The math world is losing its mind over the new solution to an Erdős problem. This is what AI found, how we missed it—and why it matters.

News that large language models (LLM) have made major advances in solving Erdős problems – a set of problems formulated by the renowned 20 th-century mathematician Paul Erdős – has created an ...

The closest the field has come to solving the planar unit distance problem, first proposed in the 1940s, was in 1984. Now, OpenAI claims an internal model has cracked the puzzle.

I believe we’re focused on the wrong end of the college education pipeline. Instead of asking if students can meet rigid college requirements, we should ask if our K–12 systems are designed for how ...

The hyperscalers have a math problem. US power generation from data centers is projected to climb from about 5% of the total ...

Allen East sixth graders in a math intervention class raised $979 for the Veterans Food Pantry of Northwest Ohio through a creative “Math-A-Thon” fundraiser. Students collected pledges based on the ...

Last week, OpenAI shocked the mathematical community by revealing that one of its internal artificial intelligence (AI) ...

New research suggests that AI can compromise cognitive function and problem-solving abilities in as little as ten minutes. While the long-term effects of AI have yet to be established, a new study ...

Excluding January, Mr. Kugelman has had a puzzle published in The Times every month of 2026 so far. This solid Thursday ...

Understanding the gap between how today's parents learned math and how their children are being taught, and how to work with ...

Newman: ‘I’ve seen both the extraordinary potential of California’s students and the structural barriers holding them back.’ ...