Scientists just discovered giraffes can do something surprisingly close to simple math

Giraffe intelligence research is changing how the world views animal cognition. A new scientific discovery shows that ...

A.I.’s First Big Math Breakthrough Is Not What It Seems

Last month, OpenAI announced that its latest version of ChatGPT had solved a major math problem, one that had stumped experts ...
Paste

Bruce Springsteen lashes out at Trump, Paramount on penultimate Late Show episode

Bruce Springsteen appeared on the penultimate episode of The Late Show With Stephen Colbert last night, delivering a performance of his recent protest song, “Streets of Minneapolis,” which he wrote in ...
Scientific American

The million-dollar math problem hardly anyone is trying to solve

In October 2024 I attended a workshop at Harvard University where mathematicians talked through the uses of artificial intelligence in their field. Most were less worried about the future of math than ...
The Atlantic

My Son’s Math Homework Is Essentially Just Pokémon

One afternoon earlier this year, my 11-year-old son was sitting at his laptop and working quietly on his math homework. At least, that’s what he was supposed to be doing. When I glanced at his screen, ...
Inc

The Company’s AI Agent Refused to Do Math, So I Had It Close My Account Instead

I mean, it was just so stupid. All the company’s AI agent had to do was some simple math. The agent could do a lot of other things for me, but not basic addition. So after 15 minutes of guiding the AI ...
The New York Times

America, We Have a Math Problem

Dr. Clayton is a mathematician. Candidates for quantitative jobs — like those on Wall Street or in Silicon Valley — are sometimes asked offbeat questions such as: How many Ping-Pong balls fit in a 747 ...
The Atlantic

The Edge of Mathematics

Over the past couple of months, several researchers have begun making the same provocative claim: They used generative-AI tools to solve a previously unanswered math problem. The most extreme promises ...
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You, Too, Can Own The Smiths—Or at Least Morrissey’s Stake

That’s how Morrissey introduces his announcement today that he’d like to “offer for sale all of his business interests in ‘The Smiths’ to any interested party / investor.” His statement comes in the ...
Time

ChatGPT May Be Eroding Critical Thinking Skills, According to a New MIT Study

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CNBC

I always ask this one question during job interviews, says CEO: It's a 'red flag' if they answer wrong

Monica Cepak has a go-to interview question that tells her a lot about a job candidate: What's the hardest problem you've ever solved at work, and how did you reach a solution? The question itself is ...
Edutopia

Shifting Your Approach to Teaching Math Word Problems

Practical word problems are often considered one of the most complex parts of elementary school mathematics. They require students to understand the context of a math problem, identify what the ...