Bogotá, Nov 28 (EFE).- These are the main technological news of the week in America.
1. You too, Microsoft
If Microsoft were happy about the possible dismemberment that Google may be subjected to, then that smile could gradually fade.
Because? Because the United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) opened an antitrust investigation against them.
Exactly, they want to examine their practices in areas such as cloud computing and artificial intelligence (AI) products.
It is not the first time that attempts have been made to bring down those founded by Bill Gates for this same issue, since the European Union (EU) considered opening an investigation into its million-dollar association with OpenAI.
But this process did not materialize.
Will it go as far as the case against Google? We’ll see.
2. USA vs. Google: la final
The judicial soap opera of the year entered its final phase.
On the one hand, lawyers from the United States Department of Justice presented their arguments and said that “Google manipulated the rules of the game” and asked the judge to sanction the company for its anticompetitive behavior.
Those of the colorful G, for their part, maintained that the accusations of monopoly are unfounded and that those of Justice have failed to prove their claims.
And, to add, they argued that the Government does not adequately understand the online advertising market or the intense competition that characterizes this sector.
The decision in the case, on which Google’s future as a company could depend, is now in the hands of Judge Leonie Brinkema, of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.
How will it end? We’ll see.
3. A misstep for OpenAI
Not everything in the path of AI is continuous progress. There are also mistakes and steps in wrong directions.
OpenAI, the creator of the famous ChatGPT, seems to have stepped into a gap with ‘Sora’, a generative video tool, and decided to hit the ‘off’ button.
The artists who participated in the first tests of ‘Sora’ issued a statement with numerous criticisms of OpenAI for how it has exploited their image to promote the tool.
Well, they didn’t do well at all in the comments. The artists denigrated ‘Sora’ and claimed that they are not “free bug testers, PR puppets, training data, validation tokens.”
“We believe that we are instead being tricked into doing an ‘art whitewash’ and telling the world that ‘Sora’ is a useful tool for artists,” according to the letter posted on the AI development site Hugging Face.
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A little harsh, huh?
4. Huawei finally hates Android
After several years, the Chinese at Huawei were finally able to develop a completely own operating system.
This is HarmonyOS Next, completely independent of Android and which was developed, according to the Chinese company, to surpass both Google’s tool and Apple’s iOS.
In this regard, Huawei hopes not to have the luck of manufacturers like Amazon with the Fire phone; Microsoft, and the legendary Blackberry and its BlackBerry OS.
Huawei was the number one victim of the war that Donald Trump, in his first presidency, unleashed against everything that sounded like China, and even vetoed its commercialization in US territory.
Let’s see how Huawei phones do with HarmonyOS Next!
5. Good thoughts
To think some time ago that human beings could move limbs affected by paraplegia again thanks to the action of chips belonged to fiction.
But Elon Musk lives in the future and from there he announced that his company Neuralink received authorization to test a technology that allows paraplegic people to control a robotic arm with their thoughts.
This will be done through a new feasibility trial to extend control of its brain-computer interface (BCI) through the N1 Implant to an investigational robotic arm.
In January, Neuralink said it had implanted its first brain chip in a human, and in July it said it was ready to implant a second brain chip.
We’re with you on this one, Mr. Musk!
6. Colombia, in the footsteps of Australia
It could be said that in much of the world there is major concern about the minimum age for access to social networks.
In Australia, it is one step away from becoming law that access is only from 16 years of age. Well, in Colombia the authorities want it to be from the age of 14.
“Early exposure to social networks can have serious consequences on the mental health of our children and adolescents, including increased anxiety, depression and self-esteem problems,” said the Minister of Information and Communication Technologies (MinTIC). , Mauricio Lizcano, who supports the initiative.
The project looks set to prosper since it was approved by the Sixth Senate Commission and aims to guarantee the safety, health and well-being of children and adolescents in digital environments.
The bill proposes the creation of a ‘School for Parents’, something like a platform to guide parents and caregivers in the responsible use of social networks.
It sounds nice, but we’ll see how it lands in reality.
7. Prizes for those who arrive last… or not at all
The video game industry lives waiting for the releases that occur on the date they are promised… and they generally tend to be great titles.
But what about those who jump in late, very late? Well, there is a ‘prize’ for them.
According to SomosXbox.com, in the coming days the 15th delivery of the Devolver Delayed Awards will take place, in which developers who live announcing titles that go from year to year without seeing the light of day are recognized.
We’ll see what those little games are that keep us waiting.
Luis Alejandro Amaya E.
(c) EFE Agency
