrs’ or ‘High Voltage’ find their visionary and very precedent in ‘Baby Blood’, as overflowing with violence, and with a corrosive message about motherhood. Not for all palates, but if the extreme is yours, you have an appointment with sandungueros babies who feed on blood. In Xataka | On his way to the Oscars, ‘The substance’ has added another milestone: the most watched premiere in the whole story of Filmin

I have tried the chat, the French Mistral chatbot, and has arguments to fight with Chatgpt. Not just for being faster

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Mistral recently launched the mobile app and the new web version of Le Chat, his AI assistant that seeks a European approach (and with a French accent) for chatbots that are already something everyday in our lives. Incidentally, that launch has been accompanied by an important update of its web platform. As a regular user of Chatgpt and ClaudeI wanted to test it in several scenarios, also comparing it with its rivals. The first impression impacts: It is deviably fastmuch more than any model we have seen so far. Of course he has even more crumb. Speed ​​changes the rules The most striking is still your speed in responding. Reach 1,000 words per second thanks to Its integration with brain processors. This, in practice, means long virtually snapshot responses. Not that GPT-4O Or 3.5 Sonnet on duty are too slow, it is a first world problem, but I think we all prefer to wait a second to wait fifteen. In my tests comparing Le Chat with Chatgpt and Claude I have noticed that difference. For example, by asking them to write a long and complete analysis about the tariff policy of the United States, Le chat did it in a couple of seconds, with a well structured text and even with appointments. His rivals offered quite similar quality responses, but it took longer. And if we want to spin fine, Claude was the one who was above Chatgpt: his answers are usually better in pure writing (apart from code, for example), he has a somewhat more refined, natural and professional style, all at the same time. In fact That’s where chat loses against Claude: The most convincing style, more similar to that of a competent human, the Anthropic chatbot wins. Chatgpt maintains a good general balance, but here does not stand out in speed or style. It is also worth commenting on something: their answers are backed by consultations to reputed media and agencies such as AFP, his countryman, with whom he maintains a collaboration agreement. In my translation and content analysis tests, the model has shown to be at the height of Chatgpt and Claude in quality, although with a more concise style. A somewhat trivial example made me glimpse that Le chat seems somewhat more assertive than chatgpt or claude. Especially the first (and sometimes also the second) sin of being too influenced by the human who talks with them. The example that said: I asked him if Xataka was a Spanish soccer club, what would it be. His answer was Barcelona. He argued reasonably well, but I retended in an incisive way: “Why not Real Madrid? Xataka is the most read technology of Spain at a distance of the second, and Real Madrid is the Spanish club with more titles.” This was your answer. Colors out, I liked it to be reaffirmed and that it was not complacent with my re -question: The choice of FC Barcelona to compare with Xataka is based on several factors that go beyond the number of titles. Here are some reasons why I opted for Barcelona instead of Real Madrid: Style and philosophy: FC Barcelona is known for its distinctive game style, often associated with the “Tiki-Taka”, which is innovative and different. Xataka, being a technology blog, also stands out for its innovative approach and its ability to adapt to new technological trends. Identity and community: FC Barcelona has a strong Catalan identity and a very united community of followers. Xataka also has a community of very compromised and passionate readers by technology, which reinforces that sense of community. Adaptability and avant -garde: Although Real Madrid is a huge club with many titles, FC Barcelona has been historically known for its ability to adapt and be at the forefront in terms of play style and talent development. This aligns with how Xataka remains at the forefront of technology. Global recognition: Both Xataka and FC Barcelona have significant global recognition in their respective fields. Although Real Madrid is also globally recognized, the way in which FC Barcelona has built its unique brand and style resonates more with the identity of Xataka. These reasons do not imply that Real Madrid is less relevant, but simply highlight how certain aspects of FC Barcelona resonate more with Xataka’s identity and approach as a technology blog. By the way, when I asked who Real Madrid would be, he gave an argument argued in his prestige, global scope, awards, etc: The country. It sounded at least reasonable, but when, already restless, I asked who Valencia would be, he told me The world. Twisting the gesture, I asked him who was then Atlético de Madrid. Answer: “Public“. End of the test. Personalized agents and automation One of Le Chat’s most interesting characteristics is his agents system, which allows Create specialized attendees invoking them with “@”. This functionality, similar to OpenAI GPTS or Claude projects, but with a different approach, allows you to automate specific tasks and create personalized workflows. Yes indeed: As with GPTs and projects, this is a feature that requires a Pro subscriptionno free plans. Image: Xataka. Agents can be configured in two ways: through the visual interface of the plataforme or through the API for developers. The interesting thing is that you can customize aspects such as: The base model (Mistral Large 2Mistral Nemo or Codestral). The “temperature” or the tone of the answers (to make them more creative or more precise). Specific behavioral instructions. Examples of use to improve your performance. Unlike ChatGPT GPTS, which are more oriented to the end user, Le Chat agents seem to be designed also thinking about business integrations and automated workflows. While Claude does not yet offer similar functionality (although Claude Pro with extended context), Mistral approach seems to be halfway between the ease of use of chatgpt and flexibility They are looking for developers. In my experience, the creation of agents is more technical than with GPTS, but also more powerful in terms of customization and … Read more

