P vs. NP asks: are these two classes actually the same? If P = NP, then every “hard” problem is secretly fast to solve; we ...

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 closest the field has come to solving the planar unit distance problem, first proposed in the 1940s, was in 1984. Now, OpenAI claims an internal model has cracked the puzzle.

In mid-May, OpenAI announced that an internal AI model had disproved the Erdős unit distance conjecture, a famous problem in ...

With automated proof-checkers, a problem can be broken up into small chunks, solved bit-by-bit, then reassembled with ...

Ever felt like an online game cheated you? We look at how blockchain and provably fair math are bringing trust back to competitive gaming and online casinos.

Instagram user Erin shared videos of her three-year-old son, Declan, solving large math problems that have caught the attention of thousands online. In one clip, Declan works through the addition ...

A new set of studies suggests people who rely heavily on artificial intelligence tools may have a harder time solving ...

AI math proof verification reached a new frontier as DeepMind’s AlphaProof Nexus solved nine open Erdős research problems with Lean-verified proofs, some unsolved for 56 years. The May 2026 Science Ne ...

Social Security problems can be solved online, over the phone or via an in-person appointment. People can apply for most benefits online as well as check the status of their application, change direct ...

News that large language models (LLM) have made major advances in solving Erdős problems – a set of problems formulated by the renowned 20 th-century mathematician Paul Erdős – has created an ...

A seemingly simple sum left the internet stumped as people scrambled to remember elementary arithmetic. The sneakily complex equation was posted on X last week by the account Break the Silos which ...