Coralogix, an observability platform, acquired Aporia, an AI observability startup. This acquisition will integrate Aporia's technology into Coralogix's service and launch a dedicated AI research center, Coralogix AI.

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Quantization, a technique used to make AI models more efficient, has limits and the industry may be approaching them.

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xAI's AI chatbot Grok is being tested in a standalone iOS app, currently available in Australia and some countries in beta. The app offers real-time web data access, generative AI features like text rewriting, summarization, Q&A, and image generation from text prompts. A dedicated site, Grok.com, is being prepared for web access.

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X is increasing the price of its Premium+ subscription service by 37.5% to $22 per month in the U.S. starting December 21st. Existing subscribers will keep their current rates until January 20th. International markets will also see price increases.

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OpenAI released a new family of AI reasoning models, o3, which is more advanced than its previous model o1. The company used a new safety paradigm called 'deliberative alignment' to train the models and ensure they stay aligned with human values.

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Palantir and Anduril are forming a consortium with tech companies to bid on Pentagon contracts, aiming to challenge traditional defense contractors.

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Sriram Krishnan has been named as senior policy advisor for AI at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy under President Donald Trump. He will work with the president's council of advisors on science and technology and collaborate with David Sacks, Trump's crypto and AI 'czar'.

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Apple is reportedly developing a smart doorbell that uses FaceID technology to unlock a deadbolt lock for residents, with a potential release in 2025 or later.

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Cristian Ponce and Théo Schäfer met at a Halloween party in 2023, bonding over their experiences as lab technicians. They come from different backgrounds, with Ponce studying bioengineering at Cal Tech and Schäfer studying underwater autonomous robots at MIT.

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OpenAI announced the successors to its o1 reasoning model family, o3 and o3-mini, which are not yet widely available but can be previewed by safety researchers.

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