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A series of offshore earthquakes shook near California's North Coast early Wednesday morning. The quakes included a magnitude 5.1 earthquake about 40 miles west of Petrolia, which struck at 5:45 a.m., ...

OpenAI's AI model solved the unit distance problem posed by Paul Erdos in 1946 The AI found a counterexample disproving Erdos's conjecture on unit-distance pairs The solution shows unit-distance pairs ...

“If you are a mathematician,” one of the world’s leading mathematicians recently wrote, “you may want to make sure you are sitting down before reading further.” And you’ll definitely need to sit down ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. News about AI math problem raises realization that finding counterexamples can be extremely ...

In October 2024 I attended a workshop at Harvard University where mathematicians talked through the uses of artificial intelligence in their field. Most were less worried about the future of math than ...

Detroit Public Theatre has announced its 12th season, which will feature four productions alongside the return of The DPT Holiday Cabaret. The company also teased plans for a special winter production ...

CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The ...

This is an updated version of a story first published on May 5, 2024. For many high school students returning to class, it ...

OpenAI Group PBC today launched a new large language model that is significantly better than its predecessors at solving math problems and writing code. GPT-5.5 is rolling out a week after rival ...

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