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Google has hit an acceleration in the race for AI. That multiplies the Android value

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A pylon hammer. That is what Google seemed yesterday in the opening talk of its Google I/O event. The company left us An avalanche of ads related to advances in their artificial intelligence models and, of course, of the practical applications that these advances will mean. Google’s ambition is clear, and yesterday they took a giant step to become the great winners of the race and AI. Hello, this is the future. Although some of the novelties will not be available immediately, Google’s speech was clear: this can be the future. One in which we will not touch the mobile so much, but we will constantly talk with him. Gemini’s advance – which now has an “Deep Think” mode of reasoning – is clear, and Google has hit an acceleration to apply it everywhere. And especially in one. Ai mode vs traditional search engine. It is likely that searching on the Internet has changed forever. What we already saw with Perplexity now arrives much clearer to the Google search engine thanks to its “ai mode” in which the search engine He no longer delivers results, but talks with us. That will leave the traditional search engine more and more, which at the moment remains the one that is selected by default. For the moment. Advances everywhere. The improvements in PROJECT ASTRA They demonstrated how the AI ​​assistant is already prepared to “infiltrate” in our lives. They have already integrated it with Chrome, but also wins overlaps with Search Live, the mode of operation with which our mobile serves as their eyes, ears and mouth to interact with the world. Advances in image 4 and I see 3 —I Flow– They join others such as real -time translation on Google Meet – which will also reach the connected glasses. A more practical and useful than ever. But the most relevant message was precisely the one that Google found its product demos. The AI ​​that now seems to be limited to very specific tasks demonstrated in these releases how it could help solve everyday problems. Fix a bike with the wizard, try new clothes virtually, that the AI ​​monitor the price of a product and let you know and buy it (with your previous confirmation) or travel to any country and understand you with other people without speaking their language – a old promise, now closer than ever – were some of those demonstrations. And in all of them, Google’s AI showed unstoppable advance. One that, by the way, will boost its other great product. Android with super powers. Google’s mobile platform remains a fundamental pillar of these advances, because the AI ​​that is available through models such as Gemini does not act alone: ​​it is a complement, almost a “plugin” for Android, whose inertia and influence are evident in the mobile market. And its variants, too. Although in many cases the solutions created by Google are used on other platforms (Jules In PCs and laptops, I see/image too) there is an intimate relationship with Android and of course, with its variants. A few days ago Google already made clear its plans to Integrate Gemini in the car, in the clock or on television. All of them make use of Android operating systems, but there is another especially promising. Glasses. In Xataka we have been able Try the new Google glasses with Gemini And experience, even being limited by based on a prototype, is hopeful for this type of product. The integration of AI functions is something that the Ray-Ban Meta had already pointed out, and it is clear that this market promises to be especially important in the coming years. And again, below Android XR, which can end up becoming a true pillar of Google’s strategy. Faced with Google’s ambition, Apple’s indifference. Google’s staging yesterday – and Microsoft in its Build conference The day before – demonstrated the ambition of these companies in the field of AI. They have opted everything to this technology and seem especially prepared to get all the juice to this revolution. Meanwhile, Apple does not stop losing trains and giving disappointing news In this segment. Waiting for wwdc 2025. We can take Apple’s pulse much better in less than a month. On June 9, the opening talk of the WWDC 2025 is celebrated, and it will be then when we know if Apple has something real to show ourselves in the matter of AI or declined even more from the headplay. A priori it does not seem that they can move file soon, and the company’s approach seems to be much more cautious and gradual than that of the competition. Here Apple prefers to wait for their proposals to be much more polished before presenting them, but there is also the other option: that they are really in trouble and this can pass them long -term invoice. In Xataka | Everything we have seen of Apple Intelligence places Apple far behind in Ia. Even their employees believe it

Europe has started a race against the clock. And China has entered to make prices more expensive

