Here’s a contrarian truth that cuts through much of today’s AI hype: When your AI assistant calculates revenue, bonuses, VAT or financial summaries, it isn’t doing math. It’s telling a convincing ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT show reasoning errors across many domains. Identifying vulnerabilities is good for public safety, industry, ...

The verdict, it seems, is in: artificial intelligence is not about to replace mathematicians. That is the immediate takeaway from the “First Proof” challenge—perhaps the most robust test yet of the ...

Syracuse, N.Y. — Just one school in Central New York saw at least 90% of its students test proficient on New York state math assessment tests during the 2024-2025 school year, according to state data.

Michael Slipenkyj is partly supported by a Mitacs internship with Vretta Inc., a Canadian educational technology company. Heather P. Douglas has developed an early numeracy screener that is being used ...

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) is always looking at new tests and procedures to help make vehicles safer in the event of a collision. The agency’s latest test is a new seat and head ...

Are high school students getting the preparation they need for college math? The question, long a focus of study in K-12 math education and policy, is now the subject of a Senate inquiry. Sen. Bill ...

Since its introduction in 2009, bitcoin BTC $67,230.41 fans have seen it as an anti-establishment asset and a shield against financial mismanagement and political turmoil. Yet on Monday, the largest ...

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Latrenda Knighten has always liked math. As a child, she remembers breezing through timed tests ‒ high speed, low stakes assignments that challenge students to complete a number of simple problems in ...

The Electric Power Research Institute quizzed large language models’ ability to handle issues confronting U.S. power systems. It didn’t go well. Grid operators don’t have to fear losing their control ...