Over the past couple of months, several researchers have begun making the same provocative claim: They used generative-AI tools to solve a previously unanswered math problem. The most extreme promises ...

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The 2026 CBSE Maths board exam has sparked a heated debate over perceived discrepancies in difficulty between different ...

In his new book, “A World Appears,” Michael Pollan argues that artificial intelligence can do many things—it just can’t be a ...

Many of us would probably like to forget sitting through math classes in school. But let’s briefly travel back, just for a ...

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