In mid-May, OpenAI announced that an internal AI model had disproved the Erdős unit distance conjecture, a famous problem in discrete geometry that had stumped human mathematicians for the last 80 ...

The result is correct but challenges core norms of mathematics: checking proofs, crediting ideas and keeping research open to everyone.

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The stock market made a record number of people millionaires in 2025. But the real wealth action was happening one tier up.

Mathematician Will Sawin discusses his experience reviewing and refining a mathematical proof devised by OpenAI's internal model—and what that could mean for mathematics.

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After burning through interceptors in the Iran war, the U.S. faces a dire math problem: Enemies can build drones faster than ...

The artificial intelligence boom is real. Sectors like healthcare, IT, education and many others are rapidly moving towards AI adoption. Now mathematicians have also acknowledged how AI is proving its ...

Participant Survey put the retirement ‘magic number’ at $1.6 million in 2025, down from $1.8 million in 2024. For years, Americans have given pollsters some version of that same answer. The number is ...

A 72-year-old widower with $3.2 million in his old employer 401(k) walks into his advisor’s office in June 2026 with one ...