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Mining companies believed to have found a treasure in Ciudad Real. Until the Iberian lynx appeared

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In a video that is has viralized By networks you can see how two lynxes are disputing the territory to headers, a habitual practice between these felines. He Reelrecorded in Ciudad Real, shows how felines are returning to their natural habitat. In a turn of events, these animals have managed to stop attempts to extraction a company: giving them a legal header. The exploitation. The “Neodimio Project” is an initiative of the Quantum mining company that seeks gray monacita in the province of Ciudad Real. From this rare land the neodymium is extracted, used in magnets of electric cars and wind turbines. The mining company has shown interest in exploring areas near Valdepeñas, Santa Cruz de Mudela and Torrenueva, areas to overcome the cat, According to the avant -garde. Maybe there are no lynx … But there are people living in those areas that oppose mining. The “yes to the living land” platform has asked the president of Castilla-La Mancha, Emiliano García-Page, to oppose the Rare Earth’s mining project, According to Cadena Ser. From the organization they have explained that it could have a devastating impact on local biodiversity and endanger the ecological corridors that the lynxs have begun to recover. They do not stop in your search. Quantum’s story with Ciudad Real It has been more than a decade. After the failure of the “Matamulas” project, the company tries to return to the load. But time does not play in its favor: the citizen opposition has grown, water resources are increasingly scarce and the rural economic model (based on wine, oil and tourism) fears are affected. The controversy has also intensified for a complaint of the Seprona, which accuses the company of having done work without permission on a plot of Torrenueva, According to Castilla-La Mancha Media. Legal header The Iberian lynx, in its reintroduction process in the region, has played a decisive role in this conflict. Although rare earth mining is seen as an economic opportunity in the context of the energy transition, efforts to preserve fauna and biodiversity have led to stop these projects. As have explained at the vanguardthe lynx is no longer just a conservation symbol, but an argument of weight in legal reports and protests. Its presence in areas such as the Montiel field has become an obstacle to mining companies that seek to exploit these natural resources. It is not the only place. Although Ciudad Real is emerging as the area with the most potential for rare earths in Spain, it is not the only one. In different areas of the country we can find, as Galicia, Gran Canaria, Almería, Estremaduraamong other places. The fan that has been opened is very wide, but these deposits have in common not only the element, but their extraction seems to be complex. For its part, the European Commission has not included the Quantum project in your list of strategic initiativeswhich means that it does not have the support of Brussels to continue its development. Recovering spaces. The lynx has become a defender of its territory, interfering with projects that threaten their home. The struggle for the future of Ciudad Real is between the protection of biodiversity and the progress of mining, a dispute that reflects the dilemma between the need for natural resources and the conservation of ecosystems. Image | Pexels and Diego Delso Xataka | The rare earth war has arrived in Spain. And it is in Ciudad Real where mining and ecology are confronted

Navigating from Madrid to Lisbon, the pharaonic real dream that gave rise to the failed Channel del Manzanares

