A week after OpenAI made headlines with an A.I.-generated proof, a new “declaration” by 16 experts raises concerns that the technology threatens math as a discipline. By Siobhan Roberts Recently there ...

The blockbuster game Minecraft depicts a world created by cubes: everything is made of discrete building blocks. It may therefore seem particularly unsuitable for calculating pi (π), the mathematical ...

Nothing rivals the human brain's complexity. Its 86 billion neurons and 85 billion other cells make an estimated 100 trillion connections. If the brain were a computer, it would perform an exaflop (a ...

Mathematician Kevin Buzzard of Imperial College London is training computers how to prove one of the most famous problems in math history: Fermat’s last theorem. Resolving the problem isn’t the point.

Creating eye-catching visuals no longer requires advanced design skills. With Canva Graphic Design, anyone can produce professional-looking content using a simple graphic design tool built for speed ...

Axiom Math is giving away a powerful new AI tool. But it remains to be seen if it speeds up research as much as the company hopes. Axiom Math, a startup based in Palo Alto, California, has released a ...

David E. Dunning explores how mathematical notation is a social, world-building technology. It’s natural to think of math as being fundamentally abstract. Whether it’s invented or discovered, its ...

How do biological cells join forces to form a structure? In her Ph.D. research, Daphne Nesenberend uses mathematics to show how forces and cooperation between cells create structure—and how ...

Ask someone where they plan to begin when choosing an AI tool, and the answer is usually a shrug. Too many models, too many claims, and too many rapid updates blur the decision-making process. What ...

It’s no secret that one of the best reasons to use a Pixel is the suite of Pixel-exclusive software features Google’s phones come with. Whether it’s a longstanding feature like Now Playing or a newer ...

“Structured products” are proliferating in exchange-traded funds, and defined-outcome ETFs, or “buffer ETFs,” are among the most popular. These ETFs use options to provide an explicit amount of loss ...