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MΛRC VIDΛL

@marcvidal wrld.org
economic analyst and technology communicator
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MΛRC VIDΛL 4h

The author asserted that the editor-in-chief of IEEE Spectrum had acknowledged that his human reviewers could not distinguish an AI-generated scientific article from a genuine one. According to the author, the admission came after an internal experiment in which a fake article was published with very few modifications. https://t.co/WWWfpJCUK2 #IA #Ciencia #Tecnología #US (translated)

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MΛRC VIDΛL 2d

The author claimed that Apple had released iOS 27.2 with an age estimation system based on a selfie. According to what he wrote, the user had to turn their head in four directions for the system to determine if they were over 18 years old. He also indicated that the feature was activated during a creation process, although he did not specify which one. https://t.co/z806OlTLUT #Apple #iOS #Tecnología #US (translated)

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MΛRC VIDΛL 2d

The author wrote that Comcast laid off 912 employees in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Washington while deploying artificial intelligence agents to serve its customers. It was stated that the cost reorganization also created more than 1,100 new positions. https://t.co/YI94lh0fmi #Comcast #Desempleo #InteligenciaArtificial #US (translated)

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MΛRC VIDΛL 2d

The author noted that UBS employees were using more than 12,700 personal AI agents in their daily work. He also indicated that there were 608 use cases in production, an 81% increase compared to a year earlier, and that 18,000 developers were receiving AI support. https://t.co/MauWsAFzw6 #InteligenciaArtificial #UBS #Tecnología #CH (translated)

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MΛRC VIDΛL 2d

The author noted that oil had reached six-month highs, with Brent rising 2.37% to $117.56, following an attack with a naval mine against a tanker in the Strait of Hormuz. He also wrote that gold had fallen below $4,000 and that crude was accumulating its fourth consecutive month of increases. https://t.co/ZHekqIITeX #Petróleo #Economía #Mercados #IR #GB #US (translated)

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MΛRC VIDΛL 2d

The author noted that Fitch had revised the outlook for French debt to negative and that it expected it to reach 124% of GDP by 2028, compared to 115.7% by 2025. He also indicated that the French 10-year bond had surpassed 5.14%, its highest level since 2002. https://t.co/DrxLL7KcEn #Francia #Deuda #Economía #FR (translated)

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MΛRC VIDΛL 2d

The publication stated that Alphabet and Amazon had entered into negative free cash flow while the major tech companies exceeded $740 billion in AI investment by 2026. It also noted that their combined debt had tripled to $326 billion and argued that the business no longer covered those expenses. (translated)

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MΛRC VIDΛL 3d

The publication stated that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton had sued OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman, in a court in Collin County. According to the author, the lawsuit, filed on October 23, demanded that OpenAI identify the age of its users and requested that ChatGPT be banned. https://t.co/Q7L9hAAo7n #Texas #OpenAI #InteligenciaArtificial #US (translated)

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MΛRC VIDΛL 3d

The author noted that Intel had increased its revenue by 21%, but its shares were down about 25% in pre-market trading on Friday. He attributed the drop to the revenue forecast of between $15 billion and $16 billion for the last quarter, below the $17.07 billion expected by analysts. (translated)

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MΛRC VIDΛL 3d

The author wrote that Dream, founded by two former executives of Palantir, had raised 17 million dollars from a16z to develop AI models capable of designing complete buildings and that, according to the publication, they aimed to replace AutoCAD. https://t.co/lb9H2xj3fC https://t.co/cNVBMdA3Ge #IA #Tecnología #Innovación #US (translated)

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MΛRC VIDΛL 4d

The author pointed out that Google had consumed 9.065 billion in cash in the quarter and had lost 12% in the stock market, while Amazon maintained a capex of 220 billion and fell 7%. He added that Microsoft, which was still generating cash, had risen. He also wrote that for two years it was enough to announce investments in AI, but that week investors were already asking to see a return. (translated)

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MΛRC VIDΛL 4d

The author stated that 60,000 Microsoft employees had received an offer to leave while the company invested 175 billion in artificial intelligence. He also asked whether this meant the end of secure employment and why technology companies were shutting down the first rung. (translated)

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MΛRC VIDΛL 4d

The author stated that the French Senate approved on October 27, by 229 votes to 105, a bill that, as he wrote, started by regulating who should pay for the damages caused during riots and ended up incorporating surveillance measures and content removals without judicial intervention. https://t.co/AUE9gp8Bhf #Francia #LibertadDeExpresión #Ley #FR #FR (translated)

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MΛRC VIDΛL 4d

The publication stated that France had prepared a blackout of four social media networks and noted that Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu wrote on October 22 to the four main telecommunications operators to be ready to suspend access to Snapchat, TikTok, and Instagram for a few hours. https://t.co/LTxsIw6E0a #Francia #RedesSociales #Apagón #FR #X (translated)

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MΛRC VIDΛL 4d

The publication stated that the Polish Parliament had definitively approved a law that would allow for the blocking of internet content through administrative means and had sent it to the president for signing. It added that the text granted powers to the telecommunications regulator UKE. https://t.co/aL2wc7sbN8 #Polonia #LibertadDeExpresión #Internet #PL (translated)

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MΛRC VIDΛL 4d

The publication stated that Bank of America asked its customers not to share their banking password with an artificial intelligence assistant and claimed that if they did, they would assume legal responsibility. https://t.co/bRQqFyTb5m #BankOfAmerica #Ciberseguridad #IA #US (translated)

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MΛRC VIDΛL 4d

The author wrote that Google DeepMind had introduced Genie 4, a model that generated real-time interactive worlds with physics, its own sound, and credible characters, and that it was already being used to pose tasks to robots before testing them outside the simulator. He also remarked that the demonstration was the one that best summarized where the proposal was headed. (translated)

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MΛRC VIDΛL 5d

MARC VIDAL argued that a security system that depended on no one making mistakes was a criminal gamble. #Seguridad #Prevención #Riesgos (translated)

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MΛRC VIDΛL 5d

The author pointed out that, after the minister's press conference, she believed that that day was meant for respect and silence for the families, while questions would come the next day. She also stated that the signaling system of the line was malfunctioning and that, when it fell, it entered a mode, although the text did not specify which one. (translated)

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MΛRC VIDΛL 5d

The author expressed his solidarity with the victims of the Urda train accident and their families, and said that at that moment it was appropriate to accompany and help them. He added that, in a few days, the state of the railway system should be examined, which he described as unreliable and incapable of correcting a failure. #Solidaridad #AccidenteFerroviario #SistemaFerroviario #ES (translated)

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