A famous math problem stumped humans for 80 years. AI just cracked it.

The math world is losing its mind over the new solution to an Erdős problem. This is what AI found, how we missed it—and why ...

They Spent Years on a Math Problem. Then They Were Scooped by A.I.

Artificial intelligence is mastering the kinds of projects that have long helped to build the careers of young mathematicians ...

OpenAI’s Breakthrough On Famed Math Problem Actually Proves That Using AI To Find Counterexamples Is A Smart Strategy For Everyone

OpenAI makes big splash with AI finding math problem breakthrough. Real lesson is to use AI to find counterexamples. An AI Insider analysis and scoop.
MIT Technology Review

How machines that can solve complex math problems might usher in more powerful AI

Google DeepMind’s AlphaProof and AlphaGeometry 2 are milestones for AI reasoning. This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox ...
The Conversation

Girls and boys solve math problems differently – with similar short‑term results but different long‑term outcomes

Among high school students and adults, girls and women are much more likely to use traditional, step-by-step algorithms to solve basic math problems – such as lining up numbers to add, starting with ...