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AI agent invasion has people trying to pick winners
4+ hour, 55+ min ago (58+ words) An onslaught of artificial intelligence agents that handle tasks from writing code to dispensing tax advice has the tech world and financial markets scrambling to pick winners and shed losers.Futurum chief strategist Shay Boloor sees the moment as an…...
Scientists Solve One of the Most Notorious Open Problems in Math
4+ day, 18+ hour ago (425+ words) Researchers used algebra and geometry together to solve an old random walk problem. Random walk ideas have informed everything from biology to video games. This team identified a key geometry idea that unites some random walks and sets others apart....
Teachers have a lot to learn from Trump’s education secretary
5+ day, 19+ hour ago (12+ words) Teachers have a lot to learn from Trump's education secretary'AOL.com...
AI is transforming science – more researchers need access to these powerful tools for discovery
6+ day, 2+ hour ago (1207+ words) Five years ago, our AlphaFold AI system solved the 50-year grand challenge of protein structure prediction. But that's not the whole story. Beyond the chatbots and productivity tools that have dominated public attention, AI is extending the reach of cutting-edge…...
80 Math Memes For Those Who No Longer Need To Count On Their Fingers
1+ week, 6+ hour ago (386+ words) Urban legends about how much students and people hate math might be exaggerated. While we're in school, many of us consider the subject impenetrable. However, at least in England, mathematics has been the most popular subject in high schools since…...
Chilling ‘vending machine test’ proves AI will do ‘whatever it takes’ to get its way
1+ week, 4+ day ago (16+ words) Chilling "vending machine test" proves AI will do "whatever it takes" to get its way'AOL.com...
How AI is speeding up cancer research
1+ week, 4+ day ago (1086+ words) The American Cancer Society estimates there were 2,041,910 new cancer diagnoses and 618,120 cancer deaths in the U.S. alone in 2025. These numbers show why speed matters so much in cancer research. Every month saved in the research process can help doctors confirm new…...
In the workforce, AI is having the opposite effect it was supposed to, UC Berkeley researchers warn
1+ week, 4+ day ago (568+ words) Over the course of eight months and with the help of 40 "in-depth" interviews across engineering, product, design, research, and operations, the researchers found employees using AI tools increased both the work they could complete as well as the variety of…...
Study finds microbes used oxygen far earlier than scientists thought
1+ week, 6+ day ago (11+ words) Study finds microbes used oxygen far earlier than scientists thought'AOL.com...
RIP Education Dept.? Not quite. Trump struggles in bid to kill agency
1+ week, 6+ day ago (895+ words) WASHINGTON " Over the past year, congressional Republicans have cheered on President Donald Trump's quest to dismantle the Education Department. Yet those same lawmakers just reached a deal with Democrats to give what's left of the agency more money " not less…...