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UNIMINUTO closes its 5th AI Conference with a message: "AI must help close gaps"
The Corporación Universitaria Minuto de Dios held its 5th Artificial Intelligence Conference on October 30, with experts from the technology, science and innovation sectors to discuss the challenges of higher education in times of AI. Its general rector, Harold de Jesús Castilla, said that well-used AI can close social gaps and called for putting humans at the center. The university presented AI governance pillars and agents that question students instead of giving them answers.
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GovTech Summit 2026 to bring startups and public entities together in Bogotá to close the gap between technology and the State
Bogotá will host the GovTech Summit 2026, a free event bringing together nearly 1,000 leaders from 11 countries on November 3 and 4 at the CEFE in Chapinero. Public officials, startups, technology companies, multilateral organizations and academics will discuss how technology can speed up procedures and public services. According to Colombia Tech, only 3% of Colombian startups work with the State. The event will include 12 Policy Labs and will feature Siim Sikkut, who led the digital transformation of Estonia's government.
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Santiago Bilinkis: "artificial intelligence is the best and worst invention in history"
Argentine entrepreneur, economist and science communicator Santiago Bilinkis warned about the risks of artificial intelligence in an interview with Juan Pablo Varsky on the program 'Clank'. He said it is "the best and worst invention in the history of humanity" and argued there are more ways for its development to go wrong than right. He compared it to nuclear energy, which can generate electricity or cure diseases but can also destroy. He said he cannot imagine what the world will look like in two years.
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Pope Leo XIV calls for progress toward banning lethal autonomous weapons
Pope Leo XIV urged the states meeting in Geneva in November to take "concrete steps" toward banning lethal autonomous weapons and reiterated that decisions on the use of force must remain under human control. He made the call during an audience with participants in the meeting "The Future of AI: A Dialogue between the Vatican and the Scientific Community." The pontiff said the debate on AI should not be limited to its technical capabilities but should also consider the purposes it should serve.
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Apple alerts its stores to inner display cracking issue on iPhone Duo
Apple sent a memo this week to its stores and authorized service providers, obtained by MacRumors, with guidance on diagnosing and addressing inner display cracking on the iPhone Duo: technicians should inspect the device and repair or replace it under standard procedures. The company says the issue affects a small number of units and that there is no recall or public repair program. iFixit attributes the failure to a defective hinge on affected units.
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Magdalena hands SUCOBA ballistic identification system to CTI
Magdalena Governor Margarita Guerra handed the SUCOBA Ballistic Identification System to the Technical Investigation Corps (CTI) of the Attorney General's Office, acquired with an investment of more than COP 1.352 billion. The tool will allow the analysis of ballistic evidence collected at different crime scenes, the identification of possible links between criminal incidents and elements to help clarify homicides. The delivery is part of the departmental administration's actions to strengthen authorities' capabilities and access to justice in Magdalena.
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Nariño seeks to turn artificial intelligence into local capabilities with the IA Nariño 2026 Summit
Pasto will host the IA Nariño 2026 Technology Summit on November 5 and 6, organized by the Government of Nariño through its ICT, Innovation and Open Government Secretariat, at the Hotel V1501. The agenda includes 18 conferences, a panel on gastric cancer and data analysis, and a technology showcase with live demonstrations. The meeting will address applications in health, security, justice, public management, agriculture and business transformation, and aims for representatives of the department's 64 municipalities to broaden knowledge appropriation.
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Google opens its twelfth physical store on November 6 in Houston
Google opens its Google Store Houston Galleria on Friday, November 6, at the shopping mall at 5085 Westheimer Rd, Houston, Texas. It is the company's eleventh store in the United States and twelfth worldwide, following the San Diego and Tokyo openings in 2026. The location sells Pixel phones, watches, headphones and smart home devices, and offers in-store pickup for online orders, on-site phone repairs, support and other events. Houston is the state's second store after Austin.
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Pasto to host the IA Nariño 2026 Technology Summit on November 5 and 6
The Government of Nariño, through its ICT, Innovation and Open Government Secretariat, is organizing the IA Nariño 2026 Technology Summit, to be held on November 5 and 6 at the Hotel V1501 in Pasto. The event will bring together representatives of the public sector, companies, universities and citizens around 18 conferences, a panel discussion and a technology showcase, covering topics such as health, security, justice, precision agriculture and business transformation. The Government recommends that each of the 64 municipal governments register teams of two or three officials.
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Government meets with private sector to boost productivity with AI through Sena
Colombia's National Government met with the private sector to analyze opportunities to bring artificial intelligence closer to the country's productive activities. Vice President José Manuel Restrepo, Trade Minister Mauricio Gómez Amín and Sena director fray Ricardo Torres Castro attended. The proposal seeks to identify, together with companies and economic sector representatives, the skills their workers need and to evaluate specialized training in applied AI.