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Winter has left Europe with reservations practically empty and needs to reach a level of 90% before November. Meanwhile, China has emerged as a direct competitor in the global gas market, putting Europe in a counterreloj race to guarantee its supply before prices shoot. Short. The European Union will have to spend 10,000 million euros more than last year to fill its gas reserves, According to the Financial Times medium. The reason behind this increase is due to a colder winter, an increase in demand for less renewable generation and greater dependence on liquefied natural gas. The background. It all started with the war in Ukraine, since until that moment Russia supplied about 40% of the gas To the EU. However, commercial reprisals and sanctions drastically reduced that supply, to the point that an agreement has been signed to fully close exports in 2027, According to Euronews. A vicious circle. The European bloc had to look for other alternatives, such as the GNL imported from the United States and Qatar. However, it continued to supply Russian gas Through third countries or by calls “Ghost ships”. At the same time, the European Union was trapped in a price instability cycle, caused in part by the spot market dependence for LNG purchases. As He explained The London medium, this situation caused governments to compete with each other to ensure cargoes, inflating prices and generating distortions in the market. Flexibility in storage. Given the difficulties in maintaining 90 %reserves, the European Commission is considering granting greater flexibility in the storage objective, especially after Germany – the country more dependent on gas – requested adjustments to avoid price peaks in summer. However, in parallel, Germany has reached an agreement with France to receive energy support through the nuclear energy supply. A strategic movement that seeks to ensure its energy stability while storing objectives are readjusted. This measure aims to relieve pressure on markets, although it generates uncertainty due to the possibility that changes are not promulgated in time. The recharge dilemma. According to Kuhanathan, an analyst from Allianz Trade, has declared Financial Times That many gas merchants are delaying reservation recharge, waiting for prices to fall further. However, this attitude could generate a sharp increase in demand at the end of summer, shooting prices just before winter. In addition, Peder Bjorland, Vice President of Equinor Gas Commerce, has warned in the same medium that Europe will have to pay higher prices to overcome Asian competition if China’s demand is replenished. China, a determining factor. The largest world buyer of liquefied natural gas is China. Last year, LNG’s Chinese demand was reduced due to an unusually favorable climate and economic slowdown. This drop in consumption allowed Europe to access cargoes that, otherwise, would have gone to Asia, contributing to stabilize prices in the short term. However, projections for the coming months indicate a possible rebound in Asian demand. The commercial truce between Beijing and Washington, Recently announcedcould activate an increase in Chinese industrial activity, which would raise the demand for LNG, According to estimates of the Financial Times. In addition, a hot summer in Asia can further increase gas consumption, putting Europe in a direct competition situation with Asian buyers. According to Morgan Stanley analysts for the same medium, this additional pressure would boost gas prices up to 10%. A decisive actor. During the commercial war with the United States, Beijing He hinted that he could sell American liquefied natural gas to Europe, but the situation has taken a totally different nuance. Now it is key to observe The development of the Power of Siberia 2 gas pipeline With Russia, as well as China’s ability to DNA. Leaving the framework of the global energy future open. Image | Pixabay Xataka | Putin’s not so secret plan to survive without Europe: a giant gas pipeline to China

In the center of Africa a race for minerals that moves the world is fought. And China is winning it

