Get your timer out and see whether you can remember the golden rule from grade school math class.

The second batch of “First Proof” problems is meant to evaluate AI’s usefulness for research-level math. The best model got six or seven of the ten questions right.

The result is correct but challenges core norms of mathematics: checking proofs, crediting ideas and keeping research open to everyone.

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 ...

Full-process, autonomous construction and continuous evolutionary breakthrough. LoongFlow: Inspired by Wang Yangming's "Enlightenment at Longchang".LoongFlow is dedicated to breaking the barrier ...

Right now, at our kitchen table, my elementary-aged daughter is building her number sense. She is curious, she works hard, and she genuinely wants to understand how numbers fit together. But even as I ...

Four days into war with Iran, at least one of the United States’ Gulf allies is already running low on crucial interceptor munitions used to defend against Iranian missile and drone attacks, two ...

Math has a unique relationship with AI. Unlike subjects where answers live in shades of gray, math problems demand precision. A solution is either correct or it isn’t. That makes accuracy the ...

Last December, several members of a national organization for math education leaders came together to issue a warning. A growing movement in the field, they claimed, was calling on schools to adopt an ...

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Large language models (LLMs), artificial intelligence (AI) systems that can process and generate texts in various languages, are now widely used worldwide to create written content, source information ...

OpenAI launched its latest frontier model, GPT-5.2, on Thursday amid increasing competition from Google, pitching it as its most advanced model yet and one designed for developers and everyday ...