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An advanced AI system has solved a decade-old theoretical physics puzzle, proposing a new formula for gluon interactions. The AI, GPT-5.2 Pro, spent 12 hours developing a mathematical proof, revealing ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American A new study published in Proceedings of the ...

Google's Gemini 3 Deep Think upgrade achieves record AI reasoning benchmarks for scientific research and complex problem-solving..

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Chinese researchers are on the brink of pioneering a groundbreaking approach to developing 'AI scientists capable of conducting experiments and solving scientific problems. Recent advances in deep ...

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Life is full of decisions. “Third Millennium Thinking: Creating Sense in a World of Knowledge” outlines methods of making choices rationally using scientific methods. Perlmutter says it's easy to fall ...