OpenAI’s Astra generates machine‑checkable proofs for ten decades‑old math problems, showing how verified AI can cut ...

Ten conundrums that stumped human mathematicians for years have been cracked by OpenAI's Astra model, continuing a hot streak ...

Mathematicians have been trying to prove the Jacobian conjecture for nearly a century, but now the Claude Fable 5 AI has apparently found a counterexample that disproves it ...

Researchers showed each giraffe the contents of several containers, which held varying numbers of carrots, then added extra pieces to one of them. Afterward, the animal would choose a container to get ...

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An AI model just did something that no human mathematician had managed to pull off: it found a concrete, verifiable counterexample proving that a fundamental property in functional analysis breaks ...

When you’re ready for a new home lock, particularly a smart lock with advanced features and app controls, you have two choices: install it yourself or hire a locksmith to take care of the whole ...

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I continue to be amazed at the slide in thoughtful policymaking in Indiana. Gov. Mike Braun’s latest incoherent property tax musings — I hesitate to call them a proposal — offer yet one more example.

Companies are shifting from running everything on the most powerful AI model to matching each task to the right one, a practice called model routing. The pressure for efficiency comes as large ...

A famed physicist’s scribbles reveal the answer to a quintessential dilemma: When dining out, is it better to stick with an old favorite, or try something new? Nobel Prize–winning physicist Richard ...

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