The speed at which artificial intelligence is gaining in mathematical ability has taken many by surprise. It is rewriting what it means to be a mathematician ...
Recent studies show that the less likely someone is to use procedural solutions, the better they tend to be at more abstract problem-solving—and gender is a significant predictor. In a new study, ...
You’re never too old to learn something new. People are losing their minds over how simple — yet tricky — an elementary school-level math equation posted on X (formerly Twitter) is. Over the weekend, ...
First Proof is an effort to see whether LLMs can contribute meaningfully to pure mathematics research. The dust has settled on round one, and the results are surprising ...
There is a quote often attributed to Einstein: compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world. He who understands it, ...
Jumping from high school to college-level statistics and geometry can feel like learning a new language. The concepts get more abstract, the formulas become more complex, and the homework piles up ...
To understand why this matters, it helps to know how current web security actually works. When you visit a website, your ...
Math is crucial in many fields yet more students are now functionally innumerate and many students do not go on to qualify ...
It might sound backwards, but the people who spent decades earning the most should be the last ones running out of money in ...
The claims are outlined in two recent papers by Google’s research teams, which describe how Gemini Deep Think has been used to address professional research problems in mathematics, physics, and ...
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AI models still suck at math

Just less than before, according to the ORCA test exclusive Current-day LLMs are prediction engines and, as such, they can only find the most likely solution to problems, which is not necessarily the ...
Ask people how much they need to retire, and there is a good chance they can throw out a number almost instantly. Maybe it’s ...