PPCC: Pisitófilos Creditófagos. Primavera 2025

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https://www.pressreader.com/spain/el-economista/20250510/page/47/textview

Trump modera la expectativas y limita la posible rebaja de aranceles a China al 80%

Washington baraja una sorpresiva alza de impuestos a los más ‘ricos’

Saludos.

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https://www.eleconomista.es/opinion/noticias/13356870/05/25/otro-record-el-pais-con-mas-paro-y-en-el-que-menos-horas-se-trabaja-de-europa.html

Saludos.

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https://www.eleconomista.es/opinion/noticias/13356552/05/25/la-factura-del-cupo-catalan.html

Saludos.

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Una de las cosas que más me sorprendió de vivir en Estados Unidos es que todo el mundo con un mínimo de poder adquisitivo tenía un terapeuta (no digo psicólogo porque un psicólogo tiene una formación universitaria, el terapeuta puede tener un curso de CCC y ya vale). En eso ya les hemos alcanzado, también aquí se ha normalizado ir a terapia -incluso es positivo- y consumir antidepresivos y pastillas que ayudan a dormir.

Instagram's AI Chatbots Lie About Being Licensed Therapists
Posted by msmash on Friday May 09, 2025 @05:30AM from the always-something-with-this-firm dept.

Instagram's AI chatbots are masquerading as licensed therapists, complete with fabricated credentials and license numbers, according to an investigation by 404 Media. When questioned, these user-created bots from Meta's AI Studio platform provide detailed but entirely fictional qualifications, including nonexistent license numbers, accreditations, and practice information.

Unlike Character.AI, which displays clear disclaimers that its therapy bots aren't real professionals, Meta's chatbots feature only a generic notice stating "Messages are generated by AI and may be inaccurate or inappropriate" at the bottom of conversations.

Saludos.

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IRS Hopes To Replace Fired Enforcement Workers With AI
Posted by BeauHD on Friday May 09, 2025 @07:00AM from the full-speed-ahead-on-AI dept.

Facing deep staffing cuts, the IRS plans to lean heavily on AI to maintain tax collection efforts, with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent stating that smarter IT and the "AI boom" will offset reductions in revenue enforcement staff. The Register reports:

When asked by Congressman Steny Hoyer (D-MD) whether proposed reductions in the IRS's IT budget, along with plans to cut additional staff, would affect the agencies ability to collect tax revenue, Bessent said it wouldn't, thanks to the current "AI boom." "I believe through smarter IT, through this AI boom, that we can use that to enhance collections," Bessent told Hoyer and the Committee (24:29 into the video linked [here]). "I expect collections would continue to be very robust as they were this year."

Bessent's comments didn't explain how the IRS intends to deploy AI. Given how much it has slashed its enforcement staff since Trump took office, the agency definitely needs to do something. [...] Bessent's comments didn't explain how the IRS intends to deploy AI. Given how much it has slashed its enforcement staff since Trump took office, the agency definitely needs to do something. "There is nothing that shows historically that bringing in unseasoned collections agents will result in more collections," Bessent told the Committee.

"IRS already uses AI for business functions including operational efficiency, compliance and fraud detection, and taxpayer services," the agency told The Register. "AI use cases must follow all relevant IRS privacy and security policies."

Saludos.

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Nvidia CEO: 'You Won't Lose Your Job To AI, But To Someone Who Uses It'
Posted by msmash on Friday May 09, 2025 @10:40AM from the how-about-that dept.

Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang has served up another blunt take on the job market as AI permeates society. From a report:

"You will not lose your job to AI, but will lose it to someone who uses it," Huang said at the Milken Institute Conference. Added Huang, "I recommend 100% take advantage of AI, don't be that person."

Saludos.

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Prompt Engineering is Quickly Going Extinct
Posted by msmash on Friday May 09, 2025 @11:20AM from the eatings-its-own dept.

The specialized role of prompt engineering, not long ago heralded as a promising new career path in AI, has virtually disappeared just two years after its emergence. Many companies are now considering strong AI prompting a standard skill rather than a dedicated position, Fast Company reports, with some firms even deploying AI systems to generate optimal prompts for other AI tools.

