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 ...

OpenAI's AI model solved the famous unit distance problem, a question that had challenged mathematicians since 1946 ...

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AI math proof verification reached a new frontier as DeepMind’s AlphaProof Nexus solved nine open Erdős research problems with Lean-verified proofs, some unsolved for 56 years. The May 2026 Science Ne ...

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Only a few months ago, the question felt mostly philosophical: if artificial intelligence can help solve open math problems, ...

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