Many students appear to be completing assignments faster while learning less from them. This conclusion comes from one of the largest studies of how generative AI is changing student behavior and ...

Artificial intelligence is mastering the kinds of projects that have long helped to build the careers of young mathematicians. What does that mean for their future? Credit...Illustrations by Yoshi ...

Think about placing dots on a flat surface. You want as many pairs as possible to be separated by the same distance. For any amount of dots, what is the greatest possible number of pairs that can be ...

The best-yet test of artificial intelligence’s mathematical mettle has released its first official round of results. The verdict is that large language models (LLMs) are emerging as useful—albeit ...

During World War II, statistics helped the Allies estimate the number of enemy tanks, which proved essential in the decisive ...

A bill moving through the California Legislature would test students as early as kindergarten on math. It's part of an effort ...

Deep in the Atlantic, a vast circulation of water carries heat from the tropics towards Greenland. This is the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation, or Amoc. It does this work largely out of ...

Picture a bright red apple. Most people can do this easily. They imagine the apple's shape, color and shine. But for others, ...

A new benchmark pitting AI against previously unseen maths problems shows that systems still fall short of top human expertise. Artificial intelligence has undergone its most scrupulous maths test yet ...

Katelyn is a reporter with CNET covering artificial intelligence, including chatbots, image and video generators. Her work explores how new AI technology is infiltrating our lives, shaping the content ...