News of artificial intelligence

Latam-GPT: a Latin American AI to combat US-centric bias

10-02-2026 07:39 Chile set to launch Latam-GPT, an open-source artificial intelligence model designed to combat biases built by the primarily US-centric industry.

As I see it

Under the shadow of Artificial Intelligence

31-01-2026 06:27 Could AI start programming itself in a malevolent way? Can it be coaxed into taking a philanthropic approach to the problems it is asked to solve? How can you make a machine with a 10-figure IQ obey you?

by James Neilson

Analysis

Investment or political marketing? Analysing OpenAI’s Argentina announcement

11-10-2025 09:36 Announcement by President Javier Mileil’s government of plans to create a mega AI data centre in Patagonia raises questions about its feasibility and geopolitical aims.

TECH & INVESTMENT

OpenAI, Sur Energy to build massive AI data centre in Patagonia

10-10-2025 16:07 US tech firm OpenAI and Argentine firm Sur Energy sign letter of intent for US$25-billion investment in artificial intelligence; Companies plan joint venture to develop Stargate Argentina, a massive AI infrastructure project that will include a data centre in Patagonia.

Crime & Security

Trial confirmed for 19-year-old accused of creating AI porn of schoolmates

24-09-2025 12:57 Former student who used Artificial Intelligence to create fake porn images and videos of schoolmates will stand trial, confirms Córdoba court; If convicted, the defendant could receive prison sentence of between three and 20 years in jail.

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Poll finds public turning to AI bots for news updates

16-06-2025 20:39 People are increasingly turning to generative artificial intelligence chatbots like ChatGPT to follow day-to-day news.

TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY

AI chatbot helps victims of digital sexual violence in Latin America

12-03-2025 18:29 Two digital sexual violence survivors band together and leverage AI to create a new platform – OlimpIA – to support other women in similar situations.

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

“LatAmGPT”: Latin America to have its own AI model in 2025

14-02-2025 17:00 Data recognising the multicultural diversity of Latin America is being incorporated into the region's new artificial intelligence model, with experts calling for technological independence.

As I see it

The quest for the new philosopher’s stone

01-02-2025 09:07 For good or ill, Artificial Intelligence is the philosopher’s stone of the age we are living in.

by James Neilson

Digital Learning

UK's first AI classroom without teachers sparks debate

28-01-2025 12:39 Computers are teaching core curriculum subjects to students at David Game College in an artificial intelligence pilot as UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer pledges to make Britain an "AI superpower."

Artificial Intelligence

DeepSeek, Chinese AI startup roiling US tech giants

28-01-2025 11:25 Fears of upheaval in the AI gold rush rocked Wall Street, following the emergence of a popular ChatGPT-like model from China, with US President Donald Trump saying it was a "wake-up call" for Silicon Valley.

INTERVIEW

‘Totalitarian potential’ – Yuval Noah Harari warns of the risks of Artificial Intelligence

04-10-2024 06:46 Renowned Israeli intellectual presents his latest book 'Nexus,' warning that the failure to regulate AI and the algorithms controlled by technological corporations could pave the way to dictatorship.

by Cecilia Degl'Innocenti

G7 SUMMIT

G7 summit: Pope calls for ban on 'lethal autonomous weapons'

14-06-2024 10:47 Francis, the first head of the Catholic Church to ever attend a G7 summit, calls for ban on "lethal autonomous weapons" as he discusses challenges of artificial intelligence.

Tech giants

Milei adviser expects major tech investments within eight weeks

07-06-2024 16:44 Javier Milei's senior adviser Demian Reidel is confident Argentina will be able to announce significant investments from Silicon Valley in the coming weeks.

INTERVIEW WITH WORLDCOIN BOSS

Alex Blania: ‘In the next few years, thousands of humans will fall deeply in love with an AI’

10-05-2024 12:51 The CEO of Tools for Humanity, the company behind Worldcoin, on technology and ethics, Artificial Intelligence and the use of private data.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

News of artificial intelligence

Latam-GPT: a Latin American AI to combat US-centric bias

Under the shadow of Artificial Intelligence

Investment or political marketing? Analysing OpenAI’s Argentina announcement

OpenAI, Sur Energy to build massive AI data centre in Patagonia

Trial confirmed for 19-year-old accused of creating AI porn of schoolmates

Poll finds public turning to AI bots for news updates

AI chatbot helps victims of digital sexual violence in Latin America

“LatAmGPT”: Latin America to have its own AI model in 2025

The quest for the new philosopher’s stone

UK's first AI classroom without teachers sparks debate

DeepSeek, Chinese AI startup roiling US tech giants

‘Totalitarian potential’ – Yuval Noah Harari warns of the risks of Artificial Intelligence

G7 summit: Pope calls for ban on 'lethal autonomous weapons'

Milei adviser expects major tech investments within eight weeks

Alex Blania: ‘In the next few years, thousands of humans will fall deeply in love with an AI’

Argentina raises security for ‘sensitive sites’ as US, Israel attacks Iran

Social drama: Argentina's homeless crisis

Explainer: Key points of Milei’s newly passed labour reform package

Argentina’s Congress approves labour reform in win for Milei

Milei: Dominant in decay

El "operativo recorte" llegó a Diputados: lanzaron un plan de retiros voluntarios

Bregman le contestó a Milei tras sus dichos sobre "la chilindrina troska": "Fue un chiste más que no deja de ser machista"

Marcela Pagano contra el Gobierno por Nahuel Gallo: "No lo devolvieron antes porque nadie lo reclamó"

Israel bombardeó la oficina presidencial en Teherán y los muertos por los ataques ya suman 787

Descuento del 55% en colectivos, trenes y subtes: quiénes pueden acceder y cómo tramitarlo en marzo 2026