In mid-May, OpenAI announced that an internal AI model had disproved the Erdős unit distance conjecture, a famous problem in ...

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

The closest the field has come to solving the planar unit distance problem, first proposed in the 1940s, was in 1984. Now, OpenAI claims an internal model has cracked the puzzle.

The math world is losing its mind over the new solution to an Erdős problem. This is what AI found, how we missed it—and why ...

Artificial intelligence is mastering the kinds of projects that have long helped to build the careers of young mathematicians ...

In the article “ Are Students Prepared for College-Level Math? A Senator Wants to Know ” (Jan. 23, 2026), U.S. Sen. Bill ...

Whenever I get coffee with a mathematician, I always ask which of the seven Millennium Problems they think will be next to ...

AI solved a math problem that stumped experts for 80 years, revealing deeper lessons about human cognition, focus, and ...

Get out your timer and number two pencil to see if your arithmetic skills are still sharp.

Get out your timer and number two pencil to see if your arithmetic skills from grade school are still intact.