OpenAI’s o3 suggests AI models are scaling in new ways — but so are the costs

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December 24, 2024 · 9 min · 1767 words · Chelsea Rodriguez

Revenue-based financing startups continue to raise capital in MENA, where the model just works

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December 24, 2024 · 4 min · 731 words · Evelyn Fisher

Shuttered electric air taxi startup Lilium may be saved after all

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December 24, 2024 · 3 min · 452 words · Rebecca Gilbert

The promise and perils of synthetic data

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December 24, 2024 · 10 min · 1977 words · Bridget Dickson

These are the cybersecurity stories we were jealous of in 2024

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December 24, 2024 · 9 min · 1884 words · Heidi Sparks

Watch Boston Dynamics’ electric Atlas do a backflip

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December 24, 2024 · 2 min · 274 words · Martha Holmes

A popular technique to make AI more efficient has drawbacks

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December 23, 2024 · 7 min · 1344 words · Andrew Combs MD

An investigation finds that Google Maps fails users in the West Bank

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December 23, 2024 · 2 min · 337 words · Ronald Smith

Coralogix acquires AI observability platform Aporia

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December 23, 2024 · 3 min · 488 words · Angela Adams

Electric aircraft startup Lilium ceases operations, 1,000 workers laid off

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December 23, 2024 · 3 min · 465 words · Mrs. Elizabeth Phillips

Honda and Nissan plan major merger focused on ‘intelligence and electrification’

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December 23, 2024 · 2 min · 324 words · Tracey Barrett

Juniper Ventures spins out of Climate Capital to invest in synthetic biology for the climate

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December 23, 2024 · 3 min · 571 words · Julie Harris

Prosus buys Despegar for $1.7B, taking a bite out of Latin America’s travel sector

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December 23, 2024 · 4 min · 775 words · Andre Morales