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Lithium, cobalt, nickel, copper and, above all, Rare earth. These are some of the minerals and metals that dominate the world today because they are key to current and future industries. Revolutions such as renewable energies or that of the electric cars They go hand in hand with these materials, but they are also key to medical, aerospace and military industries. China It has advantage because Master the extraction and processing of key raw materials, but also for its enormous influence on the great world mine: Africa. Treasury search. We are talking about a key territory not only as a business opportunity, but as fountain of critical strategic minerals for the development of technologies that move the world and, also, the future of industries such as that of renewable energies or the electric cars. This is something that has encouraged several countries to want to invest in Africa, since ensuring certain resources is to cement that future. What countries are key? Congo Democratic Republic – It’s about the great world mine when we talk about copper, gold or cobalt. It is estimated that 70% of the world cobalt is extracted only in this country, but it is also crucial for coltan, tungsten, lithium or bauxite. The technology industry cannot work without them. Gabon – Another prominent territory when we talk about gold, but it is also an important source of manganese, iron and other essential minerals. China strategy. China and Western countries are very interested In those two countries in particular, but there are others, such as Zambia, of which they extract more lithium, metals of the platinum or nickel group. But China’s strategy is something that attracts attention throughout this panorama. The Asian giant has been doing years investments Of more than 10,000 million dollars to exploit the mines, extract the materials, process them and send them to China. They control the entire supply chain of these key minerals and esteem that import about 4,000 million dollars in minerals and metals every month. Central Africa is a priority area for China’s supply, but that is also an opportunity for the African countries involved. Investments and opportunity. Within China’s strategy, there is something that is very important: politics. Summits and bilateral agreements are held to ensure access to resources by China, but African countries also remain with their part. Within that interested investment in China, we see that ports, roads and railway lines are being developed. Jobs are also created, joint laboratories and training centers are created to strengthen scientific and technological cooperation. Geopolitics and debt. But, as is usually the case, there is a dark side in this story. On the one hand, competition between China and other global actors. That growing influence of the Asian country in central Africa is not something that makes the United States or European countries. It is something that generates more tension between them, but can also contribute to the tense political and economic stability of the African regions involved. There is studies that point in lack of transparency in contracts and the possible cooperation with authoritarian regimes to extract those resources. And they have also observed some risks of over -indebtedness by African countries. Arms. In all that geopolitical, commercial and collaboration context, and taking into account that we talk about territories with political instability and several armed groups, we cannot overlook another lucrative business for China: the sale of weapons. As we read in South China Morning Posta report by the Rand Corporation prepared in 2023 placed China as the main arms supplier for sub -Saharan Africa. Between 2019 and 2023, at least 21 African countries received great deliveries from Chinese weapons that includes weapons, ammunition, artillery, rockets, drones, missiles, armored and electronic warfare systems. It is also estimated that 70% of African armies use Chinese armored armored extended Its presence in countries such as Senegal, Ivory or Mali coast with new offices. This goes far beyond armament, since China also exports military and private security forces to protect the country’s mining interests. And this occurs because Chinese military exports are usually cheaper and with lower political conditions than Western alternatives, which is very sweet to those African states with a geopolitical context that is not stable. An asymmetric relationship. It must be added that China promised an investment of 50,000 million dollars in three years in the region and that it has pledged to train police and military in the area, but as already pointsall this investment in Africa is generating is an asymmetric relationship between countries. It seems that Africa is receiving much more than China because the former let them exploit their mines and the latter invest in infrastructure, employment, safety and sell manufactured products, but in the end what is achieved is that Chinese influence is huge in Africa. This rapid expansion in recent years causes sovereignty to be questioned and reinforce the idea of ​​what will happen in the area when strategic minerals have been extracted, since many depend on those Chinese investments, seeing how their local economic and political autonomy can stagger. And it must also be said that what we now see with China is something that, traditionally, have carried out other countries in those same territories, and it is something that they are in competing With its great adversary right now: the United States. Images | Hansueli Krapf, Africraigs, Steve Jurvetson In Xataka | In its particular underground war with Europe, China has found a new weapon: to monopolize copper

