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China has just launched three giant carbon fiber lines: bad news for the US and Japan

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China has taken a new step in its race to dominate the advanced materials sector. And the state giant CNBM (China National Building Material Group) has launched three new high-performance carbon fiber production lines at its Lianyungang plant in Jiangsu province, operated by its subsidiary Zhongfu Shenying Carbon Fiber. The new facilities cover the three main categories of the material (general use, high resistance and high modulus) and add to the advances that the country has been announcing in recent months in this field. Why is it important. High-performance carbon fiber has been around for decades being a strategic material controlled by very few actors. Japan and the United States have historically dominated its production, and for years China has had restricted access to the most advanced variants through international export control agreements. With these three lines, Beijing reinforces its capacity to produce at home a material that is key for sectors such as aeronautics, energy, robotics or consumer electronics. In detail. The three lines put into operation are, according to has reported the Chinese state agency Xinhua, the largest in the world in their respective categories. The first is a high-capacity line for 5,000 tons per year, which uses the subsidiary’s own spinning technology and whose material is mainly used for wind energy and electric vehicles. The second, with a capacity for 1,000 tons per year, produces T1100 grade fiber, designed for aerospace applications that require very light structures with high load capacity. And the third, of 600 tons per year, manufactures SYM40 grade high modulus fiber, aimed at precision applications in the seabed, deep mining, space or competitive sports equipment, according to they collect from Global Times. A relevant fact about this announcement is that, depending on the mediumthe new lines have achieved a localization rate of more than 95% in their main equipment. That is, almost all of the machinery used to manufacture the fiber is domestically manufactured, which confirms that China not only produces the material, but also much of the technology necessary to do so on a large scale. The context. This announcement comes in the midst of a technological pulse with the United States and Japan. According to South China Morning PostWashington and Tokyo have recently tightened controls on the export of equipment and technology to manufacture high-strength carbon fiber, precisely to make it difficult for Chinese companies to produce it. Ma Jie, an analyst at Guoyuan Securities, explained in a report that these restrictions have pushed the Chinese industry to pursue technological self-sufficiency and control its entire supply chain, and recalled that the sector has gone from basic T300 fiber to today reaching standards that are among the most advanced in the world. Furthermore, just as we counted A few months ago, CNBM had presented at the JEC World fair in Paris the world’s first mass production of T1200 fiber, the strongest variant of the scale, with more than 8 gigapascals of tensile strength. Added to this news, at the beginning of June, was the announcement by Shanghai Petrochemical, a subsidiary of Sinopec, about the large-scale production of T1000 fiber using its own process. Supply. Zhou Yuxian, president of CNBM, pointed out Xinhua that these new lines help solve two structural problems in the sector: the shortage of high-end carbon fiber products and the lack of a complete offer that covers all categories of the material. The manager added that the production “will reinforce the security and resilience of the Chinese supply of strategic materials.” It is worth remembering that, until now, the world market has been dominated by a handful of manufacturers. Three Japanese companies (Toray Industries, Teijin and Mitsubishi Chemical) together controlled just over half of the global market in 2025, according to a report from Nikkei Asia. The American Hexcel is another of the major players in the sector, especially in the aerospace and military fields. morenda. China’s push for carbon fiber responds to a demand that continues to grow. And according tothe report According to Guoyuan Securities, global demand for carbon fiber exceeded 220,000 tons in 2025, with a growth of 43.8% compared to the previous year, while in China this growth was even higher, 57%, driven by the manufacturing of the C919 commercial aircraft, humanoid robots and low-altitude vehicles. Cover image | CGTN In Xataka | “It’s not cheating, it’s engineering”: this is how China avoids 2,000 ASML patents with a laser trick

Japan has three red lines on nuclear weapons. One of them no longer seems so untouchable

