AI’s solution to 87-year-old riddle takes mathematicians by surprise
Mathematicians have been trying to prove the Jacobian conjecture for nearly a century, but now the Claude Fable 5 AI has apparently found a counterexample that disproves it
Stealth drone spins so fast that it disappears
A drone that spins 25 times a second can avoid being spotted by becoming nothing more than a vague blur – though the creators admit that it can still be easily heard
The US-China AI arms race has taken an unexpected turn
Powerful artificial intelligence models built by Chinese companies have gone from inducing widespread panic to being met with a shrug of the shoulders – what changed?
UN space database aimed at easing global tensions is mysteriously down
A list of global space launches designed to calm cold war tensions and promote transparency has been missing from the UN's website for months
Mathematicians put AI to work on Fermat’s last theorem
At an event in London, mathematicians have made unexpectedly fast progress on formalising Fermat's last theorem using AI