Gerd Faltings, who proved the Mordell conjecture, wins the Abel Prize(scientificamerican.com)

51 points by digital55 7 months ago | 7 comments

Terence Tao on proof checkers and AI programs(scientificamerican.com)

301 points by antineutrino 2 years ago | 154 comments

Artemis II's toilet is a moon mission milestone(scientificamerican.com)

312 points by 1659447091 6 months ago | 149 comments

Mathematicians hunting prime numbers discover infinite new pattern(scientificamerican.com)

111 points by georgecmu 1 year ago | 59 comments

Anime fans stumbled upon a mathematical proof(scientificamerican.com)

475 points by classichasclass 1 year ago | 220 comments

Scientific American article on how an anime fan's question about watching episodes in every order led to a proof on superpermutation lengths.

Math and puzzle fans find magic in Martin Gardner's legacy(scientificamerican.com)

112 points by ColinWright 2 years ago | 47 comments

MIT Study Finds AI Use Reprograms the Brain, Leading to Cognitive Decline(publichealthpolicyjournal.com)

438 points by cainxinth 1 year ago | 432 comments

Article reporting on an MIT study claiming that using AI tools like ChatGPT alters brain activity and leads to cognitive decline.

Anthropic conjures threat that doesn't exist yet to stoke fears of AI apocalypse(theregister.com)

45 points by beardyw 12 days ago | 32 comments

The Register article criticizing Anthropic for promoting a hypothetical AI threat that the author says stokes fears of an AI apocalypse.

Amateur may have cracked Linear A(aiclambake.com)

395 points by Kosturdistan 4 months ago | 154 comments

Blog post on AI Clambake reporting that self-taught AI engineer Tom Di Mino claims to have deciphered the Minoan Linear A script, pending expert review.

Artificial intelligence is losing hype(economist.com)

453 points by bx376 2 years ago | 663 comments

An Economist Free exchange column arguing that artificial intelligence is losing hype and asking whether that signals the technology will eventually succeed.

Anthropic’s paper smells like bullshit(djnn.sh)

1070 points by vxvxvx 11 months ago | 300 comments

Blog post criticizing Anthropic's report on disrupting an AI-orchestrated cyber espionage campaign; the captured page shows a Cloudflare block screen.

AI tools are spotting errors in research papers(nature.com)

555 points by kgwgk 1 year ago | 200 comments

Nature news article on a growing movement using AI and large language models to detect errors in research papers, sparked by a flawed black plastic utensils study.