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Japan has a relationship with nuclear weapons that no other country can tell firsthand. Hiroshima and Nagasaki are not just two names in the history booksbut the origin of a political identity built for decades around the rejection of the bomb. And yet, Japanese security also rests on a reality that is difficult to accept: America’s nuclear umbrella. What begins to move now is not necessarily the decision to cross that threshold, but something earlier and perhaps more delicate: the possibility of discussing whether all its red lines are still absolute. The debate. The intervention that reopened that conversation was carried out by Shinjiro KoizumiJapanese Defense Minister, on a Genron TV program broadcast this weekend. His approach was not that Japan should manufacture nuclear weapons or have its own arsenal, but rather that the country should change the idea that certain security issues cannot even be debated. In his words, for Japan it is a difficult issue to debate, but one of the issues that it cannot avoid touching is, precisely, nuclear issues. Three red lines. This framework has its own name in Japanese politics: the three non-nuclear principles. Japan commits to not possess nuclear weapons, not to manufacture them and not to allow their introduction into Japanese territory. The formula comes from the post-war period and has remained a central reference of its security policy, although the country continues to be protected by the extended deterrence of the United States, which includes its nuclear umbrella. The key difference. The third red line functions as a hinge between two worlds that Japan has tried to keep apart: its non-nuclear identity and its dependence on American deterrence. While the first two bans close the door to a Japanese bomb, the third affects how that protection would operate in a real crisis. That is the ground that is beginning to become debatable. Koizumi’s words. The Defense Minister did not present the nuclear debate as a conclusion, but as a debate that Japan would have to allow itself. His central sentence was direct: “For Japan it is a difficult issue to debate, but one of the issues that it cannot avoid touching is, precisely, nuclear issues.” He also pointed out against a political culture that, in his opinion, turns some security issues into forbidden areas: “We must change this idea that certain things are not even allowed to be debated.” The weight of his words is there: in moving the limit of the debate rather than in setting a new policy yet. The European mirror. Koizumi did not talk about nuclear in the abstract. He did so by looking at Europe, where the Ukrainian war has pushed governments like France and Finland to review assumptions that for years seemed established. In this context, he mentioned Paris, for its commitment to strengthening nuclear deterrence, and Helsinki, which has removed legal barriers to the introduction, transport or possession of nuclear weapons within its integration into NATO, although it does not plan to deploy them in its territory. The strategic race. Koizumi connected that debate to a broader idea: Japan faces not only tougher threats, but a world that decides faster. In the interview he spoke about Europe moving with a speed that Tokyo does not always perceive and put on the table the competition between the United States and Chinain addition to the role of AI in military decision-making. His argument is that a crisis is no longer managed with the political times of before, and that Japanese defense needs to discuss all its margins before those margins narrow. Nuclear, in that reasoning, appears as part of a larger review of national security. The line that moves. Japan has not crossed the nuclear threshold, and with what we have it cannot be said that Koizumi ordered a Japanese bomb. What is relevant is more subtle: one of the three red lines that for decades helped to organize its post-war policy is beginning to appear as a debatable issue. There is the fundamental change: the taboo has not fallen, but it no longer seems to protect all the ground that it protected before. Images | Red Shuheart | Japan Ministry of Defense In Xataka | A Russian family lived isolated in Siberia for more than 40 years. He didn’t know about World War II or the space race.

do not cross any red lines

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Anthropic announced yesterday the release of Claude Sonnet 5a more “normal” and conservative model than what we were used to. It is also cheaper, which makes it interesting to use in those AI agents that consume a lot of tokens. However, the most striking thing about Sonnet 5 is that it is a model that is especially capable in a key section: cybersecurity. Sonnet 5 is designed to behave well. At Anthropic they define it as “the most agentic Sonnet model to date” and highlight its improvements in the use of tools such as browsers or the terminal. But above all they highlight how Sonnet 5 behaves better than Sonnet 4.6 in terms of “unwanted behavior” and is safer to use. The “System Card” of the model also confirms that we are dealing with a model that does not want to cross red lines. Not very useful for finding vulnerabilities. The most striking thing is that Anthropic makes it clear that “it has a much lower capacity than our current Opus models to perform cybersecurity tasks.” That’s no accident: Anthropic has had so many problems with Mythos and Fable 5 who have probably wanted to bring a “risk-free” model to the market, even if that means making it more limited. Benchmarks promise, but do not amaze. Internal tests show how Sonnet 5 represents an important qualitative leap compared to Sonnet 4.6 and is quite close to Opus 4.8 in agentic programming or in the use of the aforementioned tools (terminal, browser), something that undoubtedly makes it very interesting for AI agents that automate many tasks, such as Claude Cowork. Fable 5 returns. The model comes just at a time when Anthropic was waiting for approval from the US government to be able to give access to its most powerful AI models: A compelling model for companies. Sonnet 5 is an interesting model for use in companies. Claude Code is the company’s flagship product and its adoption is enhanced with models that can perform well in agentic tasks that complete objectives autonomously. That requires intensive token consumption, and Sonnet 5, close to the performance of Opus 4.8, has a fundamental advantage over it. cheaper. While Fable 5 costs $10/$50 per million input/output tokens, Opus 4.8 costs $5/$25. That’s where things get interesting, because Sonnet 5 costs 3/15 dollarssignificantly cheaper, although during the first two months the cost will be 2/10 dollars as a promotional offer. An old school model. The launch of Sonnet 5 is striking because Anthropic had left its “modest” models well behind. Haiku has not been updated since version 4.5, in October 2025. The last version of Sonnet was 4.6, in February 2026. Both seemed to have been relegated to the background and Anthropic had focused on Opus and especially on the new models of the Mythos family. That changes now, probably because the move with these latest models has gone wrong: they were so powerful that the US government ended up vetoing them and taking control. In Xataka | Claude Fable 5 is the most powerful public AI model in history. Also the most expensive, exclusive and frustrating

