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The closest the field has come to solving the planar unit distance problem, first proposed in the 1940s, was in 1984. Now, OpenAI claims an internal model has cracked the puzzle.

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The math world is losing its mind over the new solution to an Erdős problem. This is what AI found, how we missed it—and why ...

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The result is correct but challenges core norms of mathematics: checking proofs, crediting ideas and keeping research open to ...

Newly released national test scores show student achievement in math rising at the elementary school level—but not among ...

One afternoon earlier this year, my 11-year-old son was sitting at his laptop and working quietly on his math homework. At least, that’s what he was supposed to be doing. When I glanced at his screen, ...

Company says work on Paul Erdős planar unit distance problem shows advance in AI reasoning OpenAI has claimed a further advance in AI reasoning after its technology successfully tackled an 80-year-old ...

Keir Starmer’s UK election landslide in 2024 came after a series of Conservative governments marked by scandal, chaos and a budget problem with no easy fix. Two years later, the Labour prime minister ...

The establishment changed its name this week from the Barber Shop Blackstone to the Censored Shop Blackstone in protest while it is suing the state in federal court. By Neil Vigdor The craft cocktails ...