Byd set out to win the electric car race. And then a TSMC factory went on sale

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Build your dreams. That is the message after the acronym for Byd (“Build Your Dreams”, in English), the electric car manufacturer that is becoming absolute leader of the market. Only in 2024 he distributed 4.27 million electric cars and plug -in hybrids, 2.5 times more than Tesla (1.7 million). Its market domain is currently imperial. It is remarkable that unlike other electric car manufacturers, ByD is responsible for manufacturing practically all the critical components of those vehicles. Not only batteries, but electric motors, chassis and, attention, semiconductors used in such vehicles. It does it through semiconductor byd, which As Nomad Semi points out It is one of its most important divisions after its subsidiary Findreams Battery, in charge of manufacturing the batteries. The company was founded in 1995 by Wang Chuanfu and initially focused on the development of rechargeable batteries. In 2003 he already sold more than anyone in that sector, and that was when it was introduced into the car industry when buying the Xi’an qinchhuan Automobile Company. But before something unique happened. When TSMC decided to sell one of its factories Just a year earlier, in 2002, a semiconductor Byd, a division was created Fables “Chips said, but delegated her manufacture in other companies (Foundries) – destined to develop integrated circuits for protects their batteries and thus avoid overheating or overloads. In 2004 TSMC made the decision to close Fab 1its first manufacturing plant, and in 2005 it ended up selling all the equipment and were used for a fable of six -inch silicon wafers (popular in the 1990s, but already somewhat obsolete) of the manufacturer semiconductor symptoms. This company licensed TSMC patents and also had engineers who had previously worked for that firm. Things did not just go well and Ningo Sinomos went through economic difficulties. Byd took the opportunity and bought this company for 29 million dollars. The company founded by Wang was already involved in the development of electric cars and made a remarkable leap here: to be able to develop its own chips, it went from being a company without its own production (Fables) to an IDM (integrated device manufacturer) that I had control of all phases of the development of its chips, from design to production. Chips everywhere Since then, Byd’s activity accelerated and expanded its product catalog. Thus, they developed chips to manage the management of the electricity supply (IGBTS, MOSFETS, DIODES, Integrated Current Circuits), but also microcontrollers (MCU), sensors (temperature, pressure, position, current) and optolectronic chips (photodetector, octoacopladores, etc.). Source: Nomad Semi Among them, The most outstanding are IGBTS (Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor). These are specially important components for current investment systems, acting as electronic switches that help in the process of passing continuous current that batteries provide to the alternating current needed by electric motors. Byd Semiconductor began to develop its first IGBT chips in 2005, and since then it has been creating new and better versions. Its most recent IGBT 6.0 chips were launched in 2022 and are almost as good as the most advanced competitors such as Infineon. That has allowed Byd to become the most important IGBT provider for Chinese manufacturers. Their advances with the aforementioned IGBTS are an important example of the growth of the division: Semiconductor ByD already has various subsidiaries and factories that produce 8 and 12 inches wafers, much more modern and that have allowed to create increasingly advanced chips. New developments for autonomous driving and supervoid load In fact, in November 2024 They announced A collaboration with TSMC and Mediatek for the development of two new chips. One of them, For its autonomous driving systems/driving assistance, is the future substitute for those used so far in their vehicles (Nvidia Orin and Horizon Robotics J6E), and offers a Autonomous Level 3. Interior of the Byd Atto 2 The second is the Byd9000, a chip with 4 Nm photolithography based on the MediaTak Dimensity 9000 and is oriented to advanced infotainment systems. But there are more examples, and one of them is in the developments Silicon carbide -based that for years are increasingly important in electric cars. Byd has been working with this type of material for some time and in fact in March 2025 he presented his super and platform, a system that provides Superápida load in electric vehicles allowing loads of 100 kWh batteries in just 6 minutes. This achievement occurred thanks to the development of specialized chips of 1,500V by the semiconductor byd, which for the first time can apply them in the automotive industry. These chips are capable of managing a greater voltage, and in front of traditional electric vehicles that use 400 and 800 volts systems allow to reduce energy losses and make possible faster loads. Good news for byd, bad for the rest He Silent boom of semiconductor ByD as a supplier of this type of chips can generate a trend among other car manufacturers, which so far have delegated that part of the business in specialized companies such as Infineon, NXP, ONSEMI, Texas Instrumental or Renesas. All of them dominate the semiconductor market for the automotive industry, but things could change. Especially since electric cars use many more components of this type than combustion motor cars, and that makes the vertical integration through which Byd (almost everything in their cars they manufacture it) is especially interesting for manufacturers. Nomad Semi analysts believe that NXP, ONSEMI and INFINON are the ones at risk They are for that trend. According to their data, the car industry represents half of its sales, but also the income in China are especially important for the aforementioned and renesses. Are we therefore facing a new semiconductor giant? Of course, not in the broad sense of the word: Semiconductor ByD focuses completely on the chips and components destined for its vehicles, but of course that frantic growth of Byd growth in the electric car industry can put very difficult things to its rivals in this sector. Image | Byd | Wikimedia In Xataka … Read more