Anthropic has red lines for its AI. The Pentagon just demanded that you delete them all

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The pentagon just gave to Anthropic until this Friday at 5:01 p.m. to accept its unrestricted use of its AI models for all types of applications, including espionage and military applications. The company has so far refused, but the Trump administration is threatening to invoke a 75-year-old rule to “appropriate” Anthropic’s AI technology. red lines. The conflict has its origin in the red lines imposed by Anthropic’s ethical standards. The company, led by Dario Amodei, refuses to have its models used for mass surveillance of American citizens – it says nothing about others – or in the development and use of lethal autonomous weapons controlled entirely by AI. The Pentagon wants to use AI (almost) without limits. These types of safeguards clash head-on with the Pentagon’s position, which demands that its technology providers open the use of their software and hardware solutions for any legal purpose defined by the military, without external vetoes. As long as the US constitution and laws allow it, a private company should not be able to impose limits on the use of its technology, the US Government indicates. Tension after the Maduro incident. Things began to go wrong when it was learned that the Claude model was used in a US special forces operation in January to capture the former Venezuelan presidentNicolás Maduro. The incident put the army’s dependence on Claude under the microscope: Anthropic is currently the only AI company that operates in the Pentagon’s classified systems, which gives it a notable position of power that now wants to be broken by the US government. This smells bad. The Pentagon’s strategy is disturbing from a legal point of view. There are three main possibilities for action: Cancel the Anthropic contract and start working with another (or other) AI companies willing to accept their terms. Yesterday we knew that xAI has already signed an agreement so that the DoD can use its Grok model, in classified systems. Google seems to be also an option they are working with. Identify Anthropic as a risk to your supply chain. That is very dangerous, because it would mean that a huge number of companies in the US would not be able to work with Anthropic. It would be a kind of veto like the one the US imposed on Huawei, but applied to a national company. The impact for Anthropic and its investors (Amazon and Google among them) would be catastrophic. Activate Title 1 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, a special law theoretically designed to control the economy during wars and emergencies. It was used, for example, during the COVID-19 pandemic to boost the production of medical supplies and accelerate the production of vaccines. It seems unlikely that they can do something like that. How did this whole mess start?. The Biden administration promoted measures and ethical limits to restrict the application of AI, but everything changed with the mandate of Donald Trump. In June 2025 Anthropic released Claude Gova specialized series of AI models specifically designed for use by US national agencies in security, defense and intelligence. AI with military and intelligence applications. These models were prepared to operate in environments with classified information. Anthropic also offered them for a symbolic price of 1 dollar to ensure that the Government would prefer them over those of other competitors. Shortly thereafter, the DoD granted the company a contract worth $200 million, and the company has since gone integrating with the Palantir systems used in US government agencies. Two opposing positions. Anthropic therefore positions itself as a defender of certain limits for the use of its AI models. The Department of Defense (DoD) disagrees, arguing that military use of any technology should only adhere to the US Constitution or laws. The company maintains that seeks to support the national security missionbut only within what their models can do reliably and responsibly. The dilemma. If the Pentagon carries out its threat, a precedent will be set where the State can intervene in the intellectual property of a software company under the argument of national emergency. This would force all Big Tech to decide if they are willing to cede full control of their technological developments to the military… or risk being intervened by an almost 80-year-old law. Image | Ben White | Anthropic In Xataka | IBM has been living for decades that no one could kill COBOL. Anthropic has other plans

