“If you are a mathematician,” one of the world’s leading mathematicians recently wrote, “you may want to make sure you are sitting down before reading further.” And you’ll definitely need to sit down ...

An artificial intelligence (AI) model has solved an 80-year-old math problem in a feat hailed as a major milestone for AI's mathematical ability. The planar unit distance problem, first posed by ...

The controversy over vibe coding reached a new high this week after a developer added hidden instructions to his open source Java testing app to sabotage projects performed by AI coding agents. The ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Hundreds of UC faculty are urging a return of SAT or ACT test requirements for STEM applicants, citing math ...

For nearly 80 years, mathematicians have struggled to solve a classic geometry puzzle first posed by Paul Erdős in 1946: the planar unit distance problem. The question posed by the legendary Hungarian ...

OpenAI claims its new reasoning model has produced an original mathematical proof disproving a famous unsolved conjecture in geometry, which was first posed by Paul Erdős in 1946. If this sounds ...

Hershey to revert to original chocolate recipes next year Some chocolate makers following suit, Barry Callebaut says Full cocoa demand recovery will take a couple of years LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – ...

Let’s start with what’s probably the most tired, overused joke in math: A topologist is someone who can’t tell a coffee cup from a doughnut. Both, you see, have a hole in them. Topology is usually ...

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 ...

Gov. Kevin Stitt has hundreds of bills on his desk awaiting a signature after lawmakers wrapped up Oklahoma's 2026 legislative session Thursday. But some lawmakers worry about the work left unfinished ...