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The Manzanares river in Madrid has become one of the protagonists of recent days. March is being an extremely rainy month, so much that it has caused Solar energy ceases to grow in Spainbut has also caused the River overflow throughout the country. One of those rivers is Manzanares, which is usually a thread of water and Now it’s a torrent. But the river has not only become news for the increase in flow, but because during the works of Metro line 11 they have found a section of the real historical channel of Manzanares, an ambitious project that It was centuries on the table and that had a target target: join Madrid, Lisbon and Seville by boat. Felipe II’s dream Felipe II It is not just one of the most remembered kings in Spain: it may also be from Europe. Under his reign, The Spanish Empire reached its peak And it was a monarch interested in finance projects of several sciences. He also liked the sea, starting maritime engineering projects, stimulating the creation of large warships and the most ambitious of all: the idea of ​​making The main rivers of the peninsula were navigable. Another detail for which Felipe II is remembered is for the move of the capital of the country: he decided that Madrid would be the ideal location, so he transferred the court in full. But of course, Madrid did not have direct access to the sea and this was something important, especially for trade and those expansionist ambitionsso the project To open Madrid to the sea, he made eyes to the king. And the task fell into the hands of the Italian engineer Juan Bautista Antonelli. Nothing, something simple: Tajo, Duero, Guadalquivir and Ebro, among other rivers, would become navigable, with channels among them that would allow Madrid to have a way out of the sea and a river connection with some of the main cities of the country. For commerce, this was an extremely juicy idea between cities and between Madrid and European, Chinese, African and Indian cities. Fourth Lock of the Real Canal del Manzanares Felipe supported the project And he released funds to be carried out, but it was not going to be simple: a slope of more than 600 meters had to be saved and the necessary adjustments first to open Madrid and, later, that the 600 kilometers that separates the capital from the Atlantic coast were completely navigable. HE I would continue The route of the river and They would create 10 locks between the Toledo bridge and the Vaciamadrid jetty, many for a distance of just 20 kilometers. The capital would join with Aranjuez and, through the Tagus, it would have an exit to the Atlantic by Lisbon. A road was also projected to Seville. He did not set. Although the works are They started Among the Madrid and Alcantara Madrid nuclei, the money was not unlimited and the cocktail of technical difficulties, issues with private properties and, above all, The financing of the invincible Navycaused the money to be redistributed and the interior navigation project was saved in the drawer. He also influenced that, in 1588 Antonelli died and, in 1598, Felipe would. Madrid with double exit to the sea Later it was tried to recover, but the decisive moment came under the reign of Carlos III. Businessman Pedro Martinengo took the witness and presented In 1769 the project to recover the ambitious plan of Felipe II. The construction began in 1770 when Carlos III approved the proposal and the initial funds were in charge of Martinengo himself and private investors he had gathered. Under the direction of the businessman, the project advanced completing eight of the ten planned locks, but the costs were being tremendous and ran out of funds to continue. Martinengo had ruined, but Carlos III liked the projectso bought and thus officially became the Real Canal del Manzanares. The tenth lock Nor do we think that the monarch invested too much: he maintained what there was. Nor is it that he caught the economy at its most buoyant time and the river itself was not the most appropriate for navigation, since it needed water transvases to be able to operate correctly. Some companies were established, such as furnaces, but the channel was being underutilized. With Carlos IV, the thing didn’t improve either. Again, invested just as to maintain it, But in 1799 the disaster arrived: strong rains took part of the Gasco dam, a new construction on the Guadarraman that was the one that was taking the money. Another lock This set of misfortunes, and seeing that the Manzanares channel had been stagnant decades without contributing what was promised, caused the abandonment of the project until the arrival of a Fernando VII who tried to recover it, building the ninth and tenth lock and carrying the work until the vicinity of Vaciamadrid. But the work was not finished. Progress arrived Upon stopping, the channel was degrading, but the last nail in the coffin was the passage of time. In the time of Felipe II, the project could make sense. With Carlos III too, but already entered the 19th, things had changed a lot. The development of roads and, above all, the arrival of the railroad made the priorities change. Why keep investing a fortune to open Madrid to the sea when there were faster than the ship to transport goods? Apart from what The Manzanares channel looked like a money background wellin 1851 the Aranjuez train was inaugurated and, although with Isabel II some boats had sailed through the channel, in the second half of the 19th century it was decided to cut the tap of the funds. When not staying and being water is for a long time, health problems began to appear. The channel became a danger and, although maintenance work began again, around 1860 it was decided Cancel Definitely the pharaonic project. The irony: the railway bridge over the Manzanares … Read more

Like ‘the Sims’, ‘Inzoi’ simulates your real life in a video game. The difference is that it takes it very seriously

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Within just over a week, the life simulator ‘Inzoi‘It will reach computers around the world. The first impressions about the same They are landing And all speak of the impressive graphic effort that involves their recreation of the everyday, as well as the differences and similarities with the other milestone of the genre, ‘THE SIMS‘. However, its characteristics mainly derived from its origin, South Korea, raise many other doubts about their acceptance beyond the Asian market. 20 years without life simulators. ‘The Sims’ is one of the most famous video games of all time, among other things because it dazzled an important public sector that did not usually play, long before the term casual It became fashionable with the advent of mobile devices. However, the last main installment of the game, ‘The Sims 4’, was launched in 2014. With a Fifth Discarded delivery and the transformation of the franchise into a free-to-playits original model is exhausted. Does it make sense that there is a game that intends to revalidate the throne of life simulators? The big difference. To say that ‘The Sims’ is a game that aims to replicate everyday life is the same as saying that’The Simpsons‘It is a reliable portrait of an American family. Or, for not getting out of video games, which ‘Simcity‘He is a realistic urban manager. Soft or more strident, everything is portraits softened by satire, because in Western society we are unable to look at ourselves without the filter of cynicism and self -parody (or, in the case of ‘Simcity’, of bleeding criticism). That is the big difference with ‘Inzoi’, which takes very seriously its replica of real life. Such is life. In fact, that is the main criticism that is falling to ‘Inzoi’: “Not having understood“That ‘The Sims’ that supposedly imitates, between the scandalous realism of Unreal Engine and the possibility of climbing our own gestures, physical and movements. Or that complex system of reactions that makes our relationship evolve with the rest of the characters as we behave with them, in a maze of social ties that impacts the city’s own growth and the map. An amusingly ambitious concept that distances itself from ‘The Sims’, which more than a life simulator was a mischievous omnipotence: put your SIM in the pool and remove the stairs, to see what happens. Pure Korea. Possibly, the greatest “problem” to which Inzoi will face when penetrating in non -Asian countries, once the widespread glare passes before their graphics, it is his spirit so typical of Asian simulators and role -playing games: the need to take it seriously. Of course, in ‘Inzoi’ we can do the goat as in a ‘GTA’, but a karma system will protect the digital universe from excessive riot, which is what the European or American player tends: to force the limits of the games and simulation. There is nothing more to see a game of ‘GTA online’ to understand to what extent is the simulation of very different shapes between opposite points of the globe. Our simulator is social networks. Don’t we like simulation outside of China or Korea? No: rather We replace it with social networksthat cover our aspirational and voyeurist needs. We do not build complex and digital replicas of ourselves in video games, because that is our Twitter, Bluesky and Instagram profiles, where we perform a life that we want to pretend or that we long to carry, often raising it in a harmless and playful way. The greatest obstacle before him ‘Inzoi’ is that, without knowing it, we have already created the perfect simulation. And without the need for latest generation computers. In Xataka | ‘Inzoi’ wanted to be the new ‘The Sims’, but the crisis that social simulators live has also ended their expectations

