An expert at the University of Copenhagen said his team had been sharing its research with the company’s A.I. model, Claude, and that its new finding matched their work.

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Since OpenAI announced its solution to one of the prestigious Millennium Prize Problems, mathematicians have been urgently trying to unpick what it means

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is a book gifting program that mails free books to children from birth until they begin school in participating areas.

Craig Gidney is largely unknown outside of quantum computing, but his pioneering work on quantum circuits could have huge consequences for us all, ushering in both useful quantum computers, and the en...

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The US science-funding agency is withholding $1 billion of its budget so that the money can go to a special White House project.

Health data appears to be most affected by administration’s attempt to wipe findings that don’t align with its priorities, tracker shows

“What research can definitively tell us is that climate change is here, and it’s already making people sick,” writes Lorraine Boissoneault.

A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it

Analysis of a mathematical puzzle that Leonhard Euler deemed unsolvable in the 1700s reveals that the crucial ingredient for cracking it after all is quantum entanglement

The move is likely to do little to tackle the rise of ‘AI slop’ in academia, say researchers.

Our understanding of the internal structure of protons is largely based on classical physics, but data compiled from accelerator experiments has uncovered quantum behaviour that has never been seen be...

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This year has left mathematicians reeling as AI models are increasingly solving seemingly intractable maths problems. Terence Tao, the world's leading mathematician, says a rethink of the entire field...

This year has left mathematicians reeling as AI models are increasingly solving seemingly intractable maths problems. Terence Tao, the world's leading mathematician, says a rethink of the entire field...

Partnership between American Federation of Teachers, one of the largest labor unions in the US, and AI firms has stirred controversy

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Jacob Tsimerman won a Fields medal last month – now he is leaving mathematics to work on AI safety

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MSG’s sprawling surveillance system can monitor guests down to the second. Its owners made an exception for the pop star’s rehearsal dinner.

Students looking to study in the US face new restrictions on how long they can stay.

Mathematicians who helped unify laws of physics and cracked decades-old problems in geometry are among this year's recipients of the Fields medal

A federal judge has approved a $1.5 billion copyright settlement involving AI company Anthropic

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