Science and Technology
By Sarah Yáñez-Richards New York (EFE).- OpenAI kicked off its annual DevDay developer conference on Tuesday with a strong focus on automation through intelligent agents, on a day when live technical demonstrations suffered several setbacks and cybersecurity concerns were highlighted by halted launches and street protests. Humanism versus industrial automation...
Washington, (EFE).- The United States President Donald Trump claimed he will not slow down the development of artificial intelligence, as he considers the country to be ahead of China and the rest of the world. «We are leading now over China, and everyone else, and I’m going to keep it...
New York (EFE).- John Ternus made his debut on Wednesday as Apple’s new chief executive officer, leading the tech giant’s major annual hardware event. The pre-recorded presentation, spanning nearly an hour and 20inutes, formalized the handover of power from Tim Cook and set the company’s course in the era of...
Paris, Sep 9 (EFE).- The International Space Summit began Wednesday in Paris, channeling 5 billion euros in contracts and investments, primarily for the European aerospace sector, seeking to close the gap with powers such as the United States and China. Promoted by French President Emmanuel Macron, the two-day event also...
By Guillermo Benavides Beijing, Sep 9 (EFE).- Seventy-five years after Chinese troops entered Lhasa, the battle over Tibet’s history has expanded beyond textbooks and monuments into artificial intelligence, with Chinese AI models largely reproducing Beijing’s official account while refusing or restricting responses to politically sensitive questions. On Sep. 9, 1951,...
![[FILE] SHANGHAI (CHINA), July 17, 2026.— Artificial intelligence (AI) servers on display at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC), China's leading trade fair dedicated to the technology. EFE/Víctor Escribano](https://i0.wp.com/efe.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/rss-efe22eee9fd563cef10fb83982c54a5ee2327ccb6bfw.webp?fit=1024%2C683&ssl=1)
Beijing, Sep 7 (EFE).- China’s Supreme People’s Court on Monday released judicial guidelines specifying the circumstances under which the use of deepfakes and other forms of AI-generated content may incur legal liability. According to the court, creating or distributing AI-generated replicas of a person’s face or voice without consent, as...
United Nations, Sep 4 (EFE).- The United Nations General Assembly adopted on Friday a resolution, spearheaded by Togo, to adopt a world map that more accurately reflects the size of the continents, particularly Africa, which for centuries has appeared disproportionately small. The resolution promotes the gradual phasing out of the...
Toronto, Canada (EFE).- Public institutions and private companies in Canada scrambled on Monday to correct their digital maps after several services displayed the name «Lake America» instead of Lake Ontario over the weekend. The shift followed Google’s decision to adapt its cartography to an executive order from the United States...
Guadalajara, Mexico, Aug 14 (EFE).- Researchers in Mexico discovered six types of “zombie fungi” capable of infecting ants and manipulating their behavior until they die; one was named in honor of Mexican filmmaker Guillermo del Toro and his fascination with monstrous creatures. César Ballesteros, a scientist at the University of...
Paris (EFE).- The French Parliament has definitively passed a law banning access to social media for children under 15. This makes France the first country in Europe to implement such a general restriction, with the government aiming for enforcement by the start of the next school year. «France is leading...
![[FILE] Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer stands in front of a display reading 'AI' as he attends a press statement during a location summit on 'Impulses for Europe as a business location' organized by the Austrian Government at the headquarters of Austrian photovoltaic manufacturer Fronius International GmbH in Pettenbach, Austria, 14 March 2024. Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer points up that it is necessary to reduce energy and production costs, strengthen research and innovation and to cut bureaucracy at national and EU level to support European industry and companies in a market competition with the US, China and Latin America. EFE/EPA/CHRISTIAN BRUNA](https://i0.wp.com/efe.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/rss-efe9cea9029566dad85e8bca00fe5bdcf54747778b8w.webp?fit=1024%2C683&ssl=1)
Beijing, July 18 (EFE).- Chinese startup Moonshot AI has unveiled Kimi K3, which it describes as the world’s largest open-source artificial intelligence model, claiming it outperforms several leading systems from OpenAI and Anthropic in key benchmarks amid an intensifying tech rivalry between Beijing and Washington. Moonshot AI said Kimi K3...
Berlin (EFE).- German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and French President Emmanuel Macron reaffirmed their commitment to defense cooperation during a Franco-German cabinet meeting on Friday, further strengthening ties between Berlin and Paris. The second ministerial meeting of its kind, co-chaired by the two leaders, took place at Augustusburg Castle, an 18th-century...
