Another scaling law? ByteDance researchers found that newer AI models learn on the job about twice as fast as models from just three months earlier via @azeem.bsky.social

Cambridge just now. Should be a scene 🎬 from a movie

The company delivered more than 480,000 EVs globally, seemingly thanks to geographic expansion and cheaper versions of the Model 3, Model Y, and Cybertruck.

Tesla saw a massive sales jump in the second quarter | TechCrunch

The company delivered more than 480,000 EVs globally, seemingly thanks to geographic expansion and cheaper versions of the Model 3, Model Y, and Cybertruck.

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Super interesting data point re #AI The top 1% of US firms spend $7,450 per employee on AI each month, roughly 650x the typical firm’s $11.38 via @azeem.bsky.social

Cheap, secure energy is a growth engine. UK real wages grew only 4% in sixteen years between 2008 and 2024 v 18% in the US. Economist Christopher Sandmann argues that soaring industrial energy costs, not weak investments or skill, are the overlooked cause via @azeem.bsky.social

I am not surprised given how good their platform is

Sifted@sifted.eu · 5mo ago

Revolut, Europe’s biggest fintech, said it had seen pre-tax profits jump 57% year-on-year in its latest full-year results.

'AI washing' A survey of 1,000 hiring managers found 59% blame AI for job cuts but only 9% say AI has replaced roles. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

The ‘AI-Washing’ of Job Cuts Is Corrosive and Confusing

Whatever you think about whether artificial intelligence is coming for your job, it has already mastered one corporate skill: hogging the credit.

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Satellites ↑ (we have lift off) The space economy is taking off. Via @azeem.bsky.social

Always worth - well watching www.cambridgenetwork.co.uk/news/21towat...

Claude AI's extraordinary growth. In Feb 2025, ChatGPT held 90% of US business AI subscriptions. A year later, Claude commands nearly 70%. Via @azeem.bsky.social

AI capex is estimated to account for a huge 64-80% of US Q4 2025 growth. Via @azeem.bsky.social

Secondary sales of private startup shares have grown from 3% of all VC exits in 2015 to 31% today @azeem.bsky.social

Peak China carbon? China’s CO2 emissions fell 0.3% in 2025 – flat or falling for 21 straight months via @azeem.bsky.social

Now that's inflation

Happy New Year all

Concentrated returns - AI-related stocks have accounted for 75% of S&P 500 returns and 79% of earnings growth since the launch of #ChatGPT three years ago via @azeem.bsky.social

People are spending more time chatting with Gemini than ChatGPT, according to SimilarWeb data.

We compiled all the hottest AI wearables currently available, including Bee, Friend, Plaud, and more.

The hottest AI wearables and gadgets you can buy right now | TechCrunch

We compiled all the hottest AI wearables currently available, including Bee, Friend, Plaud, and more.

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Just shows how unprepared for Brexit the UK was. Researchers estimate UK GDP is 6-8% lower in 2025 due to #Brexit, based on nearly ten years of data via @azeem.bsky.social

China’s emissions are flat. CO2 emissions from China have been flat for the last year, with almost 90% of new electricity demand met by renewables via @azeem.bsky.social

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UK raises bank deposit guarantee to £120,000 to keep pace with inflation

Financial services groups will have to make a higher contribution to compensation scheme for customers of failed companies

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Immigration is good for a host of reasons (fill in the long list of benefits at your leisure) Unlimited immigration is not good because we can't manage - we don't have enough hospitals, schools, housing etc Illegal immigration is certainly not good because it undermines legal #immigration

Which EU economy has seen the fastest growth in GDP per capita over the last 20 years? Poland. Polish GDP per capita has risen 116% since 2004, well above the EU average of 27% and a larger increase than in other fast-growing economies such as Ireland, Romania or Spain. @deloitteuk.bsky.social

Brilliant book. No wonder it’s so widely read. #lessonsinchemistry

Here’s software efficiency. Alibaba Cloud slashed the GPUs needed to serve dozens of AI models (up to 72B parameters) by 82% using its Aegaeon pooling system. This is software substituting for hardware at a meaningful scale via @azeem.bsky.social www.scmp.com/business/art...

Alibaba Cloud claims to slash Nvidia GPU use by 82% with new pooling system

The new Aegaeon system can serve dozens of large language models using a fraction of the GPUs previously required, potentially reshaping AI workloads.

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Great to be at the opening of the Innovate Cambridge Summit today #cambridge

Good to see one of portfolio companies @unlikelyAI written up in @siftedeu sifted.eu/articles/ale...

Alexa creator William Tunstall-Pedoe: ‘Businesses still don’t fully trust AI’

UnlikelyAI is hoping it can crack the trust issue holding back the widespread adoption of AI in enterprises.

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Wow.GenAI goes mainstream. China’s user base doubled to 515 million in six months, now over a 1/3rd of the population. Across six major markets, weekly usage jumped from 18% to 34% year-on-year. Behavior has flipped from curiosity to habit via @azeem.bsky.social

Premium subscriptions ↑ About 70% of OpenAI’s $13 billion in annualized recurring revenue comes from roughly 40 million paying subscribers @azeem.bsky.social

We are not doing enough

Prof Bill McGuire@profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 10mo ago

We won't reduce temps to 1.2C as soon as possible, so this is the death knell for most of the world's stupendous reef communities Other tipping points will follow - Greenland and West Antarctic ice sheets next? Or maybe AMOC? All three eventually www.theguardian.com/environment/...