We live in an era where technological evolution is no longer linear, but exponential. Every year we witness larger, faster, and more sophisticated artificial intelligence models. Neural networks—especially Large Language Models (LLMs)—have made leaps that would have seemed…
Linköping University professor Peter Jonsson is set to have his work presented in two weeks’ time at one of the most prestigious conferences in theoretical computer science. As of Monday, much of that work is “dead,” he says, after AI…
TLDR: I explain what the technical AI alignment problem is and what its core difficulties are, in my view. This is a perspective that draws simultaneously on classical traditions in theoretical computer science / machine learning theory, ideas from analytic philosophy,…
The proofs and prompts website contains posts which represent a wide variety of opinions, and it is not difficult to find posts by people who are angry. One prominent example is Vlad Lazic’s post here. Lazic has outlined his views…
Published 1:30 am Wednesday, October 7, 2026 HERALD COMMENTARY | Tom Burke Translating “Mater artium necessitas” from the Latin into English yields, “Necessity is the Mother of Invention.” Now generally, when someone says “invention,” we think of things — the steam engine, eyeglasses, the transistor,…
Local News Matters “40 HOURS, $2M+ AI CREDITS, solve an open problem.” So read the splashy announcement for the “Mathathon” at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena. Dozens of teams would work to solve vexing math problems with the help of…
Meta's FAIR team says its AI models helped mathematicians crack six open research problems across several fields Meta says its AI models helped mathematicians solve six open research problems spanning a range of mathematical fields. The company is sharing the…
Carnegie Mellon University Professor of Mathematics Po-Shen Loh is a visionary mathematician who combines math, science, and technology –– and occasionally acting –– as one. Loh grew up in Wisconsin. His mathematical journey started when he was young, with lessons from his…
Newswav Courtesy of author I had written about Anand Kumar back in 2014, when his efforts to change the landscape of rural Bihar were in their infancy He came to my attention when I watched a documentary about his ambition to…
Ethics and Controversy in Geometry: the news, the names and what changed.
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