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Sources: a Snap-Perplexity AI search deal calling for Perplexity to pay Snap $400M has fallen apart; Snap is set to announce significant layoffs on Wednesday (Alex Heath/Sources)

Alex Heath / Sources:
Sources: a Snap-Perplexity AI search deal calling for Perplexity to pay Snap $400M has fallen apart; Snap is set to announce significant layoffs on Wednesday  —  Mass layoffs land tomorrow, the Perplexity deal is dead, and Specs are launching soon.  Also: OpenAI has a cyber model too …

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 (Byard Duncan/Bloomberg)

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.

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 (Politico)

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 …

How some mathematicians are exploring ways to incorporate LLM models into their research without losing direct experience with mathematical understanding (Konstantin Kakaes/Quanta Magazine)

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.

Lord of the Rings stars Ian McKellen, Elijah Wood return for Hunt for Gollum

Frodo and Gandalf will return in the Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum in 2027, Warner Bros. Pictures confirmed at CinemaCon 2026.