Technology

The new president of the video game developer King, which recently underwent two rounds of layoffs at its Barcelona headquarters, says they were unrelated to AI

After asking for help on social media, Bernardo Quintero has managed to locate the creator of the software that, besides infecting the university’s computers in the 1990s, sparked his passion for cybersecurity

The 30% cut in Meta’s budget for this technology can be seen either as a death sentence for the project or as a natural phase within a long-term strategy

EL PAÍS tested OpenAI’s child protection filters on three fictitious accounts. Mental health experts criticized the results, arguing that the measures are insufficient and fail to alert parents in time when their child reveals suicidal thoughts

The ability to give concise instructions to artificial intelligence is a key factor that that will separate employees in the work environment. AI prompting is no longer just a command, it’s the new lingo needed to navigate tomorrow’s world

The CEO of Microsoft AI and co-founder of DeepMind in 2010 reflects on today’s technological challenges: ‘My main hope is that everyone alive will feel the benefits of a revolution in intelligence that empowers them to achieve and do more’

The American publisher chose the term that describes low-quality photos and videos created en masse by AI

The author of ‘The Age of Surveillance Capitalism’ applauds the EU’s initiatives to curb big tech and calls on the bloc not to bow to pressure from Trump

Alexey Pajitnov and Ernő Rubik had a conversation with EL PAÍS in Spain, where the video game designer received an honorary award

The writer and professor has spent years analyzing the evolution of audiences and information consumption. She’s not optimistic about the future

The co-founder of Wikipedia, which is on the brink of turning 25 years old, says that his online encyclopedia is in good shape despite having been labeled ‘woke’ by the far right

Until recently, cheating meant having physical intimacy with another person, but not anymore. Today, mobile devices allow for an unprecedented kind of intimacy with others, while offering tons of explicit content. How does one reconcile this with having a partner? 

A study has analyzed 3,300 Spanish-speaking groups on the world’s most popular instant messaging application

Activist Antoinette Torres Soler has developed a GPT model that puts the thoughts and voices of Afro philosophers, politicians and creators center stage

Two studies show how artificial intelligence is more effective than traditional campaigns at persuading the electorate

The 3D modeling systems that made ‘Toy Story’ possible have been key to enabling unmanned aircraft to navigate and aim their weapons with greater precision

The technological race among industry giants and the wave of layoffs they have announced has revived the debate about the advisability of taxing automation

The head of Germany’s Sovereign Tech Agency believes that Europe must invest in open source to achieve technological independence

A study shows that the order in which platforms like X display content to their users affects their animosity towards other ideological groups

The platform’s update aims to eliminate bots that spread misinformation and spam

A study by researchers at Oxford and Utah State University argues that large language models are not yet capable of reasoning or generating innovative theories because they are limited to existing information

‘Dumb’ phones, parties without cells, internet without social media... Some young people feel they’re connecting with the pre-digital age but this nostalgia for a time they didn’t experience also has a political element

The platform has introduced an age-verification system following failures to protect minors, who are exposed to contact with unknown adults. This issue has alarmed parents, pediatricians, and prosecutors

The CEO of the leading US satirical website explains what to do when reality is crazy, and how he is trying to buy the website of a famous conspiracy theorist

The attack is ‘an escalation’ in hacking, said the company Anthropic, whose tool Claude was used to target large tech companies, financial institutions, chemical manufacturing companies and government agencies

A scientific team has managed to stack 41 layers of semiconductors, multiplying the density of the circuits by six, without needing to make them any smaller