FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS - Schedule of Liabilities with Unobservable Inputs (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2024	Dec. 31, 2023
Fair Value, Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation, Calculation [Roll Forward]
Balance at beginning of period	$ 9,907	$ 14,270
New warrants granted	0	2,905
Repricing warrants granted	0	724
Change in valuation of warrants included in net income	(6,658)	(7,992)
Balance at end of period	$ 3,249	$ 9,907

A roll forward is a reconciliation of a concept from the beginning of a period to the end of a period.

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- Definition

Fair value of financial instrument classified as a liability measured using unobservable inputs that reflect the entity's own assumption about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (c)
-SubTopic 10
-Topic 820
-Publisher FASB
-URI https://asc.fasb.org//1943274/2147482106/820-10-50-2

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- Definition

Fair Value, Measurement with Unobservable Inputs Reconciliation, Recurring Basis, Liability, Value of Repricing Warrants Issued

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Fair Value, Measurement with Unobservable Inputs Reconciliation, Recurring Basis, Liability, Value of Warrants Issued

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- Definition

Fair Value, Measurement with Unobservable Inputs Reconciliation, Recurring Basis, Liability, Change in Valuation

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