AI tools can parse through the massive archives of daily word puzzles to isolate specific throughlines that can serve as a guiding light when you're lost in the sea of scrambled letters. I used my New ...

Tao: Today there are a lot of very tedious types of mathematics that we don’t like doing, so we look for clever ways to get ...

Autonomous vehicles have made remarkable progress over the past decade, accumulating millions of miles and performing well on highways, in controlled test areas, and in select urban zones. However, ...

Coding platforms strengthen logic, speed, and structured thinking under the pressure of a timeframe.Hiring processes increasingly focus on practi ...

AI could soon spew out hundreds of mathematical proofs that look "right" but contain hidden flaws, or proofs so complex we ...

Google has launched Gemini 3 Deep Think, a major upgrade to its AI system, designed to tackle the toughest problems in science, research, and engineering. The new mode demonstrates exceptional ...

Google has upgraded Gemini 3 Deep Think, its advanced reasoning mode for science, maths and engineering. The tool shows top-tier benchmark scores and is now available only to Google AI Ultra ...

The number of human programmers that remain better than the best AI can be counted on the fingers of two hands. In ...

Five years ago, mathematicians Dawei Chen and Quentin Gendron were trying to untangle a difficult area of algebraic geometry involving differentials, elements of calculus used to measure distance ...

When a crowd gets something right, like guessing how many beans are in a jar, forecasting an election, or solving a difficult scientific problem, it's tempting to credit the sharpest individual in the ...

In recent years, the artificial intelligence (AI) landscape has shifted from quiet curiosity to relentless noise. Conference taglines, vendor solicitations, and slide decks all seem to begin with the ...

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 ...