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Anthropic has verified in an experiment that several generative artificial intelligences are capable of threatening a person to prevent them from disconnecting them

Toxic behaviors, such as ghosting or intermittent flirting to maintain the other person’s interest, damage self-esteem, increase feelings of loneliness, and fuel dating app fatigue

Despite its undeniable advantages, using AI programs introduces latent threats such as biases, mental laziness, and cognitive debt

Many Android users suspect their devices are listening to them, but research shows personal information is leaking via Bluetooth and Wi-Fi

Searches on Apple devices are falling for the first time ever as more and more young people are turning to smart chatbots

An international police operation identified — but failed to arrest — the developers behind some of the most successful ransomware programs

New research shows that language models tend to repeat clichés they have learned in different languages

The fake news spiral lies in the success of online disinformation that pushes other media to produce similarly false content

Several books and essays analyze the need many people feel to take a break, disconnect from their cell phones, and enjoy life without the internet

AI-generated songs have made their way onto streaming services and it’s not just ambient or electronic music: fake bands, be they rock, salsa, or jazz, are also abundant

President Trump and his former star advisor, Elon Musk, have accelerated the deployment of a vast technological infrastructure that monitors the lives of millions of people. The system is focusing on immigrants — for now

A group of researchers has uncovered a system that Instagram and Facebook have been using since September 2024 to collect users’ web browsing history on Android devices

The increase in the cost of the service, which must be purchased primarily in US dollars, reflects the need to introduce foreign currency into a bankrupt economy

An expert on China and artificial intelligence security, whose conflict with Sam Altman made headlines, explains how she sees the evolution of this technology

Many citizens who don’t want to explain their employment status pay to rent a position in a fake office, with some even assigning fictitious tasks and organizing supervisory rounds

Tahrir Square in Egypt, the 15-M movement in Spain, Occupy Wall Street in New York… Perhaps the most iconic image of the 2010s is that of streets taken over by massive protests. These days, it’s almost impossible to find any trace of them. Journalist Vincent Bevins tries to explain what happened to those days when the world seemed to be on fire

The business is reinventing itself amid regulatory pressure, decreased earnings and the rise of new technologies

The state legislature has passed a bill requiring age verification for app downloads and is debating another bill to completely ban access for anyone under 18

Jerry Saltz quit his job as a truck driver to write about the New York art scene. His self-deprecating, direct style has earned him a Pulitzer Prize, as well as hundreds of thousands of followers on social media

Bangs, heavy eyeliner, black skinny jeans, and melancholy — these were the trademarks of the emo subculture, which experienced a massive boom among teenagers in the 2000s. Now, it seems to have disappeared. But could it make a comeback with Generation Alpha?

The massive power outage in Spain and Portugal is threatening telecommunications systems

The rise of Status AI, an app for interacting with AI-generated characters, is the latest example of a rapidly growing phenomenon that has yet to be fully studied

The largest European economy has serious coverage issues, and not just in isolated areas but also in large cities such as Berlin and Munich. A study found that mobile networks run at speeds slower than in Albania

The author talks to EL PAÍS about the search for more democratic alternatives to the current oligopolistic model of the digital world

Celebrities like Iker Casillas have become meme fodder over supposed overuse of a 15-year-old internet feature

According to research, one in 12 minors suffers some form of sexual abuse via the internet