Mexico has decided to register all telephone lines in the country. The teleoperators have decided to challenge him

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The national mobile telephone registry has just started in Mexico and is already facing its first big test. And just a few days after it came into force mandatory registration of linesthe country’s main operators have met with the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (CRT) to request a postponement. For operators, deadlines are practically impossible to meet and to this we must add the fact that the technical systems have shown failures from day one. The challenge in figures. Mexico has more than 158 million active telephone lines that must be registered before June 30, 2026. This means that operators such as Telcel, AT&T, Telefónica and Virtual Mobile Operators (OMV) would have to jointly register 923,977 lines each day for 172 days to meet the established deadline. A complicated goal to achieve. Meeting. According to inform the media Expansión, representatives of Telefónica, the OMVs, Televisa and Canieti, which groups companies such as AT&T, attended a meeting with the CRT last Friday to insist on the extension. The main argument was that the industry only had 30 calendar days to develop, test and implement platforms capable of developing a process of such magnitude. According to account According to the media, Canieti had formally requested a postponement since December 30, but did not receive a response from the regulator. The technical problems are already visible. Telcel reported intermittencies on its platforms derived from the high demand of users trying to complete the procedure simultaneously. In addition, complaints arose about a possible security vulnerability on its portal that would have exposed personal data of clients, although the company claimed to have corrected the failure immediately. The CRT limited itself to acknowledging that there were “intermittencies on various platforms” without going into details. The economic cost. Beyond the technical challenges, the registry represents a considerable financial burden. An entrepreneur of an MVNO explained to the Expansión medium that each link has a cost of 3.45 pesos (about 17 euro cents), an amount that only includes the verification of the user with their data, without including taxes. The problem is aggravated because, according to accounts, registration is not always completed on the first attempt and can require up to three or five attempts per line. The CRT estimates point to a total investment of more than 4,053 million pesos (about 194.5 million euros), of which only 22 million pesos would be allocated to the development of the platform and identity verification would correspond to the largest weight of the amount with 4,031 million. Worry. The Mexican Association of Virtual Mobile Operators (AMOMVAC) has also joined the request for a postponement, according to they count from Mobile Time. Although they recognize the security objective of the registry, which is to combat telephone extortion, which according to the Executive Secretariat left 6,880 victims between January and July, they warn about operational, economic and social risks. The association’s main concern is associated with rural communities and populations with low digital literacy, where mobile telephony is an essential service and there is a risk that thousands of lines will be suspended if their owners fail to complete the procedure. And now what. For the moment, the CRT has not officially responded to the extension requests and the calendar remains unchanged: the deadline expires on June 30, 2026. As of July 1, unregistered lines will be suspended, both prepaid and postpaid. Cover image | Chantel and Pepu Rica In Xataka | The “B side” of the United States landing in Venezuela: a subsoil full of hypothetical rare earths

In 2024 a package bomb arrived on a plane. It was the beginning of the great threat to Europe: that of a “ghost” crossing the red lines

