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OpenAI launched ChatGPT for Teens with new safeguards for younger users. We tested it on its first day with some interesting ...

While many school districts have been fixated in recent years on helping young students rebuild flagging math skills, there’s also a growing awareness that math learning among middle and high ...

A million-dollar math mystery may someday be resolved in a physics lab. A new study brings this vision one step closer.

A mathematician announced that he used one of Anthropic's A.I. models to find a counterexample to a problem called the Jacobian conjecture. While experts consider it a milestone, the work raises quest ...

Crows, ravens, and other corvids consistently rank among the most intelligent animals on Earth. These birds possess problem-solving abilities that rival those of great apes, despite having very ...

AI is increasingly being used as collaborators in mathematical research rather than simply as computational tools.

A conversation with journalist Josh Tyrangiel about treating AI as a strategic advantage, not just a tool. Many organizations are investing heavily in AI, but too few are asking the most important ...

Tensor networks enable researchers to tackle quantum physics problems previously thought to be solvable only by quantum computers. Credit: Lucy Reading-Ikkanda/Simons Foundation By applying a 1980s ...

A conversation with author Anne Morriss on why the slow and steady approach can leave issues unresolved. When it comes to solving complex, layered problems, the default for many organizational leaders ...

The bees had to roll the ball under a blue "flower," then stand atop the moved object to access a sweet treat. Mikko Törmänen / University of Oulu Some bumblebees can spontaneously solve problems, a ...