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The Mathematician Crushed Between OpenAI and Anthropic Over a Math Problem

Tristan Buckmaster was on the path toward an important proof when one of the A.I. giants used its staggering resources to get there first.

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New York Times Science

The Mathematician Crushed Between OpenAI and Anthropic Over a Math Problem

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Futurism

CNN Just Ran One of the Worst AI Puff Pieces We’ve Ever Seen in Our Lives About That “AI Actor” Tilly Northwood

Please make it stop. The post CNN Just Ran One of the Worst AI Puff Pieces We've Ever Seen in Our Lives About That "AI Actor" Tilly Northwood appeared first on Futurism.

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Futurism

CNN Just Ran One of the Worst AI Puff Pieces We’ve Ever Seen in Our Lives About That “AI Actor” Tilly Northwood

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Futurism

There’s a Huge Economic Problem With Tesla’s Cybercabs

Buyers beware. The post There's a Huge Economic Problem With Tesla's Cybercabs appeared first on Futurism.

2 hours ago

Futurism

There’s a Huge Economic Problem With Tesla’s Cybercabs

Futurism

Anthropic Is Building a Huge Surveillance System to Spy on Anti-AI Activists and Predict Their Activities

"What could have been a high-stress situation was really mitigated through early detection." The post Anthropic Is Building a Huge Surveillance System to Spy on Anti-AI Activists and Predict Their Activities appeared first on Futurism.

2 hours ago

Futurism

Anthropic Is Building a Huge Surveillance System to Spy on Anti-AI Activists and Predict Their Activities

New York Times Science

Could Your Chatbot Be Stealing Ideas From You? It’s a Thorny Question.

A controversy around OpenAI’s latest math proof raises a fear that might become increasingly common: that A.I. tools could take valuable insights from one user and hand them to another.

3 hours ago

New York Times Science

Could Your Chatbot Be Stealing Ideas From You? It’s a Thorny Question.

Futurism

Mother Horrified When Meta’s AI Scours Instagram and Facebook for Invasive Information About Her Young Daughters

"It just kept going and going, and that pit in my stomach just kept getting bigger and deeper." The post Mother Horrified When Meta's AI Scours Instagram and Facebook for Invasive Information About Her Young Daughters appeared first on Futurism.

3 hours ago

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Mother Horrified When Meta’s AI Scours Instagram and Facebook for Invasive Information About Her Young Daughters

Futurism

Fire Marshal Uncovers House of Horrors Lurking Inside Bitcoin-Mining Data Center

A disaster waiting to happen. The post Fire Marshal Uncovers House of Horrors Lurking Inside Bitcoin-Mining Data Center appeared first on Futurism.

4 hours ago

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Fire Marshal Uncovers House of Horrors Lurking Inside Bitcoin-Mining Data Center

WIRED Science

A Satellite Falling Out of Orbit Embarks on Its Final Mission

Before reentering our atmosphere, the telescopes onboard NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory have been restarted to take their last observations.

8 hours ago

WIRED Science

A Satellite Falling Out of Orbit Embarks on Its Final Mission

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Man Announces That He Has Synthesized a New Schizophrenia Treatment in His Garage, Based on a Formula Devised by ChatGPT

"Hello schizophrenic, take this medicine that chatgpt made for you." The post Man Announces That He Has Synthesized a New Schizophrenia Treatment in His Garage, Based on a Formula Devised by ChatGPT appeared first on Futurism.

20 hours ago

Futurism

Man Announces That He Has Synthesized a New Schizophrenia Treatment in His Garage, Based on a Formula Devised by ChatGPT

New York Times Science

Scientists Discover the Earliest Evidence of Drug Use in Really Old Teeth

A hunter-gatherer who lived in Indonesia as early as 25,000 years ago may have regularly sucked on betel nuts to release their psychoactive properties.

23 hours ago

New York Times Science

Scientists Discover the Earliest Evidence of Drug Use in Really Old Teeth

New York Times Science

Scientists Who Study Sleep and Narcolepsy Win Prestigious Lasker Award

Two researchers who study the debilitating sleep disorder have won a prestigious Lasker Award. Their research in animals laid the groundwork for a new drug that addresses the conditions’s root cause.

23 hours ago

New York Times Science

Scientists Who Study Sleep and Narcolepsy Win Prestigious Lasker Award

New York Times Science

What Is Navier-Stokes, the ‘Millennium’ Math Problem OpenAI Claims to Have Solved?

OpenAI announced today that it had solved the problem, one of seven “Millennium Problems” seen as among the most important in higher mathematics.

1 day ago

New York Times Science

What Is Navier-Stokes, the ‘Millennium’ Math Problem OpenAI Claims to Have Solved?

WIRED Science

A New Startup Lets You Freeze Your Eggs For Free. But Is Anything Ever Free?

Cofertility manages the costs of egg freezing and storage, in exchange for half the batch. One young client became suspicious of the arrangement—and started to investigate.

1 day ago

WIRED Science

A New Startup Lets You Freeze Your Eggs For Free. But Is Anything Ever Free?

WIRED Science

Cockroach Milk, How to Blow Your Nose, and Mosquito Printers: The Ig Nobels of 2026

Every year, the prizes recognize the weirdest research that often raises some very serious scientific questions.

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WIRED Science

Cockroach Milk, How to Blow Your Nose, and Mosquito Printers: The Ig Nobels of 2026

New York Times Science

OpenAI Says It Has Cracked One of Math’s ‘Millennium Problems’

The company’s announcement is the most dramatic sign yet that artificial intelligence is fundamentally transforming the field of higher mathematics.

1 day ago

New York Times Science

OpenAI Says It Has Cracked One of Math’s ‘Millennium Problems’

National Science Foundation

Podcast: AI and wearable devices

Mark Hersam an NSF-supported researcher, discusses nanoelectronic materials and how a cerebellum-inspired approach may transform how AI performs in wearable devices...

1 day ago

National Science Foundation

Podcast: AI and wearable devices