IDC:
Global smartphone shipments fell 4.1% YoY in Q1, the first decline since 2023, amid a memory chip crunch; Samsung's shipments grew 3.6% and Apple's grew 3.3%  —  Limited memory supply and record high memory prices increase pressure on smartphone OEMs to reduce shipments and increase prices that dampen demand.

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 …

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.