Shifting Dynamics in Startup Cohorts and Innovations in Shaving

The first of the Strawberry models is here. YC plans to have four cohorts a year, but each one is getting smaller. Waymo is already ready to expand to more pretty big markets. And in the long reads, a deep dive look into the options Intel has at this point in time.

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Links:

• OpenAI releases o1, its first model with ‘reasoning’ abilities (The Verge)
• Notes on OpenAI’s new o1 chain-of-thought models (Simon Willison's Weblog)
• OpenAI's new models 'instrumentally faked alignment' (TransformerNews)
• Apple AirPods Pro granted FDA approval to serve as hearing aids (TechCrunch)
• Silicon Valley’s Y Combinator to Double Number of Cohorts Per Year (Bloomberg)

Weekend Longreads Suggestions:

• Intel Has Only Tough Options After Its Long and Stinging Fall From Grace (Bloomberg)

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