Mathematics & Data

57+ min ago   (1508+ words) With summer now giving way to autumn, we will need to wait until July next year before we get another chance to catch them. Being the eternal optimist, I had also hoped to share a 'best of' montage of images…...

2+ hour, 7+ min ago   (207+ words) Charles Émile Picard (24 July 1856 – 11 December 1941) was a French mathematician. He was elected to the Académie française in 1924 and made fundamental contributions to complex analysis and the theory of differential equations that shaped modern mathematics. Picard was born in Paris on…...

1+ hour, 3+ min ago   (1754+ words) On September 8, 2026, OpenAI announced with great media fanfare that AI had solved a highly complex mathematical problem: the proof of a possible singularity in the Navier–Stokes equations. The announcement of the “resolution” of one of these seven problems by…...

2+ hour, 34+ min ago   (49+ words) Two Men Sentenced to Death for Murdering Pharmacist in Rufaa Livestock Ministry to Sudanhorizon: Saudi Arabia and Egypt Top… Banking Experts: Daily Central Bank Currency Injections Risk Depleting… 76% of Sudanese Say Changing the Flag Is Not a Priority Under Current…...

3+ hour, 57+ min ago   (201+ words) AI appears to have opened math research to a cohorts that weren’t typically expected to contribute meaningfully to the field until recently. Two teenagers from Oak Park High School in California and a UCLA postdoc have just put their names…...

5+ hour, 57+ min ago   (1027+ words) What do you do when ChatGPT starts talking nonsensical gibberish or hallucinating wildly? ​Usually, you start by shouting at it or hitting refresh. But Snickers thinks you should feed it a candy bar instead. ​Snickers recently launched Hungr.AI, calling…...

6+ hour, 51+ min ago   (346+ words) 25 laureates, including Heo Joon-i, highlight risks of AI prioritizing answers over conceptual understanding in mathematics Fields Medalists, including Heo Joon-i, a professor at Princeton University, and Terence Tao, a professor at UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles), along with 25 other…...

8+ hour, 49+ min ago   (369+ words) Joint statement led by Terence Tao urges urgent debate on AI-driven unsolved problem contests and their impact on mathematical research and education However, the mathematicians pointed out that corporate competition that treats solving unsolved problems as a benchmark for AI…...

15+ hour, 39+ min ago   (400+ words) The University of North Texas is getting a $20 million boost for artificial intelligence and data work as universities continue figuring out what AI should look like on campus. The money from Anuradha and Vikas Sinha will support the University of…...

5+ hour, 25+ min ago   (284+ words) The Hindu A new event at the California Institute of Technology, called ‘Mathathon’, pulled together by a group of undergraduate students to “promote the responsible use of AI in mathematics” quickly ran into controversy…...