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indiatoday.in > education-today > featurephilia > story > mathematics-in-the-age-of-ai-is-human-genius-still-needed-2851863-2026-01-14

If AI solves the world's hardest math problems, what's left for humans?

If AI solves the world's hardest math problems, what's left for humans?5+ hour, 29+ min ago   (1024+ words) For centuries, mathematics has stood as one of humanity's purest expressions of intellect, a realm shaped by intuition, imagination and long, lonely hours of thought. From Euclid's geometry to Einstein's equations, every breakthrough has carried the unmistakable imprint of human…...

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indiatoday.in > education-today > gk-current-affairs > story > quote-of-the-day-by-mahasweta-devi-life-is-not-mathematics-and-the-human-being-2851378-2026-01-14

Quote of the day by Mahasweta Devi: Life is not mathematics and the human being...

Quote of the day by Mahasweta Devi: Life is not mathematics and the human being...15+ hour, 51+ min ago   (389+ words) "Life is not mathematics and the human being is not made for the sake of politics." These words were spoken by Mahasweta Devi, the Bengali writer and activist whose fierce compassion for tribal communities marked her work. She used fiction…...

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indiatoday.in > education-today > news > story > working-professionals-get-new-ai-upskilling-route-through-iit-madras-initiative-2850663-2026-01-12

Working professionals get new AI upskilling route through IIT Madras initiative

Working professionals get new AI upskilling route through IIT Madras initiative2+ day, 7+ hour ago   (462+ words) IITM Pravartak Technologies Foundation, the Technology Innovation Hub of IIT Madras, has opened admissions for the second batch of its Advanced Certificate in Applied Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning, as demand for trained AI professionals continues to rise across industries....

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indiatoday.in > amp > technology > video > unidentified-speaker-uses-ai-helmet-to-report-bengaluru-traffic-violations-ytvd-2848075-2026-01-07

Bengaluru Traffic: 'I Was Fed Up With People Driving Recklessly': AI Tool To Track Traffic Rules

Bengaluru Traffic: 'I Was Fed Up With People Driving Recklessly': AI Tool To Track Traffic Rules1+ week, 7+ hour ago   (405+ words) On this Special Report, India Today€™s Shivamurthy Sagaraj examines a technological intervention aimed at addressing Bengaluru€™s persistent traffic violations. An unidentified speaker, a local tech professional, has developed an AI-powered surveillance system integrated into a standard motorcycle helmet....

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indiatoday.in > amp > education-today > gk-current-affairs > story > blaise-pascal-rediscovered-geometry-aged-12-independent-learning-innate-genius-2846906-2026-01-06

400 years ago, this child rebuilt Geometry from scratch

400 years ago, this child rebuilt Geometry from scratch1+ week, 1+ day ago   (407+ words) On a cold Paris evening in the 1630s, a boy knelt on the stone floor, his fingers blackened with charcoal. There were no books around him no diagrams, no formulas, no teacher to correct his lines. Only circles, triangles, and angles…...

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indiatoday.in > education-today > news > story > failed-iit-twice-landed-google-and-microsoft-jobs-indian-techie-priyanka-vergadia-viral-story-2844451-2025-12-31

IIT said no twice, Google and Microsoft didn't: Techie shares 25-year career journey

IIT said no twice, Google and Microsoft didn't: Techie shares 25-year career journey2+ week, 11+ hour ago   (576+ words) The exam that defines engineering success in India rejected her twice. The world's most powerful technology companies didn't just accept her; they trusted her to lead. That contrast now defines the 25-year journey of Priyanka Vergadia, an Indian-origin tech executive…...

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indiatoday.in > amp > technology > news > story > andrej-karpathy-says-ai-is-like-alien-technology-with-no-manual-engineers-must-adapt-fast-2842508-2025-12-27

Andrej Karpathy says AI is like alien technology with no manual, engineers must adapt fast

Andrej Karpathy says AI is like alien technology with no manual, engineers must adapt fast2+ week, 4+ day ago   (432+ words) Andrej Karpathy says AI is like alien technology with no manual, engineers must adapt fast'India Today AI has been evolving at a dizzying pace, reshaping industries, rewriting workflows and even redefining what it means to be a programmer And now,…...

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indiatoday.in > education-today > featurephilia > story > studying-math-are-we-teaching-kids-to-solve-problems-or-just-memorise-formulas-2836264-2025-12-26

Studying math: Are we teaching kids to solve problems or just memorise formulas?

Studying math: Are we teaching kids to solve problems or just memorise formulas?2+ week, 5+ day ago   (747+ words) Mathematics education today is built around a singular metric: marks. For decades, this model has served as the backbone of academic success, teaching students that the number on their report card defines their ability to "do mathematics." The irony, however,…...

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indiatoday.in > education-today > featurephilia > story > you-dont-need-to-code-to-work-with-ai-you-need-maths-2840089-2025-12-22

You don’t need to code to work with AI, you need Maths

You don’t need to code to work with AI, you need Maths3+ week, 2+ day ago   (644+ words) Artificial Intelligence often looks like a futuristic technology built on complex code. But behind every AI tool'whether it predicts traffic, scans a medical image, or flags a bank transaction, there is mathematics quietly doing the heavy lifting. Experts say that…...

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indiatoday.in > education-today > gk-current-affairs > story > pythagoras-didnt-discover-pythagorean-theorem-baudhayana-did-centuries-earlier-2839944-2025-12-22

Pythagoras didn’t discover Pythagorean Theorem. Baudhayana did centuries earlier

Pythagoras didn’t discover Pythagorean Theorem. Baudhayana did centuries earlier3+ week, 2+ day ago   (1036+ words) Akshat was working through a standard geometry exercise, the chapter that introduces the right-angled triangle and the formula a + b = c. He paused for a moment, not because the problem was difficult, but because the theorem's name caught his attention. Why…...