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Reddit shares plunge 30% after company says Q3 search traffic was "down meaningfully"
Reddit shares fell 30% on Friday after the company said its search referral traffic was "down meaningfully" in the third quarter. The stock, which went public in 2024, was trading around $90.20 and has fallen 60% so far in 2026. Quarterly results beat forecasts, with revenue of $895 million (+53%), but investors reacted to a softer outlook for fourth-quarter revenue and user growth.
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Unicórdoba student creates AI and gamification platform to assess learning
Carlos Daniel Flórez Pacheco, a tenth-semester Systems Engineering student at the Universidad de Córdoba, developed a web platform that combines artificial intelligence and gamification to measure learning in higher education. Academic programs upload their learning outcomes and indicators, and the AI generates dynamic assessments tailored to each course. The tool turns questionnaires into sequential challenges, grades automatically and produces feedback reports for teachers and academic coordinators. The prototype will begin testing in the university's Industrial Engineering program.
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Rivian bets on autonomous driving as tech costs pressure R2 margins
Rivian is betting on point-to-point hands-free driving, custom silicon and robotaxis to compete with Tesla's FSD. RJ Scaringe devoted nearly half of the company's earnings call to highlighting autonomous driving technology. The outlet notes the push is an enormous gamble while the mass-market R2 is still scaling up, and that rising tech costs threaten that model's margins.
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Meta launches Style Sketch, an AI app that builds outfits from the clothes you already own
Meta launched Style Sketch, an application that uses artificial intelligence to suggest outfits based on each user's virtual wardrobe. The app lets users link an Instagram account to identify garments in published photos, or register them with a photo, a short video or from the phone gallery. It also offers virtual try-on of the outfits, weather-based recommendations and a tool to prepare travel luggage. According to TechCrunch, it is available on iOS and Android in Indonesia, Singapore and Thailand.
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Bildo, the AI platform that analyzes in minutes what can be built on a plot
Architect Emilia Hernández created Bildo, an artificial intelligence platform that performs regulatory analysis of plots and homes in minutes, compared with the days the manual process used to take. The user selects the property, enters a construction index and obtains area calculations, environmental and road affectations, permitted uses, number of floors and basements, and a downloadable PDF. It is active in Bogotá and Medellín, and at the end of the month it will add Cartagena, Barranquilla and Cali.
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Pope Leo XIV rejects granting legal identity and rights to artificial intelligence systems
Pope Leo XIV spoke out against granting legal identity or rights to artificial intelligence agents and argued that those responsible for their actions are their human creators. "Machines are tools, not persons," he said in a speech to industry experts gathered at the Vatican to discuss this technology and the responsibility of the scientific community and public institutions. He warned that recognizing rights for these systems could obscure human responsibility.
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Putin acknowledges Starlink's lead and says Russia is "taking the first steps" with its own satellite network
During a visit to an exhibition of Russian technological advances in Moscow, Vladimir Putin highlighted the reach of SpaceX's satellite internet network and admitted that Russia is only beginning to develop an alternative. "Elon Musk is a brilliant man, truly brilliant. How many satellites does he have in orbit? More than 5,000, and we are taking the first steps," he said. The Russian project, called Rassvet and run by Bureau 1440, already has more than 30 satellites in orbit, according to Digital Development Minister Maksut Shadayev.
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Apple Sent About 80% of Initial iPhone Duo Inventory to Its Stores
Apple allocated roughly 80% of its initial iPhone Duo inventory to its retail stores, with locations holding as few as 50 units, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. Flagship stores were said to have held up to around 250 units, and Fifth Avenue was stocked unusually heavily because Apple executives attended the launch. That split would help explain why pre-orders slipped within minutes on October 16 while most people who queued on launch day walked away with a phone.
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Experts warn of a possible AI-driven hacking wave and urge focus on the basics
Jason Clinton, Anthropic's deputy chief information security officer, warned on X that the cybersecurity situation "is going to get a lot worse before it gets better" and urged security leaders to focus on the basics for about 18 months. Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff backed the message with a "code red." The alerts follow the disclosure of two vulnerabilities affecting as much as 70% of the internet and Quest Diagnostics' report of unauthorized access to patient records.
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The debate over AI and critical thinking: warnings about cognitive dependence
An analysis asks whether artificial intelligence may erode human capabilities as machines gain ground. It cites Sol Rashidi, a former Amazon executive, who warns about using these tools without sacrificing human judgment. It mentions a study in The Quarterly Journal of Economics (2025) that found an average 15% productivity increase among customer service agents using an AI assistant, and an exploratory MIT Media Lab study, not yet peer-reviewed, with 54 students. In Colombia, Abelardo de la Espriella announced an AI training program with Google and Sena.
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