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 ...

Model routing is a fix for AI overspending. That's a problem for OpenAI and Anthropic

Companies are shifting from running everything on the most powerful AI model to matching each task to the right one, a ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Mathematicians Puzzled Over a Famous Problem for 80 Years. Now, They’ve Used A.I. to Identify a Clever Solution

In 1946, the mathematician Paul Erdős posed the unit distance problem—and suggested a winning strategy. An A.I. model has now ...
Time

8 Signs You’re the Problem in Your Arguments

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Scientific American

Is AI on the precipice of revolutionizing math? It depends

One idle evening last October, Mehtaab Sawhney took up an old pastime. He began perusing the website erdosproblems.com, an updated record of the 1,179 conjectures left behind by the eccentric and ...
International Rescue Committee

5 urgent problems the world faces in 2026

What are the most pressing global crises in 2026? Each year, the International Rescue Committee’s (IRC) Emergency Watchlist identifies the countries at greatest risk of new or worsening humanitarian ...
Live Science

AI is solving 'impossible' math problems. Can it best the world's top mathematicians?

In October 2024, news broke that Facebook parent company Meta had cracked an "impossible" problem that had stymied mathematicians for a century. In this case, the solvers weren't human. An artificial ...
Time

Does Sleeping on a Problem Really Work?

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Harvard Business Review

Stop Solving Your Team’s Problems for Them

Sven, a sales leader, received a call from a major customer who was furious. Their order arrived late, the product was damaged, and to top it off, their invoice didn’t reflect the volume discount ...
Education Week

The Best Ways to Teach Word Problems So All Students Understand

Word problems try and tell students a story about the math problem in front of them. They are a useful way to connect abstract numbers to concrete situations, so students can learn early on to apply ...
The New York Times

Why Common Problems Are Often Worse Than We Realize

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