This month, 30 mathematicians gathered at Harvard University to grade a consequential and difficult problem set. This wasn’t just any test; its outcome would guide a field grappling with existential ...

Boris Cherny is the creator of Anthropic’s Claude Code tool, which writes code on behalf of developers based on a text prompt. Cherny hasn’t handwritten code in eight months; instead, he manages ...

The best-yet test of artificial intelligence’s mathematical mettle has released its first official round of results. The verdict is that large language models (LLMs) are emerging as useful—albeit ...

Psychoanalyst Atlas (Emotional Inheritance) delivers a probing and compassionate examination of how childhood wounds shape adult relationships. Drawing from patient case Continue reading » Crossing ...

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 ...

Artificial intelligence is mastering the kinds of projects that have long helped to build the careers of young mathematicians. What does that mean for their future? Credit...Illustrations by Yoshi ...