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.

AI labs are buying Slack, Jira, and email archives from defunct startups to build 'reinforcement learning gyms' and train AI agents in simulated workplaces (Anna Tong/Forbes)
For the first time, 50% of employed US adults say they use AI at work a few times per year or more; leaders are more likely to see AI's impact as positive (Andy Kemp/Gallup)
European VC funding in Q1 2026 rose nearly 30% YoY to $17.6B, AI claimed over 50% of all European funding for the quarter, and deal volume dropped 40% YoY (Gené Teare/Crunchbase News)
Copenhagen-based Spektr, which develops AI agents for compliance teams in financial services, raised a 20M Series A led by NEA, taking total funding to 26M (Mary Ann Azevedo/Crunchbase News)

Source: Techmeme | 2026-04-14

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