The National Police had been using ia for six years to detect false complaints. His real reliability was very debatable

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In October 2018, the National Police published a press release in which everything sounded great. There was talk of A new artificial intelligence tool called Veripol that promised an accuracy of 90% when detecting false complaints. Six years later we have discovered that this promise was very debatable. The Technical Cabinet of the General Police Directorate He confirmed Civio that this tool ceased to be operational in October 2024, six years later. This decision, as this media points out, was not accidental. Three months before BOE was published with the new artificial intelligence regulation. In section (59) it is indicated to the polygraphs of AI as high -risk AI tools and the following is precisely indicated: “(…) It is appropriate to classify several systems of AI destined to be used for the purpose of guaranteeing the law when their precision, reliability and transparency are especially important to avoid adverse consequences, conserve the confidence of the population and guarantee accountability and effective resource roads. the risk of a natural person being a victim of crimes, Like polygraphs and other similar tools. “ Not only that: a group of law and mathematics experts from the University of Valencia highlighted In a study How Veripol was a tool that information was barely available, which made an especially complicated audit. Even indicating that this made them conjecture their conclusions, they stressed the situation was “very poor in terms of compliance with the minimum standards of transparency” necessary for the use of tools of this type. Do certain specific words are enough to detect lies? Civio conducted a study of the reliability of the tool. After analyzing 1,122 allegations of theft in Spain of 2015, Veripol’s behavior was singular: if a complaint contains the words “day”, “lawyer”, “safe” or “back” it is more likely to be false, but that probability increases If words like “two hundred” are used several times or “barely.” Veripol began to be evaluated in a pilot program in June 2017, and He won an award Investigation of the Spanish Police Foundation. There was talk of its success even In Scientific American. Little by little, its use was extended until officially activated in the aforementioned October 2018 nationwide. Its use was notable until October 2020 (about 84,000 complaints), while apparently in 2022 it was used only in 3,752 complaints, of which 511 were detected as false. In the development of said project The Complutense University of Madrid (UCM), the Carlos III University of Madrid, the University of Rome “La Sapienza” and the Interior Ministry of the Government of Spain. A UCM advertisement Point out How the initiative began in 2014, and began to be tested with apparent success in 2017. Preliminary tests, yes, were executed with a sample that The experts described as scarce. In this statement, it was highlighted how “it is the first time worldwide that a tool of these characteristics is developed” and that Veripol performed an “automatic analysis of the statements of complainants using natural language processing techniques and automatic learning, with a success rate of 91%, fifteen points higher than that of expert agents.” In the description of its operation the following was pointed out: “For example, it is known that in cases of theft, true statements are presented more details, descriptions and personal information, in the face of the exclusive insistence on the extracted object and the omission of details about the attacker or how the incident of the false happened. From this linguistic analysis, Veripol is able to create an effective pattern.” “In just one week, 31 and 49 false theft cases were detected and closed, while between 2008 and 2016 they were 3.33 and 12.14 in Murcia and Malaga, respectively. The effectiveness of the pilot study was 83%.” A doubtful reliability He Complete study of the University of Valencia reflects a debatable functioning of the tool. They indicate how Veripol designers claimed that false complaints in relation to theft are “extremely common” and the crime is “generally carried out by citizens who have no criminal record.” They have no clear figures, but even unable to estimate the real figure of false complaints “they suggest that it could be around 57%”, a figure that It rests interestingly in non -solving cases. In Damn.es They carried out in 2020 an analysis of the evolution of the use of veripol and indicated how “the fact that the total registered crimes remains constant as the veripol use figures decrease, can be an indicative that the algorithm It is not used so much among the police officers. “For some agents, they pointed out,” the program is not very precise “, and that although in theory it could work well, its application in police stations was complex because training was needed to do so. Algorithmwatch, a non -governmental and non -profit agency based in Berlin and Zurich, often performs algorithms analysis and AI systems to try to evaluate their reliability and validity. In October 2020 They evaluated Veripol’s behavior And his conclusion was already overwhelming: “It is not clear if it works as it is intended”. They also explained that lies detectors – which is in essence what Veripol is – have a long trajectory of bad operations. In this concrete algorithm, he worried for example how some specific words had too much weight in the decision. One of the agents interviewed at that time indicated how it was enough that the word “knife” was in the report to be considered true. We are therefore before a technological tool, in this case theoretically supported by AI, which raised doubts from the beginning for transparency about its true functioning and development, and that it began to be used without preliminary evidence being completely conclusive by the size of the samples. In recent times We have seen for example how the Ábalos ‘case’ served to demonstrate that There are many risks here and that it is necessary to evaluate well the application of algorithms before applying them in public bodies of … Read more