What happened so that in the long term we lost the race

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At the moment USA and China monopolize all the prominence in the field of Quantum computers. His struggle for world supremacy has many ramifications, and, precisely, Quantum technologies They embody one of them. Both countries have reached Quantum supremacyand, on paper, they are also the most developed in the still premature field of quantum telecommunications. However, this story did not start with them. He was born in Europe. And he did it at a time when quantum computers had already been outlined from a theoretical point of view, but seemed unfeasible. Everything changed in 1995. That year the Spanish physicist Ignacio Cirac and the Austrian physical veteran Peter Zoller They published the article which is unanimously considered the cornerstone that supports the birth of quantum computing as we currently contemplate it. Without their work in all likelihood, current quantum computers would not exist. Or, at least, they would have arrived later. It all started with Cirac and Zoller The roads of these two researchers crossed in the early 90s. Ignacio Cirac had finished the physics career at the Complutense University of Madrid in 1988 and decided to travel to the US to complete his doctorate with the prestigious physicist Peter Zoller. His collaboration was very fruitful From the first moment, so together they began working in such promising fields, and, at the same time, as complex, as quantum cryptography or teleport. Other researchers had proposed before them the possibility of building a quantum computer, but nobody knew how to do it. At that time no physique knew what the right strategy was to put a quantum computer. Zoller and Cirac did know In 1994 Cirac and Zoller attended a conference in which other researchers explained the enormous potential they had from a strictly theoretical point of view quantum computers. However, at that time No physique knew what the right strategy was To set up one of these machines. Zoller and Cirac surveys inspiration shortly after witnessing that conference, and realized that they had found a way to build a machine capable of carrying out calculations with quantum bits or cubits. His scientific article was published in Physical Review Letters on May 15, 1995. They titled ‘Quantum Computations with Cold Trapped Ins’ (Quantum computing with cold ions), and, despite their exoticism, many other physicists immediately realized that what Cirac and Zoller proposed had a huge potential. If we intend to set a date to identify the germ that gave rise to the birth of quantum computers it seems reasonable to accept what should be the day in which the text of these two European physicists saw the light. In any case, one of his greatest successes was his ability to gather the world of abstract theories of quantum computing in which other physicists worked before them with atomic physics, molecular physics and optics. In fact, the title of your scientific text already contains one of the types of cubits most advanced currently available: Quantum bits of ion traps. Honeywell or Ionq are two of the companies that have collected their witness and several decades later they have managed to put this type of quantum machines ready. The recognition of the scientific community soon arrived. Zoller and Cirac were consolidated as two central figures in the formation of international research groups, and, above all, both were actively involved in the constitution of European Quantum Technologies Development Programs. Zoller collaborates closely since the beginning of the 2000 with the Institute for Inns Information and Quantum Optics (Austria). And Cirac has directed since 2001 the theoretical division of the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics housed in Garching, a peaceful town located a few kilometers from Munich (Germany). Europe has failed to transfer its academic leadership to the industry The thrust of Ignacio Cirac, Peter Zoller and many other scientists with whom they have worked has not been enough to deliver industrial leadership to Europe in the field of quantum computers. Currently the old continent remains a world power in research thanks to the work that the groups of Quantum Physics of the University of Technology of Delft, in the Netherlands; the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, in Germany; the Federal Polytechnic School of Zurich, in Switzerland; the Center for Quantum Technologies of Paris, in France; the National Center for Quantum Computing, in the United Kingdom; or the Institute of Fotonic Sciences, in Spain, among other academic institutions. Leadership in scientific research does not necessarily guarantee industrial leadership in those applications derived from these technical innovations But it is not enough. Leadership in scientific research does not necessarily guarantee industrial leadership in those applications derived from these technical innovations. This is the big problem that Europe has had. He has not managed to transfer his academic leadership to the industry. During The conversation I held In October 2019 with Juan José García Ripoll, a researcher of the Fundamental Physics Institute of the Higher Council for Scientific Research (CSIC) that develops its research activity within the Quantum Information Group and Fundamentals of Quantum Theory, this physicist explained to me why Europe does not rivate today with the USA or China, when you could do it. As we have seen, the old continent had the scientific advantage in this field, but lost it because within just five years a few international companies and laboratories invested a lot of money in strengthening a few groups and got an exponential advance in this area. This reminds us how important it is to observe that it is strategically interesting and not lose that track. This field was built by Europe. Just two and a half decades He stayed behind. “Probably the fault is of our scientific fabric, and, above all, of our business fabric, which is less innovative and costs him more to get into this type of risky lines,” Juan José García Ripoll holds. In Europe there are companies that are dedicated to quantum computers. The Austrian Alpine Quantum Technologies, the Finnish IQM, the British Oxford … Read more

Google is winning the AI ​​race. OpenAi has something better: users

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OpenAI, who just launched GPT-4.1he is losing technological ground against Gemini 2.5 Pro, but paradoxically his domain in users is strengthened thanks to the viral phenomenon of the generation of images in Chatgpt. The panoramic. The launch of GPT-4.1 reveals an awkward truth: OpenAI no longer technically leads. Not as before, at least. Your new model is behind Gemini 2.5 Pro Google in programming tasks, precisely where he tried to highlight. Meanwhile, Chatgpt has become The most downloaded application in the world Thanks to the virality of their abilities to generate Ghibli style illustrations either Action dolls. Why is it important. The situation confirms that there is no Moat (The technological concept that refers to a “defensive pit”). Advances are equalized in months. However, Openai has built something more valuable: a platform with mass traction and network effects than Google, despite its technical superiority and huge ecosystem, has not managed to replicate. Between the lines. This contrast defines well the complex dynamic of the AI ​​market: you can have the best technology (Google, In a way Anthropic) and yet lose the battle for users. Or you can be losing the technological avant -garde (Openai) while dominating mass adoption. It is a paradox that can only face itself, but not refuse. The turn. Sam Altman’s strategy seems to be pivoting. Recently said That “the models come and go, but we want to be the best platform.” A phrase that makes sense watching this trajectory: OpenAi prepares for a future where the value is on the platform, not necessarily having the best model. It is something similar to What we commented after trying Grok 3: Their abilities as a model are up to what others offer for most uses. Even above. But it does not have the product that others do have: GPTS, projects, Canvasintegrations, etc. In summary. We are seeing two parallel races in AI: The technological (which Google is winning for now). And that of mass adoption (dominated by Openai). This duality anticipates a future that will not necessarily belong to those who develop the best technology, but to whom it best integrates it into experiences that convince millions of users. And that is a lesson that should worry Google, whose technical leadership with Gemini 2.5 Pro does not translate into market domain, despite having a huge ecosystem where Android, Chrome, Gmail, the search engine, YouTube, Maps, Docs … In Xataka | The AI ​​always wanted us to pay to access their advanced versions. Your plan now is that we pay … for using it a lot Outstanding image | Solen Feyissa in Unspash

