Survey finds Americans increasingly use AI for math, yet many still question its reliability and calculation consistency.

The bat-and-ball problem is a famous math puzzle that more than half of people—even Harvard graduates—get wrong. It's ...

On CNBC’s Closing Bell Overtime the evening of June 30, 2026, a guest said the quiet part out loud about AI hardware: “the AI ...

The P vs NP problem is a fundamental question in computer science, unproven for decades, with immense consequences. If ...

Ferrari's first EV has a math problem, and one of the brand's own collectors just did the arithmetic out loud. Supercar owner ...

The second batch of “First Proof” problems is meant to evaluate AI’s usefulness for research-level math. The best model got six or seven of the ten questions right.

The instinct to add AI everywhere, to make every feature "smarter," can lead to products that feel innovative but are hardly ...

Think about placing dots on a flat surface. You want as many pairs as possible to be separated by the same distance. For any amount of dots, what is the greatest possible number of pairs that can be ...

A version of this essay appeared on Matthew Yglesias’ Slow Boring, a site dedicated to offering pragmatic takes on politics ...

The most important takeaway is that intelligence cannot be reduced to a single score or trait. It is a complex combination of different abilities that work together in unique and often imperfect ways.

Roth accounts have become something close to financial gospel. Fund the Roth. Do the conversion. Pay the tax now so that you never pay it again. It’s good advice often enough that it’s easy to stop ...