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Europe lives a strategic transformation that few had imagined possible in such a short time. What began as a series of “flats” (intermittent blackouts, suspicious fires, minor incursions) has become a coherent pattern: a campaign of directed hybrid war that is no longer limited to destabilizing, but rather deliberately explore the thresholds of what it can inflict without provoking a direct military response. It all started a year ago. The silent climb. The plot is explained more clearly from July 2024when several DHL packages exploded in centers logistics from the United Kingdom, Poland and Germany, devices powerful enough to shoot down a plane if they had detonated in mid-flight. The episode, an infiltrated bomb at the heart of the European air system, marked a before and after, because it showed to what extent Moscow was willing to strain continental security and because it exposed the fragility of an Old Continent trapped between an increasingly aggressive Russia and a United States whose commitment has stopped being reliableand. Since then, Europe no longer sees hybrid warfare as a peripheral nuisance, but as a structural threat which targets critical infrastructures, social cohesion and the European institutional framework itself. In Xataka Mercadona has found a vein to grow beyond its white label and prepared food: tourism The Russian laboratory. I counted this week the financial times that the Russian campaign has been refined in breadth and depth. European intelligence services have disabled plots to derail trains full of passengers, set fire to shopping malls, damage dams or contaminate water in urban areas. The attacks are not isolated improvisations: they respond to a “gig economy” model of sabotage in which young recruited by Telegramlocal criminals or foreigners with residence permits act as expendable pawns for unknown objectives. Plus: they are difficult to detect, impossible to anticipate and legally ambiguous, since they rarely there is a direct connection with Russian intelligence that allows them to be accused of espionage. The case of frustrated railway sabotage in Poland (an explosive planted on the Warsaw-Lublin line that came within seconds of causing a massacre) exposed that pattern in its clearest form: unimpeded entry and exit, cryptocurrency financingfalse identities issued by Moscow and a diffuse chain of command that leads to intermediaries as Mikhail Mirgorodsky or even networks managed by former Wagner members. And there is more. Yes, because each cell discovered suggests others not yet detected, and what is worrying is not the errors of saboteurs (sometimes incapable to delete videos of its own attacks) but the scale that this model offers to a Russia resentful of decades of diplomatic expulsions and doctrinally rearmed to a pre-war period. The doctrine that returns. The ISS analysts They recently reported that the archives of the KGB and the StB (Czechoslovak intelligence) reveal parallels disturbing differences between the sabotage manuals of the Cold War and what Europe witnesses today. The objectives listed decades ago (military bases, energy infrastructures, dams, communication systems, transportation) match almost exactly with the whites of the last two years. Equally revealing is the doctrinal sequencing: during times of peace, minor attacks with the appearance of accidents, in pre-war phases, massive sabotage, increased risk tolerated and increasing willingness to cause civilian casualties, and in open war, total activation of clandestine networks for lethal operations. The prelude to something more fat. It we count very recently. If you will, Europe seems to have entered fully into a intermediate stage: a pre-war phase where each incident also functions as offensive reconnaissance, a permanent exercise by razvedka boyem to measure Western reaction capacity, locate vulnerabilities and exploit any weaknesses. The episode of the unidentified drones airports and military bases European operations illustrate this dynamic: cheap raids, of uncertain origin, that revealed systemic failures in the continental air defense and that, due to their replicator effect (copies, jokes, hysteria, false alarms) multiply the psychological and financial wear and tear. A continent without a network. I remembered the new york times This morning an added problem for Europe: that if the Russian threat escalates, the other half of the problem is the growing disconnection with the United States. For the first time since 1945, Europe perceives that Washington is not unequivocally on your side in a matter of war and peace. The Trump administration is not only pressuring kyiv to accept an agreement In Moscow’s terms, it also redefines Europe as a suspicious actor, criticizes the democratic integrity of its governments and promises to openly support the European extreme right. The result is an unprecedented scenario: a Russia that intensifies its hybrid campaign, a Ukraine that depends almost entirely on continental support and a Europe that must finance your own safety while compensating for the withdrawal of US capabilities (satellites, long-range missiles, command and control) that it cannot replace before 2029the year that NATO considers the limit to have a credible deterrent. European leaders also face depleted budgets, electorates hostile to increased military spending, and a rising far-right that Moscow sees as a strategic multiplier. {“videoId”:”x8j6422″,”autoplay”:false,”title”:”Declassified video of the clash between Russian fighters and the American drone”, “tag”:”united states”, “duration”:”42″} The battle of money. The internal European debate on how to finance the resistance Ukrainian reflects the magnitude of the challenge. To support kyiv for the next two years, about $200 billion is needed, an unaffordable figure without activating the 210,000 million euros on Russian assets frozen in Europe. The problem? Right now it takes the name of Belgiumwhich guards the majority through Euroclear, and which fears retaliation from Moscow and the possible erosion of the credibility of the euro as a safe haven. Washington, despite its strategic ambiguity, is also pressing for these funds to be don’t touch each othersince its eventual return is part of the US scheme for a peace agreement favorable to Russia. One more thing. And yet, without that money, Europe would have to coordinate (outside the EU framework) a colossal loan and politically explosive. The crossroads are so profound that in Berlin and Paris they are … Read more

