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 passes 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.

Rashi Shrivastava / Forbes:
Mintlify, which uses AI to help companies generate software documentation, raised a $45M Series B led by a16z and Salesforce Ventures at a $500M valuation  —  It's just one of 20,000 companies that use Mintlify's AI system to generate and maintain FAQs and user guides about their software products.

Abner Li / 9to5Google:
Google releases a Windows desktop app with a macOS Spotlight-like search box for the web, Google Drive, and local files, a screen sharing feature, and more  —  After testing got underway in September, the “Google app for desktop” is now launching for “Windows users globally in English.”