Mathematicians from the California Institute of Technology have solved an old problem related to a mathematical process ...

LLMs have recently helped find solutions to a number of minor longstanding problems. But a new plan called First Proof is really putting them to the test ...

One would imagine that an AI capable of solving the hardest Olympiad problems would naturally produce novel scientific ...

Mathematicians finally understand the behavior of an important class of differential equations that describe everything from ...

Rational artificial intelligence sounds simple on paper: build systems that make sensible decisions based on goals, evidence, ...

Toyota’s latest patent doesn’t reinvent batteries, but it rethinks how EV components are stacked under the floor to claw back interior space. EV batteries keep getting better, but they still take up a ...

As the official celebrations of the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence culminate on July 4, a well-financed, privately funded initiative will kick off to try to ...

Amateur mathematicians are using artificial intelligence chatbots to solve long-standing problems, in a move that has taken professionals by surprise. While the problems in question aren’t the most ...

The president of the United States has ordered Fannie and Freddie to buy $200 billion of mortgage bonds (in a week where he has said and done a lot of things, some of which he is even allowed to do).

Wikipedia has recently come under the microscope. I take some credit for this, as the co-founder of Wikipedia and a vocal critic of the knowledge platform for a long time. In September, I nailed ...

Surging Medicaid costs and dramatically shrinking federal aid are a recipe for fiscal crisis, state Comptroller Sean Scanlon warned Monday. And while Connecticut’s chief fiscal watchdog didn’t call ...

Artificial intelligence is transforming how we cure disease, defend nations, and deliver goods. But the same technology driving this surge of innovation is also testing the limits of the system that ...