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The second batch of “First Proof” problems is meant to evaluate AI’s usefulness for research-level math. The best model got six or seven of the ten questions right.

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At SXSW London, our senior editor Will Douglas Heaven laid out how he’s thinking about AI in 2026. At SXSW London last week I gave a talk called “Five things you need to know about AI,” in which I ...

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Think about placing dots on a flat surface. You want as many pairs as possible to be separated by the same distance. For any amount of dots, what is the greatest possible number of pairs that can be ...