The US robots manufacturers have asked their government for help. If you do not get China, you will win this race

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Tesla, Boston Dynamics, Agility Robotics and other US companies that are dedicated to the design and manufacture of robots are concerned about the competitiveness of Chinese robotics companies. So much, in fact, that According to SCMP several members of its directives They have gathered just a few hours ago With legislators in Washington, DC for teach them their products and ask them to define a national strategy that seeks to reinforce US robotics companies. For Chinese administration, smart robots are a national priority. In fact, this industry is closely linked to two other strategic sectors: the production of avant -garde semiconductors and the artificial intelligence (AI). In 2015 President Xi Jinping announced The “Made in China 2025” planan initiative that pursued to take the country to a world leadership position in thirteen strategic technologies. One of them are smart robots, and, although China does not yet lead, its competitiveness in this sector is growing. The US robotics companies ask for the creation of a federal office “Automation and robotics are going through a revolution that will allow the total automation of all strategic and manufacturing industries … “I think the US has a great opportunity to win. We are leaders in AI and we are building some of the best robots in the world.” This text is signed by Dylan Patel, Reyk Knuhttsen, Niko Ciminelli, Jeremie Eliahou Ontiveros, Joe Ryu and Robert Ghilduta, six experts from SEMIANALYSISan American consultant specialized in the analysis of semiconductor industries and AI. His forecast clarifies very well the context in which the meeting that I have mentioned a few lines above between US companies dedicated to robotics and US legislators has occurred a few hours ago. Jeff Cardenas, co -founder and general director of the emerging company specialized in the manufacture of Apptronik humanoid robots, has pointed out What is at stake. “The next race in the field of robotics will be promoted by AI and will be a competition open to anyone (…) I think that the US has a great opportunity to win. We are leaders in AI and we are building some of the best robots in the world, but We need a national strategy If we want to continue moving forward and staying at the forefront “, He has pointed Cardenas. According to American businessmen, a national strategy would help robotics to climb production and promote the adoption of robots as the physical manifestation of AI. We will see if this initiative finally thrives. Image | Ubtech Robotics More information | SCMP In Xataka | Chinese scientists claim to have created something groundbreaking: the fastest and most efficient transistor that exists

The future will be full of robots, says Nvidia. And just launch a tools to win that race

