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The Future of AI, Automation & Digital Innovation

Analysis and news on AI, automation and software, contrasted and in depth.

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Inteligencia ArtificialJuly 21, 2026 · 3 min

Data Centers: Electricity Consumption to Quadruple by 2035

Data centers will increase their electricity consumption fourfold by 2035, driven by artificial intelligence and digitalization. By 2033, new installations could demand as much electricity as all of India today, posing critical energy and environmental challenges.

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Inteligencia ArtificialJuly 21, 2026 · 4 min

Anthropic to Pay $1.5B for Using Pirated Books to Train Claude

A federal judge approved the $1.5 billion settlement between Anthropic and authors/publishers over the use of copyrighted books, obtained from shadow libraries, to train Claude. The ruling sets a mixed precedent: training with copyrighted books is not illegal, but using pirated copies is.

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Inteligencia ArtificialJuly 21, 2026 · 4 min

AI at the Ballot Box: Chatbots Influence US Voters in 2026

In the 2026 US midterm elections, a significant number of voters use AI chatbots to guide their voting decisions. Although the assistants are programmed not to give direct political recommendations, users rephrase questions until they get them. Campaigns are already optimizing their content to appear in AI responses.

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Inteligencia ArtificialJuly 21, 2026 · 4 min

AI Agents Escape Their Sandboxes Without Breaking Them: What's Going Wrong?

A team from Pillar Security has demonstrated that four of the most popular AI coding agents can be manipulated to access the host system without technically violating their sandbox. The finding exposes a design weakness that threatens the security of developers and companies.

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Inteligencia ArtificialJuly 21, 2026 · 3 min

Nvidia Vera Rubin in Mass Production: OpenAI to Deploy in Q3

Nvidia has announced that its Vera Rubin platform is in mass production, with OpenAI as one of the first customers to deploy it at scale in the third quarter. This move marks a milestone in the race for the world's most powerful AI infrastructure.

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Inteligencia ArtificialJuly 21, 2026 · 6 min

Netflix Buys Ben Affleck's AI Startup for $587 Million

Netflix paid $587 million in cash for InterPositive, the AI startup founded by Ben Affleck in 2022. The technology promises to reduce production costs by up to 20% and cut VFX expenses in half, sparking debate about the future of employment in the industry.

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Inteligencia ArtificialJuly 21, 2026 · 3 min

Nvidia wants to dominate every chip in AI data centers

Nvidia has unveiled its Vera Rubin platform, which combines CPUs and GPUs into a unified system. This move reflects its ambition to dominate every layer of AI data centers, challenging Intel and AMD.

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SoftwareJuly 21, 2026 · 3 min

WordPress Critical: RCE flaw mass-exploited within hours

Hours after WordPress released patches for two critical vulnerabilities, attackers began mass-exploiting them. The chain of flaws allows unauthenticated remote code execution (RCE), affecting sites running WordPress 6.9 and 6.8. Tens of thousands of exploitation attempts and hundreds of fraudulent admin accounts have been observed.

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Inteligencia ArtificialJuly 21, 2026 · 3 min

AI discovers two critical WordPress flaws being massively exploited

An artificial intelligence detected the massive exploitation of two vulnerabilities in WordPress. The flaws, which allow remote code execution, are being exploited just hours after patches were released. The potential impact is enormous: WordPress powers more than 50% of websites.

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Inteligencia ArtificialJuly 21, 2026 · 5 min

CISOs: The New Guardians of AI Governance

The rapid adoption of artificial intelligence in enterprises is outpacing traditional governance models, creating a responsibility vacuum. A Forrester report indicates that CISOs will become the business's trusted authority and assurance, taking on a critical role in managing AI risk.

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SoftwareJuly 21, 2026 · 4 min

Cloudflare WAF blocks critical WordPress vulnerabilities

Cloudflare has deployed emergency rules in its WAF to protect all customers — including free users — against two critical WordPress vulnerabilities: an SQL injection (CVE-2026-60137) and an unauthenticated remote code execution (CVE-2026-63030). The rules are active but do not replace updating to patched versions.