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Google and OpenAI have solved decades-old problems — but the scientific community is beginning to discuss whether limits should be placed on the technology ...

Last week, OpenAI shocked the mathematical community by revealing that one of its internal artificial intelligence (AI) models had found a counterexample to a famous conjecture made by legendary ...

A breakthrough from an OpenAI model would have meant nothing without humans to make sense of it.

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Think about placing dots on a flat surface. You want as many pairs as possible to be separated by the same distance. For any amount of dots, what is the greatest possible number of pairs that can be ...

I have a confession that probably won't surprise anyone who knows me well: I love reading books about mathematicians. Not because I understand the dense mathematics. I struggled through four semesters ...

The Belmont Stakes remains at 1 1/4 miles at Saratoga, creating a different challenge than the traditional 1 1/2-mile race. The Belmont Stakes is being held at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs ...