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Today, at last, it is expected that there will be a truce in Gaza, although everything can change at any moment. Q*, meanwhile, is the (latest) tool of (supposed) artificial super intelligence that makes us fear for the future.
In the middle of a war it is clear that nothing is certain and everything can change. Yesterday the planned four-day ceasefire in Gaza in exchange for hostages was postponed to today. Today we hope that it will not happen again. For now it is moving forward but doubts abound.
Spain experiences them closely given that it holds the presidency of the Council of the EU and it is with this flag that Pedro Sánchez visits Israel and Palestine, advocates for recognizing the Palestinian State, and urges Netanyahu to stop the humanitarian catastrophe. Next stop: Cairo.
Everything seems small in the face of a drama that is summed up in the father from Gaza who writes the names of his children on his arms and wrists so that he can distinguish them in case they die under the bombs. The death toll only increases, but they are not just a number.
Artificial superintelligence is put on the table as a result of the crisis within OpenAI: engineers warned before Altman’s dismissal that the company is working on Q*, a “destructive” tool capable of making autonomous decisions.
The strike that was to begin today in Renfe against the transfer of Rodalies to the Generalitat of Catalonia is suspended when an agreement on guarantees for the workers is reached. It summarizes well, however, the suspicions that the changes to come arouse.
The ‘European Trump’. This is how Geert Wilders, the far-right leader who won the recent elections in the Netherlands, is sometimes cited, the person who tests Dutch democracy and the EU, with Orbán’s permission. The conservatives, potential partners, let themselves be loved.
An Argentine boy, Faustino Oro, only ten years old, breaks the precocity records of chess legends such as Fisher, Kasparov and Carlsen, and now aims to be the youngest International Master in history. His move to Spain could be crucial.
Federica Tremolada, general director at Spotify. “Spanish sounds have a strong impact on the world.” Read it here.
Napoleon, the friend of Catalonia? Today, Ridley Scott’s long-awaited film about Napoleon opens in theaters, a good excuse to reconstruct how and why Catalanism used the French invasion to reinforce the demand for a State.
Notice for sailors: cases of flu, covid and other viruses are increasing, which “announces the arrival of epidemic waves” and only a quarter of the at-risk population and those over 60 years of age have been vaccinated. The peak can occur in two-three weeks.
Spain, the country of a thousand amnesties. The controversy over the proposed amnesty for events related to the Catalan process goes on for a long time… but this measure of grace has also been used for a long time by Spanish governments of all colors and even for their own benefit.
Daniel Arias Aranda, professor of Business Organization. “University students are not in class, they are on Instagram.” Read it here.
IMA SANCHÍS