Who knew you could make money milking snakes, tasting pet food, or being a professional cuddler? It turns out that nowadays, ...

Kolkata-born mathematician Neena Gupta has achieved a remarkable feat by solving the 70-year-old Zariski Cancellation Problem. Her passion for numbers, evident since childhood, led her to excel in her ...

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.

Back in April, Anthropic unveiled its Claude Mythos AI model that it said was too powerful to publicly release. Instead, the company has shared access with software vendors, including Apple, in an ...

It says new safeguards make it possible to release a Mythos-class model it previously said was too risky to make public. It says new safeguards make it possible to release a Mythos-class model it ...

Anthropic released its latest model Tuesday afternoon, heralding the public’s first access to the AI company’s most powerful class of AI systems. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited ...

Anthropic has finally released a version of Claude Mythos, its most powerful model yet, but most people will experience it under a different name. The company just announced Claude Fable 5, its first ...

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 ...

Since 2016, when Donald Trump shattered the Democrats’ blue wall by winning working-class voters across the Midwest, a cottage industry has sprung up on the left dedicated to answering a single ...

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On Thursday, Anthropic launched Claude Opus 4.8, the latest and most advanced version of its flagship AI model. It’s available everywhere at the same price as its predecessor, Opus 4.7 ($5 per million ...

The new Claude Opus 4.8 is a "modest but tangible improvement," but a Mythos model you can use may be just weeks away. Jon covers artificial intelligence. He previously led CNET's home energy and ...