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Massive new database of the hardest math problems is now open to everyone – including AI programs

Have you ever wondered whether mathletes can go pro? Since 1959, the answer has been “yes” – with the height of achievement ...

The ‘Lonely Runner’ Problem Only Appears Simple

Take a group of runners circling a track at unique, constant paces. Answering the question of how many will always end up ...
MIT Technology Review

This startup wants to change how mathematicians do math

Axiom Math is giving away a powerful new AI tool. But it remains to be seen if it speeds up research as much as the company hopes. Axiom Math, a startup based in Palo Alto, California, has released a ...
Scientific American

Is AI solving proofs—or just dividing our opinions?

Kendra Pierre-Louis: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Kendra Pierre-Louis, in for Rachel Feltman. In 1997, Deep Blue, a supercomputer built by IBM, did the unexpected: it defeated chess ...
The New York Times

Baseball’s math problem: Filling all those innings in an era when less is more for starting pitchers

“It is a math equation, to some extent,” said Mike Chernoff, the Cleveland Guardians’ general manager. “You have to fill the innings and you have to fill them with high-quality guys." Illustration: ...
Sports Illustrated

Madison Booker Is a Serious Problem for the Rest of the NCAA Tournament

As shown in her 40-point explosion against Oregon, Midrange Maddie is in her final form and gives Texas the offensive ceiling to win it all. What a difference a game makes. Just two days ago, Texas ...
The Boston Globe

‘Accountability’ won’t solve the teaching-math problem

Chad Aldeman’s March 16 op-ed, “When high school grads can’t do math,” focuses on outputs, such as MCAS and the proposed MassCore. There is no discussion of inputs, namely the resources needed to ...
Game Rant

Crimson Desert New Patch Fixes One of the Game's Most Annoying Problems

Daniel is a News Writer from the United Kingdom. Relatively new to the industry with just over three years of experience, he has focused on establishing himself in the gaming space, with bylines in ...
Quanta Magazine

Quantum Cryptography Pioneers Win Turing Award

One afternoon in October 1979, Gilles Brassard was swimming outside a beachfront hotel in San Juan, Puerto Rico, when a stranger swam up to him and changed the course of his career. Without so much as ...
Eagle-Tribune

Angle Health Hosts Fireside Chat Series to Address Employer Healthcare's Hardest Problems

Angle Health, the first vertically-integrated AI platform for healthcare benefits, is hosting several Fireside Chat Webinars, bringing together Angle Health executives and special industry guests for ...
Electrek

Former Uber self-driving chief crashes his Tesla on FSD, exposes supervision problem

Raffi Krikorian, Mozilla’s CTO and the former head of Uber’s self-driving car division, totaled his Tesla Model X while using “Full Self-Driving” on a residential street. His kids were in the back ...