The Teatro Colón and other iconic sites in the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina, will be replicated on the Decentraland metaverse platform, based on the Ethereum blockchain. This and more news in this practical daily summary so that you are always informed with the most recent events that occur within the crypto world.
Buenos Aires joins the Decentraland blockchain metaverse
📍The government of Buenos Aires, Argentina, will open a headquarters in the Decentraland metaverse, on Ethereum. Buenos Aires is following in the footsteps of Barbados and has announced the development of its own virtual world within the Decentraland blockchain platform, one of the most popular platforms developed on the Ethereum network. With this initiative, the local government has become the first in Latin America to create an official space in the metaverse.
Buenos Aires is creating a digital environment with three of its most emblematic sites, such as the historic Teatro Colón, built at the beginning of the 20th century.
The goal is to immerse citizens and visitors in an immersive environment where they can interact with each other, so that through avatars, users can explore all the corners of this and other places of historical interest and architectural value in the Argentine city for free and in an accessible way.
Decentraland is a decentralized metaverse platform built on the blockchain, so any user can access it from anywhere in the world.
The city of Buenos Aires has allocated a budget of approximately $132.000 dollars for the creation of this virtual world.
The opening of this virtual world takes place within the framework of the second edition of the Metaverse Fashion Week, which will be held in Decentraland from next Tuesday, March 28th to Friday, March 31st.
The autonomous community of Galicia at the forefront of AI
📍The Xunta de Galicia will regulate Artificial Intelligence. Based on a study carried out by three major public universities in Spain, the Xunta de Galicia has taken the decision to create a regulatory framework applicable to Artificial Intelligence, in order to mitigate potential risks and take advantage of the opportunities offered by this innovation.
The local newspaper ABC Galicia reported that the Spanish autonomous community will be the first to establish an appropriate regulatory policy that encourages the development of solutions and applications related to AI. Through Artificial Intelligence, the Spanish community wants to encourage the creation of personalized smart services, improve data management and storage systems, and provide digital solutions that allow for a more efficient and automated public administration.
Miguel Corgos, Minister of Finance and Public Administration of Galicia, highlighted that the community is at the forefront of digital transformation. Galicia is home to Spain's first European state agency for the supervision of artificial intelligence (AESIA).
AI becomes popular among Spanish SMEs
📍A study carried out by the HubSpot platform shows how popular Artificial Intelligence is becoming among SMEs in Spain. According to HubSpot, in Spain currently 25% of medium and small businesses, known as SMEs, are using AI-based solutions to improve, among other things, their efficiency.
The most common cases of Artificial Intelligence, according to the platform, are data analysis and management and robotics.
On the other hand, compared to last year, the use and adoption of AI has increased by 8%, said the National Observatory of Technology and Society (ONTSI) in its report “Use of artificial intelligence and big data in Spanish companies”Currently, AI adoption rates by SMEs place Spain as the fourteenth country in Europe with the highest level of adoption of Artificial Intelligence solutions.
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