Two mobile lines, football and fiber for 45 euros per month

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Since LaLiga’s new season has begun, it is not surprising that many want to see all the games. For them, Movistar He has launched (again) one of his most aggressive campaigns. Now offers football, fiber and two mobile lines for alone 45 euros per month. With this promotion, you can access the following services From Movistar: Two 5g+ mobile lines: The first with unlimited calls and 60 GB of data. High school with 5 GB and calls to 0 cents/minute, paying the call establishment. Optical fiber: 600 Mbps and with Router Smart Wifi 6 included. All football: Includes LaLiga EA Sports, Liga Hypermotion, UEFA Champions League and all competitions available in Movistar Plus+. Television: More than 80 Movistar Plus+channels. Cinema and series: With the “total fiction” package you will have subscriptions to Apple TV+, Max and Skyshowtime. Of course, this promotion It is not available for everyone. Basically, it has been launched to capture customers from other operators. You can check on your website if you can host this offer. You may also interest you to hire Movistar Plus+ Solo On the other hand, if you do not want to hire the entire package, Movistar also has its streaming platform Movistar Plus+. Specifically, you have two plans available: monthly, for 9.99 euros per month or annual, paying 99.90 euros In a single quota, saving you two months. Subscription to Movistar Plus+ The price could vary. We obtain commission for these links Subscription to Movistar Plus+ The price could vary. We obtain commission for these links But what can you see in Movistar Plus+? This is the content that the platform offers: Series: ‘Poquita Fe’, ‘La Hunta’ or ‘Outlander’ are some of the available titles. Cinema: You will have some titles available as ‘Conconclave’, ‘La Infiltrada’, ‘Jury Nº2’, ‘Sirrat’ or ‘The casePlón’. Sports: Soccer, basketball, rugby, tennis and more are available. Infant: You will have access to channels such as Clan, Dreamworks, Nickelodeon, Disney Jr. or Babytv. Documentaries: Biographies of great characters, environment, history and more. 10 new titles are released every month. Some of the links of this article are affiliated and can report a benefit to Xataka. In case of non -availability, offers may vary. Images | Movistar Plus+ In Xataka | Where to see LaLiga EA Sports 25/26, the First Division in this next season In Xataka | Disney+ comparative, Netflix, HBO, Prime Video, Movistar+ Lite, Filmin, Apple TV and Rakute TV: Catalog, Functions and Prices

You have to establish a “red lines” so that the AI ​​does not go out of hand

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On Monday more than 200 personalities and more than 70 organizations joined in a new initiative called Global Call for AI Red Lines (World call to establish red lines in AI). The objective: try to establish clear limits that AI should never cross. Why is it important. The advances in generative are frantic but once again what is prioritized is that development and the commercialization of these models without too many reserves when doing so. According to the signatories of the initiative, “Some advanced IA systems have already shown misleading and harmful behavior, and yet these systems are giving more autonomy to act and make decisions in the world. If not controlled, many experts, including those who are at the forefront of development, warn that it will be increasingly difficult to exercise significant human control in the coming years.” What is requested. The initiative, initiated during the 80th General Assembly of the United Nations, asks that governments act “with decision” and reach “an international agreement on clear and verifiable red lines to avoid universally unacceptable risks.” What are those red lines. What is proposed is specifically prohibit some uses and behaviors of AI that can end up being dangerous. Among them they would be for example prohibit: Those who are. In that group of more than 200 personalities are ten Nobel Prizes, AI experts, scientists, diplomats and even heads of state. Among them are well -known names as those of scientists Geoffrey Hinton and Yoshua Bengio who already They carry time warning of these dangers. The list is remarkable and they are also experts such as the OpenAi co -leaflet, Wojciech Zarama, or one of Deepmind’s main scientists, Ian Goodfellow. And those who do not. Although in this list of personalities there are very relevant names, it is also significant to verify that this initiative has not been signed by any CEO of one of the large technological companies involved in the field of AI. Although sometimes there have been speeches that pointed out that they were also worried about this issue and the AI ​​had to be regulatedin this case they have not participated in the initiative. Better prevent than cure. Charbel-Raphaël Segerie, responsible for a French agency called Safety Center in AI (CESIA), “the objective is not to react after an important incident occurs, but to avoid largely and potentially irreversible risks before they occur.” The European Act goes in that line. The European Union already created its regulation and launched it In August 2024, and the idea was to establish a series of restrictions based on Risk levels. At the moment the impact of this regulation has been negative, especially because has restricted the use and development of AI models in the EU. So much so that the EU has decided reverse and soften its regulations. And we already have a precedent. Just a few months after the chatgpt launch several experts made a similar request. Among them were Elon Musk – who has not signed this initiative – or Steve Wozniak, which They asked to pause for six months the training of AI models. That does not come anywhere, and without an explicit prohibition that development of AI models has continued unstoppable. In Xataka | “Estimated passengers: comply with the rules to avoid negative points,” China is implementing their social credit

