AI Solved A Mathematical Problem That Had Stumped The World’s Best Minds For Decades

GPT-5.4 Pro cracked a conjecture in number theory that had stumped generations of mathematicians, using a proof strategy that ...
The New York Times

How Epstein Helped Solve a Billionaire’s Problems With Women

The Wall Street titan Leon Black paid Jeffrey Epstein $170 million for what he said was tax and estate work. But his services went beyond that. Credit...Illustration by Anna Kliewer; source images by ...
Al Jazeera English

Five problems the Iran war could solve for Israel’s Netanyahu

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has succeeded where countless previous Israeli leaders have failed: persuading the United States to join Israel in launching open-ended strikes against its regional ...
Scientific American

Can you solve these language puzzles? Test your skills with these problems from North America’s biggest linguistics competition

For 20 years, this computational linguistics competition has inspired new generations of innovators in AI and language ...
Nature

Quantum-as-a-service is already solving industry problems

When quantum computing makes headlines, it’s typically one of two stories. The first is a promise: incredible power is coming. Engineering marvels from Silicon Valley or China, boasting quantum bits ...
NPR

The world has a groundwater problem. Can we solve it?

Groundwater is responsible for about half of the water people use globally. It's drying up. Hayes Kelman started noticing the family farm in western Kansas was slowly getting less water around the ...