Byard Duncan / Bloomberg:
A profile of BusPatrol, whose AI-powered cameras on 35K+ school buses in 24 US states record vehicles passing illegally, claiming they help reduce violations  —  BusPatrol says its technology helps curb dangerous driving at no cost to cities.  Public records from across the US often tell a different story.

Politico:
Sources: at least two US federal agencies and three congressional committees have reached out to Anthropic to test Claude Mythos, quietly bypassing Trump's ban  —  The Commerce Department's Center for AI Standards and Innovation — tasked with evaluating U.S. and foreign AI models …

Konstantin Kakaes / Quanta Magazine:
How some mathematicians are exploring ways to incorporate LLM models into their research without losing direct experience with mathematical understanding  —  Those changes will be contested, in math as in other academic disciplines wrestling with AI's impact.

Alyssa Lukpat / Wall Street Journal:
Maine's legislature passed a bill blocking new data centers that exceed 20 MW capacity until November 2027, making it the first state to enact such a measure  —  The bill, which blocks centers that draw over 20 megawatts of power until late 2027, heads to Democratic Gov. Janet Mills

Georg Szalai / The Hollywood Reporter:
Omdia: Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok now capture over 90% of social media ad revenue, with Meta accounting for 70% of the total  —  Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok “capture over 90 percent of social media advertising revenues,” an Omdia analyst tells the StreamTV Europe gathering in Lisbon.