"AI is already eating its own," Malcolm Frank, CEO of TalentGenius, told the publication. "Prompt engineering has become something that's embedded in almost every role, and people know how to do it. It's turned from a job into a task very, very quickly." The prompt engineer's decline serves as a case study for the broader AI job market, where evidence suggests AI is primarily reshaping existing careers rather than creating entirely new ones.

Further reading: 'AI Prompt Engineering Is Dead.'

"Saber usar la IA" es el nuevo "saber buscar en Google", y solo han pasado dos años desde que aquel 30 de noviembre de 2022 OpenAI anunciara ChatGPT.

Saludos.

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CrowdStrike, Responsible For Global IT Outage, To Cut Jobs In AI Efficiency Push
Posted by msmash on Friday May 09, 2025 @01:20PM from the more-cuts dept.

CrowdStrike, the cybersecurity firm that became a household name after causing a massive global IT outage last year, has announced it will cut 5% of its workforce in part due to "AI efficiency." From a report:

In a note to staff earlier this week, released in stock market filings in the US, CrowdStrike's chief executive, George Kurtz, announced that 500 positions, or 5% of its workforce, would be cut globally, citing AI efficiencies created in the business.

"We're operating in a market and technology inflection point, with AI reshaping every industry, accelerating threats, and evolving customer needs," he said. Kurtz said AI "flattens our hiring curve, and helps us innovate from idea to product faster," adding it "drives efficiencies across both the front and back office. AI is a force multiplier throughout the business," he said. Other reasons for the cuts included market demand for sustained growth and expanding the product offering.

Saludos.

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Panasonic To Cut 10,000 Jobs
Posted by msmash on Friday May 09, 2025 @12:40PM from the up-next dept.

An anonymous reader shares a report:

Panasonic will undertake a major restructuring across a range of its business, including consumer electronics, cutting 10,000 jobs globally, as the Japanese company plans to streamline, spinning out struggling divisions in hopes of reversing its dwindling market share and fending off fierce Chinese competition.

Panasonic did not say which businesses it intended to shrink. The company expects to book structural reform costs of roughly $900 million this business year. Panasonic ended the fiscal year

Saludos.

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Difícil que cambien las cosas, con respecto a la vivienda, si es que no empeoran. La cosa ya estaba desmadrada, pero desde mayo/junio del año pasado que empezó el run run de la bajada de tipos el desmadre es brutal.

Mientras sigamos con estos 3 factores tan positivos lo veo difícil. Es que ni se inmutan, y tiene pinta de ser un histórico 2025 para el sector.

Los aranceles de Trump apuntan a una oleada de bajadas de tipos a nivel global

Nuevo récord de población en España, con 49.153.849 habitantes en el primer trimestre de 2025, gracias a los extranjeros

El empleo alcanza en abril nuevos máximos con casi 21,6 millones de afiliados a la Seguridad Social

CPM.

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https://www.baha.com/China-Well-play-constructive-role-in-India-Pakistan-conflict/news/details/64083863

China: We'll play 'constructive role' in India-Pakistan conflict


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The Chinese Foreign Ministry expressed "deep" worries on Saturday over the growing tensions between India and Pakistan, promising to play a "constructive role" in the conflict.

"We strongly urge both sides to prioritize the broader interest of peace and stability, remain calm and restrained, and return to the path of political resolution through peaceful means," the ministry stressed in a statement.

Beijing further said that avoiding a more serious escalation was in the interest of both sides, and underlined that regional peace and stability must be upkept.

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https://www.baha.com/Pakistan-If-India-stops-we-will-as-well/news/details/64083869

Pakistan: If India stops, we will as well


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Pakistan's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar told Geo News on Saturday that if India stops its strikes, Pakistan will do the same.

"India should stop if there's an iota of sanity. If they stop, so will we. We do not want destruction and waste of funds. You know, both economies are different, but we generally want peace, without the hegemony of any country," he commented, adding that he told United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio that the "ball is India's court."

Dar further noted that his recent interactions have been "very positive," adding that he believes "the way for talks will be open now."