For generations, mathematicians have tried and failed to solve an 80-year-old problem. In May, an artificial intelligence (AI) model successfully tackled it. OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, said one of ...

A week after OpenAI made headlines with an A.I.-generated proof, a new “declaration” by 16 experts raises concerns that the technology threatens math as a discipline. By Siobhan Roberts Recently there ...

Mathematician Will Sawin discusses his experience reviewing and refining a mathematical proof devised by OpenAI's internal ...

In mid-May, OpenAI announced that an internal AI model had disproved the Erdős unit distance conjecture, a famous problem in discrete geometry that had stumped human mathematicians for the last 80 ...

Whether you care about geopolitics or not, your monthly budget has already become an unwilling expert in it!From your morning chai to late-night dessert cravings, the Middle East crossfire is quietly ...

The Backrooms movie will be released in theaters on May 29. Liminal spaces – dreamy and nostalgic locales defined by their specific use as a transient space that you don’t spend much time in but ...

Be careful what you wish for. This idea, often explored in fiction, lies at the center of “Obsession,” Focus Features‘ new horror film from writer/director/editor Curry Barker. The movie follows Bear ...

A random process is a mathematical model used to describe systems or phenomena that evolve over time in an uncertain or unpredictable manner. It consists of a collection of random variables indexed by ...

The Las Vegas Raiders signed a veteran quarterback to a deal worth $172 million, but the structure hides key details. Only $20 million of the contract is guaranteed, with the team paying just $1.3 ...

David E. Dunning explores how mathematical notation is a social, world-building technology. It’s natural to think of math as being fundamentally abstract. Whether it’s invented or discovered, its ...