Pedro Sánchez vows not to quit, and presents 15-point anti-corruption plan
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Wednesday pledged ‘not to throw in the towel’, despite a damaging corruption scandal engulfing his socialist PSOE party. Rather...
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Opposition party’s ‘Corruption Island’ video angers Dominican Republic
Spain’s main right-wing opposition party, the People’s Party (PP), has taken down an AI-generated attack video titled ‘Corruption Island’ which portrayed a shirtless Prime Minister Pedro...
AI and trade tensions take centre stage at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona
The world’s largest wireless technology event began on Monday in Barcelona, with the enthusiasm surrounding AI’s potential to revolutionise devices colliding with concerns over escalating...
Undersea cable linking USA & Spain from FB’s Meta ‘part of plan linking 5 continents’
Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta has said it will lay an undersea cable stretching across five continents to carry data, including for developing Artificial...
Spain overhauls ‘VioGén’ programme used to identify potential victims of domestic violence
The Spanish government has unveiled significant updates to a programme that uses an algorithm to identify potential repeat victims of domestic violence. The decision comes...
Guardia Civil investigate five youths over ‘deepfake’ pornography of underage girls
Spain’s Guardia Civil police said on Monday that they were investigating five youths suspected of using Artifical Intelligence (AI) to generate hyper-realistic nude images of 20...
Spanish government proposes new law to improve online safety for children
The Spanish government has proposed a new law to protect children from online threats that includes virtual restraining orders for felons, a higher age for...
Spain puts temporary ban on Worldcoin eyeball scans, over privacy concerns
Spain’s privacy regulator has ordered for Worldcoin, the company that scans eyeballs to make digital IDs in exchange for crypto, to cease its operations in the...
Artificial intelligence pioneers honoured with Princess of Asturias Award
Four scientists regarded as pioneers in the field of artificial intelligence (AI), were this week named as recipients of Spain’s 2022 Princess of Asturias Award...
Barcelona to host supercomputer to rival hubs in US and Asia
Barcelona is to host one of Europe’s three most powerful supercomputers from 1 January 2021, after being granted 100m euros by the EU – and...
