An investigation by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) revealed in recent days more than 120,000 documents about Uber, revealing an unsuspected level of corruption, reopening the debate on the need for regulation of digital platforms. What do the Uber Papers reveal and what consequences will it bring? By: Gabriel E. Levy B. www.galevy.com …
Although Google has transformed the scope of Internet searches, making an exponential leap in the improvement of information classification and identification models and methodologies, as the inexhaustible production of data reaches almost infinite volumes of bytes, the world is urging for new technologies to efficiently manage the avalanche of information that is produced every second …
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Although artificial intelligence is improving many aspects of human life by making processes more efficient and reducing the probability of error, the development of highly sophisticated algorithms hides a great danger that could increase the currently widening social gaps in the world, as revealed by multiple studies that have been carried out in the United …
Discrimination, Poverty and Algorithms: An Explosive Mix Read More »
Finding something on the Internet is one of the biggest challenges that have resulted from the formation of our current information society and although in the collective imagination the simplest answer is to use Google, there is an open-source technology behind the scenes that is changing the way we search for and retrieve information from …
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At present, large global projects that aim to massively provide high-speed Internet for both urban and rural areas are in progress. On one hand, Google intends to implement a network of more than a thousand satellites that allow internet access in remote places [1], while the company Oneweb is looking to install around 1900 satellites …
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By: Gabriel E. Levy B. After a night of celebration, joy, madness, alcohol and excesses, the subsequent consequence will be an uncomfortable “hangover” accompanied by remorse and guilt for the excesses [1]. In the same way, after three decades of celebrating the great changes caused by the development of the Internet, of being amazed by …
Although just mentioning the subject seems like a science fiction matter or a bold chapter of Black Mirror, without realizing it and in a very subtle, but forceful way, millions of people in the world have an algorithm, software, neural system or a code based on Artificial Intelligence as their boss or immediate superior. What …
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In America, the strong neoliberal regulatory tradition has promoted ex-post regulatory schemes, that is, we regulate long after changes occur, which allows the market to adjust itself during implementation periods. But although experience has shown that subsequent regulation allows for greater innovation, it is also true that it generates a notable absence of the State …
Should the new stage of Artificial Intelligence include an ex-ante regulation? Read More »
One of the most striking features of the Internet is its ability to silently transform various aspects of social, political, cultural and, indeed, economic dynamics. In the midst of the polarization that exists in many parts of the world between those who defend a neo-liberal free market economic model and those who advocate for economic …
Digital Transformation is one of the biggest challenges that today’s societies are forced to assume, implement and promote in a medium term. It is a change that is no longer optional, since it permeates an increasing number of sectors, from the technological, social, economic, political and cultural perspectives. Unlike previous stages of digitalization processes, something …