Mistral AI is the French startup that opted for efficiency before Deepseek. His future is uncertain

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Mistral ai is the French technological jewel. The AI ​​startup has become practically the only European representative that competes with large companies and technological startups in the US or China. He also does it with an absolute focus on efficiency, which is just what is now valued as Deepseek. However, its future is complex. A promising European startup. When we talk about her for the first time in 2023, he surprised that without having any product He managed to raise 105 million euros investment Soon, yes, the fruits of such commitment would begin to appear, which also generated that the firm raised More financing rounds. Flag efficiency. One of the defining characteristics of Mistral AI was that his work was always oriented to do more with less. To seek efficiency. The startup, knowing not being able to compete with the Bigt Tech in resources, has always sought to create more compact models but with great performance. He succeeded with Large 2 123b, which was three times smaller that calls 3.1 405b but matched that model and others like Claude 3.5 or GPT-4o in some metrics. They return to the load with Small 3 24b. The startup He has just announced The availability of Small 3 24b, its new “small” model. Actually it is not so much: those with size between 1b and 14. However, it is certainly an interesting llm for one thing: it competes from you to you with flame 3.3 70b – the last of the finish line, almost three sometimes bigger – and also does it with a latency (time it takes to appear every token) much smaller. The performance is fantastic. Latency, if we pay attention to the internal tests of Mistral, fantastic. Answer three times faster than the goal model. Its performance is comparable to GPT-4o Mini, and also exceeds QWEN-2.5 32B latency, which is something better in some benchmarks. This model, yes, has just had successor with QWen2.5-Max. Open Source, and European data. Another advantages of Mistral’s AI is that it is an Open Source AI –“Open Weights”, rather-, as he calls, Deepseek or Qwen. Unlike them, Mistral is a startup that raises data governance in the EU, something that can be inert for government agencies and European companies. It has already been seen how there is suspicion about where the data ends From our chats with Deepseek –Italy is investigating In this regard – and this is an undoubtedly striking option. Interesting uses. Mistral developers explain that their model is perfect for conversational assistants, because in them precisely matters that they respond quickly. They also highlight the ability to customize/polish the model to specialize in certain tasks such as legal council, medical diagnosis or technical support. The model is available on platforms such as Hugging Facebut it can also be executed at home in quantized seeing if you have at least 4090 or for example a MacBook with 32 GB of memory. At the moment it does not seem available In le chatthe web service that has confessed to us to be based on Mistral Large 2.1. Reasoning model in sight. But while their competitors are launched to the race for the reasoning models, Mistral has left something behind in this area. In a message in x They clarify that Small 3 does not use synthetic data “which makes it a great base for anything in reason.” In their official announcement they go further and point out that “among many other things, in the coming weeks, large and small Mistral models are expected with greater reasoning capacity.” Deepseek advancing on the right. The Chinese fashion startup has become the star of the moment with its models, and especially with its reasoning model, Deepseek R1. He has also achieved it using the same weapon as Mistral: efficiency. Deepseek’s success validates Mistral’s strategy, of course, but the question is whether Mistral will continue to compete or be overwhelmed by Chinese and US startups if they also partially or totally adopt that same approach. Mistral’s market share is modest, but is in danger of reducing with the strong competition of US and China companies. Source: FT. Doubts about the future. In media as Financial Times The concern about the future of Mistral and the European startups is discussed. There is no other to work in LLM –The German Aleph Alpha He left that race In September 2024-, and that compromises the future of European efforts to compete and not depend completely on the models of China and the US no matter how they can be. In Spain projects such as Alia are an interesting first step, but for now they are far from the LLMs and models mentioned. Operational limbo. This economic newspaper also indicates that with an assessment of 6,000 million euros Mistral is in a kind of limbo. He has raised too much money to gradually disappear, but not enough to compete with US mega -companies, for example. Acquihire on the horizon? Sean Maher, from the Entext consultancy, believes that Mistral can Follow the steps of inflection aiwhich was acquired by Microsoft – Mustafa Suleyman, current head of Ia in Redmond, was his co -founder. Thus, a potential acquisition of its resources and especially of their talent (which is usually called ‘acquihire’) is not ruled out. Image | Mistral ai

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