Meta faces in California the largest trial held so far in the United States for the effects of social media on minors. The parent company of Instagram and Facebook estimates that the penalties could reach 1.4 trillion dollars, although the suing states have not made public the amount they will...
Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google DeepMind and 2024 Nobel laureate in Chemistry, urges the establishment of a global body to control AI before the end of 2026, an authority that would examine future artificial intelligence models before their release to try to detect potential risks to global security. He warns...
Brussels tightens the noose on Meta again. The European Commission has concluded this Friday, in a preliminary manner, that Instagram and Facebook could be in breach of the Digital Services Act (DSA) due to the "addictive" nature of their platform design. Under scrutiny by the Community Executive are some of...
The deployment positions MasOrange in a leadership position within the race for cutting-edge mobile connectivity, anticipating the arrival of the future 6G generation and consolidating its commitment to the country's digitalization. What is 5G Advanced 5G Advanced is the most advanced evolution of 5G and is considered the step prior to the...
“We do not want to put the sector in the hands of a competitor.” This is how blunt Meinrad Spenger, CEO of MasOrange, was in his speech at the latest sectoral meeting of the DigitalES Summit, regarding Telefónica's proposal to change the current regulation of access to its passive infrastructures...
The Secretary of State for Telecommunications and Digital Infrastructures, Antonio Hernando, has insisted on the importance of anticipating "megatrends" such as the demographic challenge, climate change, or digitalization. According to him, this anticipation has allowed Spain to achieve "an excellent balance," as reflected in the Digital Decade Report. "Now countries...
The Secretary of State for Digitalization and Artificial Intelligence, María González Veracruz, defended this Wednesday that artificial intelligence should be understood as an "infrastructure of citizenship" and called for leveraging the full potential of this technology to improve people's lives. She did so during the inauguration of the DigitalES Summit...
At music festivals, attendees currently access drinks through token systems that remain stored on their wristbands for the entire duration of the concerts. A similar model is what the European Parliament intends to approve this Tuesday for the proposal of the digital euro. Lawmakers will unblock an initiative that had...
The Xunta de Galicia is entering the final stretch of the processing of what will be the first autonomous law specific to digital education in Spain. The norm aims to establish a legal framework to regulate the rights and duties of students, families, teachers, and educational centers in the face...
European Parliament - Question. This week the Digital Omnibus was finally ratified. One of the main novelties is the change for medium-capitalization companies. How do you assess its potential impact on them? Answer. One of the main objectives of this omnibus was the so-called simplification, that is, to reduce the bureaucracy and...
The Internet of Things (IoT) continues to gain ground beyond cities, mobility, or the energy sector, and is making a strong entry into the tourism industry.After consolidating in hotels, museums, and transportation, the next phase is now heading towards the coast with the emergence of so-called "smart beaches," a model...
"The United States and the European Union need to be strong partners in AI. It is in our mutual interest". These were the words chosen by the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, during the session that the G7 leaders held with twelve technology platforms, including Meta,...
The digital transformation of Europe will once again be at the center of the debate on June 24 and 25 in Madrid. The capital will host a new edition of the DigitalES Summit, the main event of the Spanish technology sector, which will bring together representatives from the Government, European...
The Government has taken a new step to reinforce the Spanish candidacy for one of the five future European artificial intelligence gigafactories with the approval of the public-private company that will promote the Móra la Nova (Tarragona) project. However, the final decision is not in Madrid's hands, but in Brussels,...
The Council of Ministers is scheduled to authorize this Tuesday the creation of the commercial company responsible for developing and managing the European artificial intelligence (AI) gigafactory that Spain aims to locate in Móra la Nova (Tarragona).In the shareholding, Banco Santander, ACS, and Telefónica will be the three major private...
Brussels wants to run over the simplification as well through the legislation that turned the European Union into a pioneering power in the regulation of Artificial Intelligence. The objective is to harmonize the application of the rules and correct what the institutions call “practical challenges” detected during the implementation of...
The Ministry for Digital Transformation and Public Function has concluded the European Union's (EU) first regulatory 'sandbox' for artificial intelligence (AI), a supervised testing environment, with positive results, as detailed in an official statement.This Friday, the Government celebrated the closing ceremony of a pioneering initiative at the European level, whose...
Brussels is preparing for the arrival of new legislation capable of modernizing consumer protection in a data-driven era, where markets evolve at exponential rates. The European institutions want the future Digital Fairness Act (DFA) to adapt current rules to an economy increasingly driven by artificial intelligence, automation, and algorithmic personalization....
Allow artificial intelligence assistants to access WhatsApp without additional costs or entry barriers. That is the demand that the European Commission launched this Tuesday to the technology giant Meta within the framework of the provisional measures adopted while the ongoing antitrust investigation is being processed, given the risk that the...
Artificial intelligence continues to break adoption records. ChatGPT has reached 1 billion monthly active users on its application, a figure that makes it one of the fastest-growing digital platforms in history and consolidates the global impact of the technology developed by OpenAI. According to data from the analysis firm Sensor Tower...