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OpenAI Announces a New AI Model, Code-Named Strawberry, That Solves Difficult Problems Step by Step

The ChatGPT maker reveals details of what’s officially known as OpenAI-o1, which shows that AI needs more than scale to advance.

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Yes, You Can Now Bet on Elections in the US

A US judge has overturned a moratorium that stopped gambling companies from letting people bet on election results.

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Amazon’s Shipping and Delivery Emissions Just Keep Going Up

A new report attempts to calculate how much damage shipping our Amazon orders is doing to the planet, and how badly the company is missing its own targets.

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People Are Setting Themselves on Fire and Getting Punched in the Face to Pump Their Crypto Coins

To compete against thousands of crypto meme coins flooding the market, creators are resorting to elaborate and sometimes dangerous stunts for attention.

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After Shark Tank, Mark Cuban Just Wants to Break Shit—Especially the Prescription Drug Industry

Billionaire Mark Cuban is done with his hit TV show, but he’s still invested in fighting pharma’s middlemen, being a dad, and needling Elon Musk.

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An AI Bot Named James Has My Old Local News Job

A local newspaper in Hawaii has turned to AI-generated presenters to draw in new audiences.

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This New Tech Puts AI In Touch with Its Emotions—and Yours

Hume AI, a startup founded by a psychologist who specializes in measuring emotion, gives some top large language models a realistic human voice.

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The World’s Biggest Bitcoin Mine Is Rattling This Texas Oil Town

A cash-strapped city in rural Texas will soon be home to the world’s largest bitcoin mine. Local protesters are “raising hell.”

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Apple Must Pay $14.4 Billion to Ireland in Crackdown On ‘Sweetheart Deals’

The European Court of Justice has ordered Apple to pay billions in back taxes to Ireland, in a move that hands a victory to the European Commission against so-called ‘sweetheart deals’ between the country and big tech companies.

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An Underwater Data Center in San Francisco Bay? Regulators Say Not So Fast

The YC-backed startup NetworkOcean plans to sink GPUs into San Francisco Bay. Multiple California regulators WIRED spoke with hadn’t heard about the test—and raised concerns about its potential environmental impact.

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