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The summer AI ate math
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (1424+ words) What happens when machines surpass the most brilliant human minds? Mathematicians are finding out By Joseph Howlett edited by Clara Moskowitz & Lee Billings PHILADELPHIA, PA.—On July 24, the math world’s only true celebrity walked onto its most illustrious stage, to…...
The data center backlash comes for SpaceXAI’s Colossus
4+ day, 47+ min ago (829+ words) Dozens of temporary gas turbines are powering SpaceXAI’s expansion—and fights over permits and pollution By Austyn Gaffney edited by Eric Sullivan SpaceXAI’s Southaven power plant feeds one of its data centers across the Tennessee state line in Memphis. By…...
There are just five perfect shapes in math—here's why
4+ day, 16+ hour ago (687+ words) The five Platonic solids are the epitome of perfection—at least in mathematics. Topology explains why there are only five of them By Manon Bischoff edited by Daisy Yuhas Admittedly, their names offer no special aesthetic appeal. But their forms…...
OpenAI claims blockbuster math breakthrough amid swirl of controversy
4+ day, 18+ hour ago (284+ words) Prior to the announcement, rumors were circulating online among mathematicians over the proof's origins—OpenAI has denied all allegations By Joseph Howlett edited by Claire Cameron urbazon via Getty Images For the second time ever, someone has solved one of…...
How introverted or extroverted you are may influence how you use AI
5+ day, 23+ hour ago (1060+ words) How people interact with their inner and outer worlds may shape how they approach generative AI By Paul Jones & The Conversation US More than a century ago, the Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung made introversion and extraversion central to his theory…...
These smart bricks know what object they make up
6+ day, 23+ hour ago (258+ words) Collectively intelligent bricks figure out if they’re in a boat, chair or guitar By Matthew Hutson edited by Sarah Lewin Frasier A future in which machines build themselves is “all about local self-organization where you don’t have one failure point,…...
What happens when technology tries to optimize love?
1+ week, 2+ day ago (743+ words) Can technology optimize companionship? A novelist imagines the extreme answer Author Sarah Pierce explores dating apps, loneliness and human connection through a novel about a corpse-matching algorithm By Brianne Kane, Fonda Mwangi, Alex Sugiura & Rachel Feltman Rachel Feltman: For Scientific…...
The brain, solved
1+ week, 5+ day ago (261+ words) The human brain has upward of 86 billion neurons, connected by some 100 trillion synapses Minds can be found everywhere in nature, often in places we’d never think to look for them—even without a brain to house them, clusters of cells…...
Alpha School wants AI to teach a billion kids. Should it?
2+ week, 1+ day ago (895+ words) The fast-growing private-school network is handing much of instruction over to artificial intelligence. Researchers say the science is far from settled By Mary Randolph edited by Eric Sullivan When Carl Hendrick took his first ride in a Waymo, the self-driving…...
Silicon Valley reads a lot of science fiction. It often gets it wrong
2+ week, 3+ day ago (661+ words) Historian Jill Lepore explains what tech leaders miss in their favorite stories—and why the fight over AI data centers may be where the machine stops By Brianne Kane edited by Eric Sullivan The story always goes the same way:…...