A crossover with sharp lines, high connectivity and a clear nod to the new generations

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The immediate future of omoda goes through radical forms. In Wuhu, China, the Chery group brand has revealed The new omoda 3, a crossover compact that adds to your global offensive. It will arrive from October 2025. We have been there to know it in person: a model that, even without a confirmed price for Spain, could be placed in a fork between 23,000 and 27,000 euros – although this is, for the moment, pure speculation. Omoda 3 technical sheet Omoda 3 Body type Five seat SUV-B Measures and weight Not specified (about 4.4 meters long) TRUNK not specified Maximum power not specified WLTP consumption not specified Environmental Distinctive Not specified, but there will be electrical and plug -in versions, so “0 emissions” is expected Driving aids (ADAS) Mandatory Adas Aid by the European Union. OTHERS Own software compatible with Android Auto and Apple Carplay. Compatible with Nintendo Switch. Interior design inspired by a spacecraft. Electric hybrid Yes, planned (there will also be 100% electric and combustion versions) Plug -in hybrid Yes, planned electric Yes, planned price and launch To confirm, as of October 2025 (global launch) A lot of information has not yet been revealed, we understand that for the remaining months until its commercialization and for the possible regional variants that are to be defined. Design that everyone does not seek to like, but to make a difference Image: omoda. With about 4.4 meters long (exact figure to be confirmed but places it in segment C, although the first impression is b), omoda 3 is strategically located below the Omoda 5and share with him the Modular T1x platform. However, its stylistic proposal is not limited to a simple lower step: it is a declaration of intent. Sharp lines, a front that reminds more of a Concept Car than a production SUVand a treatment of optics – stakes, torn, aggressive – that seeks to leave visual mark. Image: omoda. The comparison that many made in the run around him is not accidental: his grill and design language evoke models of much higher rank such as the ELECTRE LOTUS or even the Lamborghini Urus. A risky bet, yes, but consistent at the same time, because omoda 3 does not want to like everyone. He wants to seduce those looking for something different in a saturated market of clones. Its interior, baptized as “Starship Cockpit”, follows the same futuristic philosophy. In the center, a large format vertical screen acts as a connectivity center: compatible with Nintendo Switchwith inspiration graphics SCI-FI and configurable atmosphere, including even a “spaceship” sound mode. Of course, we couldn’t see it live, only in the video: the model was cordoned off. Angular, provocative, generational Image: omoda. In the most equipped versions, the details reach an unusual theater in their category: The boot button is hidden under a red -style red lidit has environmental in abundance and seats, cutting Gaming, They have been baptized as “Starship Commander.” Everything wants to be space here. Modularity will be another asset. Although omoda still is silent on the engines, we know that 3 will have 100% electric versions, plug -in hybrids and traditional combustion. Flexibility is total, but the emphasis will be in technological experience, radical design and a customization package that we had not yet seen in omoda: “Racing Packs”, official vinyl and a range of accessories Customize each unit. Beyond its aggressive design and futuristic winks, omoda 3 also wants to be an emotional extension of those who drive it. The brand does not speak only of benefits or style, but – continuously – to build a genuine connection with a generation that not only buys cars, but also identity symbols. In that aspiration, omoda 3 is not sold as a vehicle: it is presented as a kind of vital ally, a piece of a lifestyle that transcends displacement. Indeed: ways of living. The movement is not improvised. Chery knows that, To compete outside China, it is not enough to offer a price. You have to conquer imaginary. And omoda 3, with its video game aesthetics and its promise of differentiation, is launched just for that generation for which to conduct is also a statement of identity. It will not be a car for everyone. But neither does it pretend. And in that – in a world of increasingly interchangeable products – it may be precisely its great opportunity. Of course, you will have to see the price that hangs from your label. Outstanding image | Omoda In Xataka | Omoda 9 SHS: A plug -in hybrid that wants to break the market for price, equipment and a power of “more than 535 hp”

Spain opened its lines to Ouigo. France is now doing everything possible to avoid the entry of Renfe

