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Today, every company naturally integrates its strategies around web, mobile and cloud. It is inconceivable that they can be understood as separate disciplines. In a few years, history will repeat itself with three other disciplines: web3, AI and quantum. All three will feed back and complement each other and their convergence will multiply the opportunities for startups and corporates to develop new competitive advantages. Want to join us?

Human-AI hybrid work in the augmented economy
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The quick evolution of Artificial Intelligence is redefining the economy and work, moving from automation to cognitive collaboration between humans and machines. Áurea Rodríguez introduces the concept of “human-AI mixed work,” where AI frees up routine tasks and amplifies creativity, critical thinking, and ethical decision-making. This gives rise to Gross Internal Talent (GIT), a metric that integrates irreplaceable human capabilities with the power of AI to generate large-scale solutions, guiding growth toward an “augmented economy.”

Japan to Link Major Cities with 600-km Quantum Encryption Network
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Japan is treating quantum-safe communication as a national economic and security priority and the government plans for the roughly 600-kilometer network connecting Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka and Kobe, to be completed by March 2027, followed by field testing, and deployment targeted for 2030.

A roadmap for innovation in complex times
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On November 24, 2025, the Rafael del Pino Foundation held the presentation of the INTEC 2025 Report, prepared within the framework of the Rafael del Pino Chair in Science and Society. Entitled "A roadmap for innovation in complex times," the report offers an in-depth and rigorous look at the scientific, technological, and social challenges facing Spain in an international context marked by uncertainty. The welcome address to the event underscored a message that sums up the Foundation's philosophy: science, innovation, and technology transfer are not abstract concepts, but real levers for strengthening the country's economic, social, and institutional progress. At a time of unprecedented technological acceleration, but also of polarization, misinformation, and crisis of confidence, the Foundation asserts the need to build a common vision in which science, business, and society converge.

Can an invention made with AI be patented?
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The patent system has historically been one of the pillars of the innovation ecosystem: it offers an economic incentive to those who create; that is, there is the expectation of an economic benefit generated in exchange for the temporary transfer of the use of their inventions. But if part of the creative process is taken over by AI, how do we redefine the value, authorship, and protection of what has been invented?

#WAIQers

#WAIQ was born in July 2023 as a summer course at Harvard Law School. 3 days for revisiting 3 technologies from 3 relevant dimensions: technical, legal and ethical.
. Beyond the course, #WAIQ is a forum where innovators, legal professionals and other curious minds shared knowledge, experiences, challenges, oportunities and concerns around #web3, #AI and #quantum.
Meet the #WAIQers.