Gemini Robotics is his plan for robots to act in the real world

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Robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) go hand in hand. It would be useless to develop humanoid robots capable of lifting tons, with state -of -the -art sensors, if we did not have an intelligent system that would allow them to interpret the environment and act accordingly. Without ia, a modern robot would be little more than a lot of sophisticated but useless hardware. They are the Advanced algorithms Those who transform that gross power into machines capable of learning, optimize their performance and respond autonomously to the challenges that are presented to them. From Asimothe iconic Honda robot of the 2000 Sophia, Tesla optimus either FigureAI has made its way in humanoid robotics. However, we are still far from seeing machines that really match the versatility of the human body. As advanced as they are, they still have trouble moving in un controlled environments and manipulating everyday objects can be a real challenge. Gemini Robotics: Google’s bet to take AI to the physical world Meanwhile, in the digital world, AI advances at a completely different rate. He is already able to hold conversations very close to those of a person, overcome exams with surprising scores and solve complex problems with a speed that until a few years ago seemed science fiction. A contrast that makes it clear that, although artificial intelligence progresses by leaps and bounds, there is still much Way to go in its integration with robotics. These challenges are leading to a new generation of AI models specifically for this discipline. Google, as expected, does not want to be left behind and already works on solutions that promise to take humanoid robots one step further. His bet goes through Gemini 2.0, that now has two versions designed to improve the interaction and control of these machines. On the one hand, Gemini Robotics It focuses on vision, language and action (VLA), which allows you to take direct control of robots and improve your response capacity in dynamic environments. On the other, Gemini Robotics-Er It is designed for robotics experts, giving them the necessary tools to develop and execute their own programs with advanced reasoning skills. Gemini Robotics-Er stands out in spatial reasoning with detection and signaling of 3D objects Google has identified three essential qualities that, as they explain, must have robots to be really useful for people. Generality. A good robot should not only execute predefined tasks, but also adapt to unpublished situations and solve problems on the march. It must be able to function in new environments, handle unknown objects and interpret varied instructions without depending on prior training. According to internal tests, its performance in unforeseen tasks far duplicates that of other vision-language models-last generation. Interactivity In a world in constant change, robots must be able to communicate naturally and respond to real -time instructions. Gemini Robotics includes commands in everyday language and in multiple languages, adapting their behavior according to conversation or environment. In addition, it continually monitors what happens around it and adjusts its actions based on new orders or changes in the stage. Skill. Many tasks that humans perform effortlessly require extremely precise motor skills, something that most robots have not yet managed to dominate. Gemini Robotics, however, is capable of performing complex tasks of several steps that require a thorough manipulation, such as folding Origami or packing a snack in a Ziploc bag, demonstrating a higher level of skill. Gemini Robotics not only stands out in the resolution of unforeseen tasks, but its generalization capacity far as the performance of other vision-language-action models. According to Google’s technical reportis able to adapt to unpublished scenarios and make decisions without prior training, bringing robots to real autonomy. In addition, it has been designed to function with different types of robots. Although he trained mainly with Aloha 2, a two -arms platform, he has also proven to control systems such as arms Frankaused in laboratories, and even more advanced humanoids such as Apollo, developed by Apptronik. Its flexibility makes it a model adaptable to various applications, from industry to assistance. For now, there is no scheduled date for a generalized deployment of Gemini Robotics or Gemini Robotics-Er. Technology is still developing and, for the moment, only a small group of companies is having access to these tools. Google Deepmind is collaborating with Apptronik in the construction of the next generation of humanoid robots, exploring how to integrate these models of AI in more advanced systems. In addition, some trusted tests, such as Agile Robots, Agility Robotics, Boston Dynamics and Enchanted Toolsthey are already testing Gemini Robotics-Er, although it is not clear if that access will be expanded in the future. Meanwhile, Google Deepmind continues to work on new security frames and benchmarks to evaluate the possible risks of AI in physical environments. All this makes it clear that, although the project progresses, there is still a long way before this technology reaches the general public. Images | Google Deepmind In Xataka | Faced with an AI that says yes to everything, a concern: this will never create an Einstein or a Newton

