Aurora published in Nature; Microsoft opens code and weights and brings an hourly version to MSN Weather

Microsoft/Aurora

The peer-reviewed Aurora paper appeared in Nature, showing it beating operational forecasts on air quality, ocean waves, cyclone tracks and high-resolution weather at a fraction of the computing cost. Microsoft released the source code and weights and began using a specialised hourly version, including clouds, in MSN Weather.

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