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Watch: Fields Medalist Terence Tao on Artificial Intelligence and Why We Do Math
4+ week, 2+ day ago (679+ words) At the 2026 International Congress of Mathematicians, mathematician Terry Tao discussed the future of AI in mathematics and why the field needs to start asking philosophical questions about its goals and values. Artificial intelligence is transforming countless fields, and mathematics is…...
Axel Saenz Rodriguez on How Mathematics Can Create More Sustainable Energy
3+ mon, 1+ day ago (970+ words) Pivot Fellow Axel Saenz Rodriguez leverages mathematics and quantum physics to create energy efficient strategies for storing and transmitting data. We recently discussed Saenz Rodrgiuez’s fellowship year, the benefits of mentorship and interdisciplinary collaboration and the saving grace of having…...
The Science of Team Science: Lessons Learned from the International Brain Laboratory
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (1127+ words) The International Brain Laboratory, a consortium of 22 labs worldwide working together to study decision-making in the brain, offers insights into how large-scale scientific collaborations can be supported and how the model itself can be improved. Science as we know it…...
Quantum Dynamics Breakthrough Overturns Claim of ‘Quantum Supremacy’
4+ mon, 15+ hour ago (642+ words) By adapting an algorithm from the 1980s to the modern context of mathematical objects called tensor networks, researchers at the Flatiron Institute show that classical computers can tackle a class of problems previously claimed to be solvable only by quantum computers....
Seeing and Imagining Are Handled by the Same Brain Cells
4+ mon, 17+ hour ago (531+ words) Researchers make advances in understanding how human brains are wired by pinning down how the same neurons are used for both imagining and seeing objects. In one of the first single-neuron studies of imagination in the human brain, researchers found…...
AI Will Be Top of Mind at ICM, Math’s Biggest Conference
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (375+ words) The International Congress of Mathematicians, coming to Philadelphia this summer, includes panels and talks about artificial intelligence and the humanity of the field. Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping the landscape of mathematics. Recently, for instance, a 23-year-old used ChatGPT to…...
Introducing ROCKET: An Upgrade to AlphaFold That Learns From Raw Experimental Data
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (520+ words) The tool extends the capabilities of AlphaFold — a Nobel Prize–winning AI that predicts how proteins fold — by directly learning from raw experimental data. A new software tool called ROCKET is giving the Nobel Prize-winning AI-powered AlphaFold a serious upgrade…...