China performing real fire exercises in front of its coast

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Occurred last weekbut the shock was so great that since then they have not stopped The communiqués happen With diploma doing overtime trying to find a meeting point in what happened. As in TaiwanAustralia found a situation to some excorees last Friday. Suddenly, a fleet of ships Not announced I was doing shooting practices in its waters. It was China, and since then they do not agree. The alarm Last week, a group of Three Chinese warships (A cruise of Renhai classa frigate and a supply ship) entered the exclusive economic zone of Australia Without declaring its purpose (Only 150 nautical miles from Sydney). According to Australian defense minister, Richard Marles, although he was not unpublished at all, was “unusual.” And there was more: on Friday, commercial flights between Australia and New Zealand They had to deviate Suddenly after Chinese ships alert the pilots that flew over an exercise area with real fire. Although it has not been confirmed that the shots occurred on the same day, the New Zealand Navy reported that the next day, on Saturday, Yes there was real fire activity. His Minister of Defense, Judith Collins, He expressed his concernespecially for The lack of communication by China. “Unfortunately, tensions have increased,” he said, remembering the recent launch of a ballistic missile Chinese Intercontinental in the Pacific Ocean. In addition, he admitted that they did not know the next movements of Chinese ships, which has led his government to ask for explanations from the Embassy of the Nation. The concerns. Therefore, and although China did not violate international law, the authorities of both countries have criticized publicly The lack of early warning appropriate. Not just that. The naval episode occurs a few days after an incident between a Chinese hunting and a patrol plane Australian in the South China Sea. Canberra denounced the action as “dangerous and unprofessional”, while Beijing accused Australia of provocation. The Chinese response and the reasons. The Chinese Defense Ministry He rejected the accusations Of both nations, ensuring that they issued multiple security notices in advance and accusing the Australian and Neozyn Governments of “deliberately exaggerating the incident. As for the big question, experts consider this incursion A strategic background. Michael Shoebridge, former Australian defense official, had the Washington Post This week that China seeks to press Australia for His military alliances With Japan, the Philippines and Vietnam, countries that have territorial disputes with Beijing. Plus: China is expanding its influence In the Pacific, trying to consolidate security agreements with small island nations, which worries Australia and New Zealand. In addition, the exercises also demonstrate the growing Chinese naval capacity at a time when it seeks to project more power in the region. China in the area. The presence of Chinese warships in the south of the Pacific adds to a growing militarization of the region by Beijing. In fact, in recent years it has increased His presence near Japanand has done exercises with real fire near Australia or Challenged to the United States In the South China Sea. Moreover, had in Japan Times That the naval deployment in waters east of Australia has lit the alarms in Canberra and Tokyo. According to Andrew ShearerGeneral Intelligence Director of Australia, this is the further incursion ever carried out by a group of tasks of the Navy of the Popular Liberation Army, and its objective seems to be normalizing the Chinese military presence in the region. Evaluate the allied response. It could be another of the hypotheses that some experts point out. Shearer warned That China was not only sending a message to Australia, but sought to evaluate and mold the responses of the countries of the region. According to Euan GrahamAnalyst of the Australian Institute of Strategic Policy, the Popular Liberation Army is calibrating the reactions of Australia and Japan, both key allies of the United States. “The absence of a firm response from Australia or a statement of support from Washington will only be emboldened to China to continue pressing. Its objective is to normalize its military presence in the region and find fissures between the United States and its Pacific allies,” Graham explained. What seems clearly clear is that recent naval exercises with real fire of China, now in the Sea of ​​Tasmania, have relieved tensions in the Indo-Pacific, particularly in the South China Sea and the Taiwan Strait. Although Australia has no direct territorial disputes with China, her growing naval presence In the region, along with their alliances with the United States and other Asian powers, it seems that they look from Beijing as a challenge to their influence. Image | CCTV In Xataka | First it was a cut underwater cable. 24 hours later Taiwan has found a China Army in front of the island In Xataka | To motivate its Chinese workers, it has opted for a prize. His name is Caracol, and it is a public humiliation

