A mathematical problem that had remained unsolved for more than 10 years in the physics of complex systems has finally been ...

For years, physicists were stuck in trying to explain an important mathematical problem in physics. The right approach ended ...

The result is correct but challenges core norms of mathematics: checking proofs, crediting ideas and keeping research open to everyone.

AI is now helping produce research-level mathematics, but experts say verifying proofs not generating them is becoming the ...

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.

GenAI’s breakthrough in mathematics offers a lesson for medicine: solving healthcare’s biggest problems means questioning old ...

AI failed to beat humans in 10 Math problems that expert mathematicians had solved in the past. Four systems entered a test, which was assessed by 30 analysts, and none of them was able to solve all ...

Last week, OpenAI shocked the mathematical community by revealing that one of its internal artificial intelligence (AI) models had found a counterexample to a famous conjecture made by legendary ...

In the mid-noughties, when music by the Killers and Franz Ferdinand blared out of every pub and nightclub I passed, I spent my days and nights struggling through a Ph. D.

Coverage is the real problem, not detection. The teams that will thrive over the next five years are the ones rebuilding ...

Large language models can write essays, summarize legal clauses, explain ancient history, draft emails, and produce code that looks impressively official. Then you ask one to multiply two awkward ...

The Miami-based AI startup Subquadratic came out of stealth mode last month with a huge claim. It announced that it had ...