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washingtonpost.com > technology > 08/19/2026 > mathematicians-ask-whats-left-humans-when-ai-can-do-math-research

Mathematicians ask what???s left for humans when AI can do math research

55+ min ago   (84+ words) AI triggers a wave of anxiety among the world’s greatest math minds The Washington Post Top mathematicians gathered recently in San Francisco at the offices of OpenAI to discuss what would be left for humans to do when artificial intelligence…...

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washingtonpost.com > world > 08/14/2026 > would-hong-wang-have-won-her-fields-medal-if-she-had-stayed-china

Would Hong Wang have won her Fields Medal if she had stayed in China?

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (94+ words) Would Hong Wang have won her historic math prize if she had stayed in China? The Washington Post The success of Wang and other young Chinese mathematicians abroad has sparked discussion about the country’s education system. Winning one of the…...

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washingtonpost.com > technology > 07/01/2026 > top-tech-companies-are-researching-whether-ai-could-become-conscious

He warned AI could be conscious. Here’s what happened next.

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (68+ words) The Washington Post Four years after firing Blake Lemoine, Google and other tech companies are publicly embracing the search for AI consciousness. Five months before the launch of ChatGPT shook the world in 2022, Google engineer Blake Lemoine told The Washington…...

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washingtonpost.com > science > 06/14/2026 > math-has-helped-define-what-it-means-be-human-centuries-cue-robots

Math has helped define what it means to be human for centuries. Cue the robots.

2+ mon, 4+ day ago   (81+ words) The Washington Post Math can illuminate how traffic flows, how our cells build proteins and even how to speed up medical imaging scans. Is AI an existential threat to the discipline? This month, 30 mathematicians gathered at Harvard University to grade…...

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washingtonpost.com > opinions > 06/09/2026 > ai-powered-genomes-can-help-save-endangered-species

Opinion | AI might help save endangered species — and even transform biology

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (71+ words) The Washington Post The technology is becoming increasingly powerful in conservation. And it’s just getting started. In 2015, a chubby green parrot named Jane made history. She was a kākāpō, one of the few remaining members of her species native to…...

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washingtonpost.com > video > opinions > chat-gpts-romance-language-problem > 06/08/2026 > 89b77310-e01f-476d-b32e-25d5a4b26291_video.html

Chat-GPT’s Romance language problem

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (15+ words) The Washington Post Chat-GPT’s Romance language problem...

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washingtonpost.com > opinions > 05/22/2026 > america-is-losing-iran-war-ai-is-bad-writer

Opinion | I did something AI never could: Make my calculus teacher cry

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (172+ words) The Washington Post AI’s ’first draft’ problem, the Iran war and Kash Patel, in readers’ eyes. In his May 13 Wednesday Opinion essay, “The occult of the chatbot,” Herbert Lin compared artificial intelligence to a palm reader: AI reflects us back to…...

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washingtonpost.com > technology > interactive > 2026 > chatbots-hidden-rules-system-prompts

Analysis | See the hidden rules behind AI. Then use them to rewrite this article.

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1386+ words) Understanding the secret commands that steer the behavior of chatbots like ChatGPT can help you customize them to your needs. Chatbots like ChatGPT are powerful because of their simplicity: Ask just about anything and you’ll get an answer. But the…...

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washingtonpost.com > ripple > 05/04/2026 > districtwide-curriculum-group-instruction-middle-school-math-scores-high-needs-district

What actually helped turn around middle school math scores in my high-needs district

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (932+ words) The Hechinger Report covers inequality and innovation in education to show the public how education can be improved and why it matters. When I taught middle school math, some of my worst days as a teacher were spent sitting at…...

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washingtonpost.com > wp-intelligence > ai-tech-brief > 05/04/2026 > ai-tech-brief-dangers-fine-tuning-ai

AI & Tech Brief: The dangers of “fine-tuning” AI

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (86+ words) The Washington Post - Businesses will need to tailor AI models for areas such as law and medicine. But the impacts of “fine-tuning” AI safety are unpredictable. - I speak with Miranda Bogen, director of the Center for Democracy and Technology’s AI…...