The real business will be to see a Madrid-Osasuna in the car

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For years we are listening to the cars software will be key when choosing a vehicle. The possibilities they offer are numerous but, for the moment, traditional companies seem to have not been able to get economic performance to it. Byd, however, gives his “eye of God” that promises to be decisive when buying the car. His “eye of God” can be the least. What is the “eye of God”? This is how Byd calls his driving aid systems or automated driving (under supervision). They obviously contemplate from adaptive cruise control systems to remote parking services, where you send orders from the mobile phone and the car park alone. A price war. A few days ago, the Chinese company confirmed that it will include these systems completely free in all its cars, regardless of their price. The announcement fell like a bomb in the industry since this type of aids always They have been used to attract customers to a brand. Tesla, for example, boast your autopilot And for years he has sold his Full self driving (FSD) as the great promise of a completely autonomous driving in all cars prepared for it. Xpeng in China have based their growth on this type of functions and is one of the reasons that have attracted Volkswagen for a collaboration between both manufacturers. Make these systems available to all buyers, regardless of whether tens of thousands of euros pay for a car or a few thousand euros, Open a price war on a front that had not been seen so far. In addition, it puts the software as a central element for Decide a purchase. Defined by software. For years we have heard manufacturers say that the vehicles of the future will be defined by the software and that It will be an added value to the vehicle itself. China has even demonstrated that it is a central element, as we will see. In Europe, however, we are in the superficial layers. We talk about whether a car is more or less technological because it uses Android Automotiveits customization capacity or if you have opted for your own development that adds distinction to the brand and the model. Despite this, The generated income is almost non -existent. Manufacturers have given blind sticks to the point that Volkswagen has had to delay the launch of key models (Porsche Macan and Audi Q6 e-tron) and Search for help in China either BMW has had to back down to controversial subscriptions such as the heating of the seats. Subscribe, however, to autonomous driving functions did seem like a perfect path to begin to make efforts to make efforts. A bridge. But what if the finger points to the moon and we are looking at the finger? That is what you think of But auto insights. He exercises software -related consultancy work and usually participates in media such as Financial Times, Nikkei either The Economistamong others. In his NewsletterHe points to that to understand the “gift” of his “eye of God” to buyers you should not look exclusively at car sales that Byd can convert, you have to look at the juice that can get a highly automated driving . If people can activate a system of Level 2+ or Level 3 (During slow traffic situations), that opens huge potential opportunities to sell services, entertainment and others, while people move in these traffic jams. Think of a zoom call during a jam. Think about watching a movie. Play a video game. A first approach. What he affirms has all the meaning of the world. The Chinese automobile industry is turning the car into a four -wheel chassis that arrives completely defined by the software. In fact, only See some videos From what is presented in each car hall to check that the car is now a tailor drawer where to watch movies, play video games or enjoy a karaoke. Kevin Williams also told it well for Inside Evs. In his article he explained how Western manufacturers have become completely obsolete at what the interior of a Chinese car offers. An easy position if we attend to speech that the local client It begins to have about European and local cars. Under way. What you are talking about in your weekly entrance is that Byd’s true business can be in everything that offers their cars once they behave as low -speed autonomous vehicles. It is a relatively easy level of autonomy to reach for the manufacturer since it is easy to drive for the car in a jam. The Mercedes can do it In specific places at speeds below 60 km/h. Byd and any other manufacturer has the opportunity to have their own store with applications that compete for the attention of … driver? Is to move the mobile phone applications business to the carcharging a percentage per discharge to the owner of the application so that it can be put into operation in the vehicle. That discounting that it is not the vehicle manufacturer who offers these entertainment services or for labor productivity. A private market. You have to understand the particularities of the Chinese market. There, the cities are gigantic and the driver passes, on average, more than 45 minutes to get to work daily. Those more than three quarters of an hour, however, barely suppose less than 30 kilometers of journeyso the average speed is very low. This is decisive when it comes to understanding the cars offered. Chinese brands themselves have explained that the paths that are made by car are usually urban and rarely cover long distances such as in Europe and the United States. That is why they have cars where the space for the rear seats is prevail, the trunk is removed … and priority is given to the infotainment systems. The latter has been key to understanding market evolution. More and more the customer prefers to give priority to the voice controls of the vehicle, their connectivity with … Read more

The rare earth war has arrived in Spain. And it is in Ciudad Real where mining and ecology are confronted

