Large language models struggle to solve research-level math questions. It takes a human to assess just how poorly they perform. By Siobhan Roberts A few weeks ago, a high school student emailed Martin ...

Restaurant kitchens and quick-service operations are masters of controlled chaos. Staff hustling, tickets moving, orders flying out. Activity everywhere. So when someone suggests the operation might ...

A teacher has gone viral after sharing how one of her students cleverly tricked her to use a new viral slang expression, under the guise of checking the answer to a math question. Threads user Jenn ...

A math problem has left the internet stumped and social media users scrambling from their nearest protractor to figure it out. The problem reads: "5)a) Dina is baking. The cake bakes from 11 o'clock ...

An elementary school math question has left not only students but also a seasoned teacher—and much of the internet—scratching their heads. Bobby Seagull, @bobby_seagull, shared the puzzle his friend's ...

Abstract: Large language models excel in language understanding but struggle with precise numerical reasoning, making accurate tabular data question-answering challenging, especially with arithmetic ...

In a weekend in the spring of 2025, a clandestine mathematical conclave convened. Thirty of the world’s most renowned mathematicians traveled to Berkeley, Calif., with some coming from as far away as ...

BETA TESTERS WANTED! VAP is a computational engine that uses both CPU and GPU (if available) to do mass amounts of arithmetic operations. Also comes with its own API! I built a terminal-based ...

Ship operators are facing great uncertainty as the US examines proposals to slap extra port fees on Chinese-built or owned vessels. The US Trade Representative (USTR) is seeking industry comments on ...

The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has joined forces with its Five Eyes partners and other agencies from the European Union (EU) to publish a new guide designed to help critical national ...

It’s surprisingly difficult to prove one of the most basic properties of a number: whether it can be written as a fraction. A broad new method can help settle this ancient question. In June 1978, the ...