Will Rinehart: “A pact to curb AI could violate antitrust law”

Will Rinehart: “A pact to curb AI could violate antitrust law”

Will Rinehart (Springfield, Illinois, 1985) is a senior researcher at the think tank American Enterprise Institute specializing in the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on the business world and the labor market. This week he is in Barcelona for the Forward summit held by the employers’ association Foment del Treball. In a meeting with La Vanguardia, Rinehart takes the opportunity to analyze the industry landscape in light of recent announcements advocating for slowing down technological advances.

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The Ibex loses 20,000 points pressured by oil and tension with Iran

The Ibex loses 20,000 points pressured by oil and tension with Iran

The Ibex 35 tries this Tuesday to hold on to 20,000 points after four consecutive sessions of declines and on a day again marked by tension between the United States and Iran. The Spanish benchmark started practically flat, with a slight advance of 0.02%, up to 19,985 points, after having lost 0.87% yesterday and saying goodbye to the historic closing high of 20,300 points that it reached just at the beginning of this August.

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Smoke signals

Smoke signals

The Government’s explanations about what happened in Ceuta after almost a month without going into details are starting to arrive and, with them, the first contradictions. When someone makes a mistake, they usually resort to the manual of confusion to cover up responsibilities. The minister…

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PSOE counterattacks Vox's "national priority" with an offensive for "citizen equality"

PSOE counterattacks Vox’s “national priority” with an offensive for “citizen equality”

If the far-right Vox decided to pressure the Popular Party by presenting initiatives in all town halls in favor of the principle of “national priority,” putting Alberto Núñez Feijóo’s party in a tight spot in all territories following the investiture agreements sealed in Extremadura, Aragón, and soon in Castilla y León, now it is the PSOE who is counterattacking, and this Sunday it announced that it will register initiatives, in the form of motions or bills, in town halls, regional parliaments, the General Courts, the Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces (Femp), and the European Parliament, “to defend the principle of citizen equality that the PP and Vox intend to break with the concept of national priority.”

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Corsican terrorism resurges and threatens the French who settle on the island

Corsican terrorism resurges and threatens the French who settle on the island

Corsican terrorism, which had been dormant in recent years, has made a spectacular reappearance, with a highly media-driven staging. At a clandestine press conference, attended only by the local newspaper Corse-Matin, a group of hooded and heavily armed men, under a banner with the initials of the National Liberation Front of Corsica (FLNC), threatened the French from the mainland who settle on the island and called the new autonomy project being discussed in the Paris Parliament a “masquerade.”

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Washing machines that take care of clothes, refrigerators that say what they are missing, and ovens that don’t burn cakes: AI arrives in appliances

Washing machines that take care of clothes, refrigerators that say what they are missing, and ovens that don’t burn cakes: AI arrives in appliances

Artificial intelligence today invades every aspect of technologies that until just a few years ago had never been related to it. There is no manufacturer who prides themselves on attending the IFA fair in Berlin, the most important consumer electronics show in Europe, without AI being present among the functions of their devices, a way to optimally automate multiple functions without the user having to learn new things every time they acquire a device. For that, in most cases, it is necessary for the algorithms to be able to analyze in some detail what they have in front of them. The solution is cameras, which are beginning to be present in practically all types of devices. Eyes for AI.

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The Biennial of Digital Arts is born to make Barcelona the international capital of the sector

The Biennial of Digital Arts is born to make Barcelona the international capital of the sector

Among the amalgam of festivals and digital centers such as Sónar+D, Mira, Offf, or Ideal, Barcelona is advancing towards becoming the capital of digital art. It is practically already so in Europe, but the ambition is to become a benchmark by crossing even more borders in the medium term. To achieve this latter goal, the Biennal d’Arts Digitals has been launched, with the essential support of public administrations: the City Council and the Generalitat Government, together with the Barcelona Creativity & Design Foundation and the collaboration of the Ministry of Culture. The platform aims to serve as an umbrella for all digital initiatives to, in addition to that primary goal, promote co-production between local and international agents and bring digital arts closer to the public.

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