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The event GTC 2025 Nvidia began yesterday with an inaugural talk in which Jensen Huang machine -gunned us with a real Building burst. Among them, especially those focused on an area in which the company is especially optimistic: robotics. Foundational model. In March 2024 NVIDIA He already told us about his Project Grootand now said project has crystallized in the call Isaac Gr00t N1which qualify as the first open foundational model for humanoid robots. That is to say: the model is pretended, but it can be customized for all types of scenarios, both “domestic” and industrial. “The era of generalist robotics is here”. Huang declared how this new era began with this launch, and pointed out that thanks to Isaac Gr00t N1 and new data generation systems and learning for robots, developers can create much more capable robots. Robotic labor. The CEO of Nvidia highlighted how “it is very likely that this is the largest industry of all. At the end of this decade, at least 50 million workers will miss in the world. We would be more delighted to pay $ 50,000 to each one to come to work; we will probably have to pay the robots 50,000 dollars a year (instead).” Humanoid robots in sight. In The last part of your presentation Two and a half hours, the Nvidia CEO focused precisely on robotics, and for example showed videos of humanoid robots Neo gamma of the company 1x, which are based on Isaac Gr00t N1 and that already show their Potential as domestic robots. Other companies like Boston Dynamics –Creators of Atlas-, Quesoe Robotics and Neura Robotics are also developing this type of robots and have enjoyed preliminary access to the Nvidia robotic platform. Think quickly, think slowly. This foundational model uses a double architecture inspired by human cognition. Thus, system 1 is “a fast thinking action model” similar to what humans have with reflexes and intuition. System 2, enhanced by a vision model, is “a model of slow thought” that reasons about its environment and the instructions he receives and then raised his actions. Learning to move. This model therefore raises a pillar to develop robots (humanoids or not) that can operate in the real world. Thus, GR00T N1 can generalize and adapt to common tasks such as taking objects, moving them with one or two arms or carrying them from one place to another. Basic and limited operations are at the moment, but they are an important first step for the robots of the future. Basically these robots are learning to walk. A customizable model. Nvidia offers large information so that developers can start working with this model. Thus, we have both the Technical information Like project files available in Github. And data to train robots. Robots need huge amounts of data to be trained and learn to interact in the physical world. Nvidia ACBA to offer A huge and available data set in Hugging Face for this area. They are 15 TB of data that represent “more than 320,000 trajectories for robotic training”, in addition to 1,000 “scenarios” Scene Description (Openusd) to contribute to that training. Collaboration with Disney and Deepmind. Another of the robotic projects is the alliance with these companies to develop Newtonan Open Source physics engine that allows robots to learn how to manage tasks of all kinds with greater precision. Disney will be one of the first to use these robots, and in fact Huang finished the demo with a unique co -presenter: a robot that he called Blue and that was inspired by the BDX droids of Star Wars. It is something that Disney already pointed out years agoand it is likely that this type of entertainment robots will end in their attraction parks. Image | Nvidia In Xataka | We believed that Atlas was the pinnacle of modern robotics. Boston Dynamics has just killed the famous hydraulic robot

There are two clear winners in the AI ​​race in mobiles. The rest comes bad and afternoon

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There is a clear career that most manufacturers want to lead: that of artificial intelligence. If there is a company that wanted to bet with all the meat on the grill for the IA that has been Samsung, with its concept Galaxy AI. Although its software has a large basis, support in Gemini Nano It is the key to a good part of its functions. This Google model is open to the rest of the manufacturers, who have been implementing these functionalities to a greater or lesser extent. Let’s tell you Who are leading the AI ​​race on mobile phonesand how the scenario for the short term is drawn, since the evolution of each ROM is beginning to be relatively predictable. Samsung, the absolute leader Samsung It is the company that is best doing with AI, no matter how much. The functions of Galaxy AI start from the basic functions of Gemini Nano, but are complemented by Samsung’s interpretation to provide their devices with even more specific and exclusive functions. Translation and transcription of calls in real time, interpreter mode, transcription of voice to text in APP recorder, Circle to Search Improved and adapted to the S-PEN, native translation in apps such as WhatsApp, and a generative engine engine using text prompts or on our own stroke. In the same way, we have the promise that apps will interact with each other naturallystarting with basics like WhatsApp. This is a function in which none of its rivals is working, and that contributes even more value to the family. Functions that arrived in the Galaxy S24 and that have been refined in the Galaxy S25 family. Today, no telephone has the potential at the generative level, with the translation functions so polished or the summary quality. Google has the model, but not the tools Google has a double -edged sword. It is the one who created the Nano model that feeds the AI ​​of most Android phones, but has been implementing the apps so long, than There are functions that we don’t even understand how AI (although they are). For practical purposes, this is even positive, and makes him take second place. Google is a leader in elimination of objects through Google photos, it makes it great transcribing voice to text, it is capable of Reimagine What has happened in our photographs, and has a fairly complete gemini integration. The Pixel continue to grant the cleanest experience, and this is related to AI: using a Google mobile is to use native functions to which we are already used to and, even if they are based on AI, we do not perceive it as something external or novel. It is simply our pixel functioning as it should. Apple arrives halfway, but it arrives Apple Intelligence already works in Spainthrough beta for iOS developers 18.4. It is currently one of the few companies that its software has in Beta: the rest has been stably. Despite this, and although its operation has a lot of margin of improvement, there are some characteristics that Apple shine in front of some of its rivals. And that does not speak precisely well about the rest of the functions that are being implemented in Android. The key is that their rivals are based on Gemini as an assistant. An assistant who, for the moment, cannot do too many things. Apple has integrated chatgpt in Siriand this is a fusion that we had not seen to date. I have to say that, over the days, the experience is being increasingly positive, even if it remains quite green. In fact, Apple itself has admitted that He is not ready to implement the new Siri in his AIpointing out that until 2026 we will not know her. The rest of the functions are quite similar to what the Gemini model proposes: summaries, transcripts, elimination of objects and people … everything works quite behind what Samsung achieves and, for the moment, there is not a single function in which I shine above its rivals. The key with Apple is that, at some point, Siri will be able to read everything on the screen to understand the request we are looking for. What are Chinese manufacturers Oppo, Xiaomi, honor and manufacturers as living have quite different interpretations. Within China, Oppo is leading the AI ​​career. Oppo introduced its Oppo ai with reindeer 12and I have to admit that it works quite well. The elimination of objects is one of the best we have seen to date, it is able to transcribe voice to text and has useful functions, such as detecting people with closed eyes in photographs to “open them” by AI. The rest of the functions are quite lower, such as the elimination of reflexes in photos, increased artificial sharpness, and generation of avatars by AI. Xiaomi arrives quite late with Hyperaiimplementing the functions that we have already seen in the rest of its rivals, but with a fairly poor operation. So much so that it is not even good to eliminate people from the photos, something that Google photos for a few years. Honor has Yoyo as AI agent, but in Spain he does not perform too many functions. In China, this agent now works with Deepseek and understands natural language, pointing ways. Knowing the state of the career in which they meet, Honor has invested More than 10,000 million dollars For his Honor agent aia commitment to the understanding of natural language within the native apps themselves. It is still in the development phase. Image | Xataka In Xataka | What is artificial intelligence: a simple and complete explanation for everyone