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It seemed inconceivable but we had been living with it for almost four years. Yes, Renfe trains circulate on the Spanish railways. The Order arrived from Europe and Spain complied with a guideline that has opened the door to Ouigo and Iro. A door that, for Renfe, seems to be stuck in France. What happened for Renfe to be studying his departure from the neighboring country? A liberalization. It arrived in 2021. First Renfe had to face the competition with Ouigo. Shortly after it was Iro. And when we wanted to realize, in the Spanish roads these three companies are competing in high speed by some clients that, if we add Avlo, have four options on top of the table. Liberalization came ordered from the European Union. From Brussels it was voted in favor of opening the railroads and that any company could operate on the roads of the entire continent. A liberalization that has its peculiarities because the demands in terms of security and approval to meet the protocols follow in the hands of the authorities of each country. You don’t pass here. The latter is especially important and we have seen it in Spain. For example, When Ouigo wanted to get to Andalusia has had to adapt its trains to the protocols of the LZB systemsince they do not resemble those of the rest of the continent. When the Madrid-Seville line was created for the 1992 Expo, it was decided to use said system that would later fall into disuse and failed to impose itself on Erts that we see in the rest of Europe. These types of regulations, in addition to the payment of a fee for the maintenance of the roads and other services to ADIF are those that have put on a war footing to Ouigo and the Government. The first when pointing out that Adif charges excessive rates for the service they offer. The second because they ensure that Ouigo throws prices Below the market. What do we have? High speed with four operators and the lowest prices than ever. Where The competition has been greaterprices have dropped. They have not dropped where the demand is very high (such as the Madrid-Barcelona corridor) but in lines where you have to fight more to catch customers as in the Andalusian runners or in Madrid-Aliante where the supply was not extended until 2023. In your latest reportthe CNMC pointed out that the volume of passengers has not stopped increasing. Where new options have been opened have generated a greater number of journeys and a price drop until reaching more than 10 million passengers in the third quarter of 2024. A conflict. In this context Renfe has proposed to open new lines in France. Taking advantage of liberalization, the Spanish company has wanted make Ouigo competition In his own home. The movement began with controversy, with Renfe selling Nine euros tickets. In Spain, Ouigo defended himself saying that they were in a launch phase and that they expect be profitable this year. The promise is about to be fulfilled while SNCF, owner of Ouigo, has already put its conditions to enter to compete in the market of Cercanías y Medio Distancethe other great liberalization that we have ahead. The fight for the really interesting. Ouigo in Spain is competing in the big runners for lament of Óscar PuenteMinister of Transport, which indicated that these companies can focus on profitability While Renfe also has to Fulfill your public service position. Ouigo does compete in Madrid-Barcelona, ​​Madrid-Sevilla or Madrid-Aliante, for example. And in those same conditions he wants to play Renfe in France. At the moment, the company operates in the Lyon-Barcelona and Lyon-Marsella runners but the great yearning is still to reach Paris. The capital is especially juicy because most of the great French lines leave from there and could join Madrid and Paris in a single corridor. And here is the great conflict. You don’t pass here (2). Renfe a The avant -garde that France is doing everything possible to torpedo the expansion of the company on its way to Paris. The first intention was to reach Paris before the Olympic Games last summer but it was not possible. And the technical approval still does not get what he is doing to the company to rethink if they must move on. They explain that the problem is in the technical approval of trains. The approval of them usually takes about six months of work but at this time they are already going for three years. Coincidentally, the approval to operate in the Barcelona-Tooulouse corridor as of April 2025 is ready. Renfe is, for the moment, notice in the southern and southeast zone of France. And according to the company, the project does not paint well. To the point of Paloma Baena, general director of Renfe Operadora Global Strategy, demanded in the French Senate A few weeks ago equal conditions in the deal and pointed out that they did not expect to function normally until 2029 if everything followed. The excuse. What they say from France is that the trains that Renfe has presented to operate in the lines that have Paris as origin or destination are incompatible with the technology of their tracks. First tried with trains 100F series of ALSTOM which are those operating in the south of the country. After rejection, he has tried with the Talgo 106 Series with which Renfe operates in Spain. And, in addition, François Durovray, already former Minister of Transportation in France, also pointed out that he wanted to force companies to enter the country Operate in deficit lines. Exactly the type of runners where Ouigo does not operate in Spain and what Oscar Puente Moles ago lamented. Photo | Xataka In Xataka | Renfe trusted Talgo’s trains to overcome Ouigo and Iro. With your arrival, breakdowns, delays and controversies accumulate

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