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If there is an resource that dominates the geopolitical panorama of today, that is that of the Rare earth. Are essential for many technological fields among which are electric vehiclessystem elements renewable energies and the technological world in general, and China dominates both its mining and its production. The rest of the world seeks a new ‘El Dorado’ of Rare Earth to be able to exploit, and it turns out that In Spain there is a very sweet site. It is in Ciudad Real, but it will not be so easy to extract its resources. I have land (rare). In Spain it is estimated that there are several rare earth deposits. Mount Galiñeiro in Galicia is one of them, In Gran Canaria It is also estimated that there are large quantities, in Cádiz and Almería there are also deposits and more of the same Between Salamanca and Zamora. Another important site is in the field of Montiel, in Ciudad Real, and something that practically everyone has in common is that their extraction seems complicated. Not so much because of the technical issue (extracting rare earths is not a problem, neither does its production), but by the environmental counterpart. It is a potentially polluting activity that is very regular in Europe (that is why China was doing with all the control) and that meets an added inconvenience: Spanish deposits are usually close to environmental areas of interest. Matamulas. Although in recent years it has been evidenced that rare earths are a Throwing weapon on the world geopolitical stageit really has been looking for the independence of China for years. In 2015, the Spanish company Quantum Mining It started to study the land in the Manchega region of Campo de Montiel, where municipalities such as Valdepeñas or Torrenueva are located. In general, the area of ​​mules, matamulas and auctione. It is Torrenueva the town that is right next to the great mining site that sought to exploit Quantum Mining And that, according to his studies, he is up to Monacita. Under this term we have elements and minerals such as Cerio, Neodimio, Torio or Lantano and is not very common in Europe. To the load. In a recent one video (Although, as we say, this comes from long), Quantum Mineria affirms that the production of Montiel’s Camp Build 350,000 electric cars or 10,000 wind generators. There is a problem: those rare earths are under large extensions of cultivation, mainly cereal. The company’s plan is to temporarily remove the half -meter vegetation layer that, they affirm, will carefully retain, once the mining process is over, restore it and leave it as it was. The backhoes remove the layer of land containing the monacite and all this takes to a plant in which the interesting thing is signed of what does not. This is done without using polluting chemicals and, once the monacite is on the one hand and the earth without interest on another, return it to the ground and place the previously removed crop. The machinery works by sectors of one hectare, without interrupting adjacent agriculture and claim that, once the land is restored, it can be re -cultivated “in better conditions than the originals.” Criticism. They complement their allegation by stating that they would create industry, help repopulate the area, attract jobs and encourage conditions for traditional agricultural and livestock activities. It is not something that has convinced neighbors or environmental organizations. In 2016, Ecologists in Action alleged that the environmental impact on the 27,500 hectares in which it was projected to work would be severe. Worry. Among other issues, water worried. From the organization, they affirmed that between 310,000 and 500,000 cubic meters of water a year, which would have to multiply for ten years of mining activity to cover all the estimated hectares. It was not logical in a region in which the problems of water supply in droughts are not rare, with overexploited aquifers and an intense agricultural activity of the economy in the area. Brake. To this we must add that in the area there are two Zepas (Areas of special protection for birds) and is a place of presence of the lynx. With all this in mind, and after two years of social struggle, the CLM government gave folder to the matter in 2017. Load return. In recent years, in different forums it has been followed defending The suitability of the area as a strategic enclave so that Spain – and Europe – stop depending both on the importation of strange earth elements of China, arguing that it is key to decarbonization and energy transition, but also defending the environmental respect of the activity. It was at the beginning of 2024 when Quantum Mining He returned To request permits to carry out a research project to quantify the amount of rare earths in the Montiel field, referring to the “high risk of supply interruptions” due to China’s strategic movements of the previous months. Quantum affirms that his process is respectful of existing crops Abandoned mines. Given this new attempt, environmentalist in action reacted again, but also proposed a solution. Joan Evans, responsible for mining in the organization, pointed out that the abandoned mines that are already in Spain could be exploited again, in whose dump there are “very important quantities” of rare earths. Before the resurgence of Quantum, both neighbors and the Diputación de Ciudad Real and the Platform ‘Yes to living earth‘They returned to oppose to the granting of permits. Given this new rejection, Javier Merino, president of Quantum Mining, affirmed that its activity would be “totally compatible with the traditional activities of the area” and that the rejection climate is due to the propagation of “false news with photographs of mining farms that have nothing to do with our project.” “The most ecological in the world”. As a support for the activities of Quantum, the Secretary General of Primigea -the Spanish Confederation of the Mineral Raw Materials Industries – affirmed Recently that “a … Read more

It’s like ‘champions’ but in real image, it’s full of absurd humor and has just arrived in Netflix