To win the AI ​​race, OpenAi wants the US to forget about laws. Specifically, those of Copyright

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OpenAi is immersed in one demand seriesand all of them for the same thing: the alleged violations of the copyright that he has committed when training his AI models. Now a unique idea has occurred to get rid of all those problems. No copyright for AI. In one Proposal published by OpenAIThe company suggests the US government to consider a “copyright strategy that promotes the freedom to learn” and that “preserves the ability of American models to learn from materials with copyright.” Or what is the same: that copyright laws are not applied. IA companies have done what they wanted. We have been in which the demands for copyright rape to AI companies have been frequent. Companies that develop these models have shown no shame in this regard, and The funny thing is that there is still no consequences. What OpenAi now asks is that there are definitely not and that those works can work without legal concerns. China steps on our heels. The main argument to recommend something like that is to compete with more guarantees against China. The Asian giant has demonstrated striking advances, and in fact in Openai indicate how “although America maintains its leadership in Ia today, Deepseek It shows that our leadership is not broad and is narrowing. “ Fair use. As usual, the excuse of a “fair use” of the contents with copyright appears. According to the proposal: “If the developers of the People’s Republic of China have unlimited access to US data and companies, they run out of fair use, the AI ​​race will have finished. United States loses, just as democratic AI does. Ultimately, access to more data from the widest possible range of sources will guarantee greater access to more powerful innovations that provide even more knowledge.” “AI Action Plan” in sight. In January Trump revoked The Executive Order on the Biden He had signed In October 2023. Shortly after he issued a new one And he proposed an “Action Plan” that should be ready in 180 days. Openai’s intentions are that this plan includes such concessions. But the relationship with Trump is delicate. It is true that Openai is the great fencer with softbank of the Stargate projectand that is an initiative that Trump has presumed a lot. However, the relationship of Sam Altman’s company with the current president is complex, especially since Openai is In full legal battle With Elon Musk, the main advisor Trump. White letter. In Openai they seek to have white letter to train their models with works protected by copyright. Not only that: they also want to get their tools to help modernize government agencies being approved more quickly. Experts have not been warning that a too premature adoption of these tools could have dangerous consequences, for example in terms of possible leaks and information security. OpenAi commercialized Chatgpt Gov In January precisely with the idea that government employees had access to this type of services. China’s AI models should be revealed. The company’s proposal led by Sam Altman goes further and indicates that the AI ​​models of the People’s Republic of China are prohibited. According to them, models like Depseek They are “financially supported and controlled by the State”, and pose national security risks. Companies such as Microsoft, Perplexity or Amazon stay on their servers from the Deepseek service, but the data stay on US servers, so it seems difficult for the China Government to have access to them. Image | Flikr (Techcrunch) In Xataka | 5,000 “tokens” of my blog are being used to train an AI. I have not given my permission

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