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It is possible that although you have not seen ‘Shaolin Soccer‘, that He has just arrived in Netflixyou know her through the many memes and clips that circulate from it on the Internet. Possibly you have seen a football game in which players, all Chinese, make martial arts, paralyze time, make exaggerated acrobatics or a goalkeeper dressed in Bruce’s yellow monkey in ‘Dragon Operation’ chains spectacular stops. Now you have the opportunity to watch the full movie, which we guarantee that it is up to those clips. An absolute delirium in which un monk Shaolin is obsessed with popularizing the Kung Fu Among modern society. A reunion with a friend, former failed footballer, will lead them to launch an absurd apparent idea: form a team that mixes football with martial arts. Stephen Chow is the director and protagonist of this film, and also an absolute star of the Chinese comedy. If you have seen any other production of yours, it is possibly the absolutely trchantest ‘kung fu sion’ (also You have it in Netflix), which coincides with this in much of the cast, or perhaps the most recent and also hilarious ‘Las Sirenas’. Perhaps these are the most affordable for the non -Asian public, but if you like them, you have a little filmography full of parodies of all kinds, and in which jewels of absurd and incorrect humor shine as’ Love on delivery ‘,’ The God of Cookry ‘or’ from Beijing with love ‘. ‘Shaolin Soccer’ was shot when ‘Matrix0 had just sweetened on screens around the world and special effects type Bullet Time They also abound here, although instead of showing the ballistic choreographies of Neo and Trinity, they are at the service of absurd football expertise, and where the VAR has no reason to be. If you like football, this can be your life movieand if not, with more reason … too. In Xataka | In China, mythical heroes ridicule Marvel. And the box office of this animated film shows it again

Some researchers claim to have created an AI as good as those of Openai and Deepseek for $ 50. And the data is real

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The cost of training of models of artificial intelligence (IA) More advanced is in the spotlight. And it is understandable that it is so. The irruption of the Chinese company model Deepseekwhich presumably has A moderate training costhas questioned the strategy and investments deployed so far by OpenAi, Google or Microsoft, among other companies. A brief review before moving forward: those responsible for Deepseek argue that the infrastructure they have used to train their agglutin model 2,048 chips H800 of Nvidia. And also that this process with 671,000 million parameters has cost 5.6 million dollars. However, some analysts defend that these figures do not reflect reality. The report prepared by SEMIANALYSIS He maintains that, in reality, the infrastructure used by Deepseek to train his AI model approximately 50,000 NVIDIA GPU with Hopper MicroAritecture. According to Dylan Patel, AJ Kourabi, Doug O’Laughlin and Reyk Knuhttsen, at least 10,000 of these chips are GPU H100 of Nvidia, and at least another 10,000 are GPU H800. The remaining chips, according to these analysts, are the cuts cut H20. The ‘S1’ model takes more firewood On January 31, a group of researchers from Stanford University and the University of Washington, both in the US, published in the repository of open access scientific articles Arxiv A text in which it claims to have managed to train an AI model with reasoning capacity and benefits comparable to those of OPENAI or DEPEEEK O1 models facing an investment of just under $ 50. A boat soon seems impossible. With that money a priori it is absolutely unfeasible to train an artificial intelligence model. And less an advanced and capable of competing from you to you with those of OpenAi or Deepseek. However, it is true. To understand how they have achieved it We need to investigate the strategy they have devised. On the one hand, those 50 dollars represent the cost of renting the cloud computing infrastructure to which they have resorted to carry out the training. It makes sense if the time invested is very moderate. ‘S1’ has been elaborated from the free qwen2.5-32b model developed by the Chinese laboratory Qwen But there is something else. Something very important. His reasoning model, which they have called S1, has been elaborated from the free artificial intelligence model QWEN2.5-32B developed by the Chinese Laboratory Qwen, alibaba. And its reasoning process is inspired by the GEMINI 2.0 Flash Thinking Google model. They have not left zero at all. An interesting note: the S1 model is available in GITHUB together with the data and code used by these scientists to train it. On the other hand, the training process lasted less than 30 minutes using only 16 NVIDIA H100 chips belonging to the cloud computing network used by these researchers. From here comes the cost of Somewhat less than 50 dollars. However, there is another data that is worth not overlooked: the S1 Reasoning Model has been generated by distillation of the Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking experimental model. Distillation is, in broad strokes, an automatic learning technique that allows the knowledge base to be transferred from a large and advanced model to a much smaller and efficient. This strategy saves many resources, although it does not serve to create models from scratch. Beyond the caraded 50 dollars of cost, the really important thing is that, as we have just verified, it is possible to put to tuning models of very competitive facing a much more restrained investment than those made by the large technology companies so far. Image | Luis Gomes More information | Arxiv | GITHUB In Xataka | Samsung is preparing to give TSMC a bars where it hurts most: the manufacture of the chips for ia

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