A.I. Disproves a Decades-Old Mathematical Idea, the 'Biggest Conjecture' That the Tech Has Played a Role in Yet
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While more than 60 million people in the United States watched the FIFA World Cup final on July 19, an artificial intelligence model was hard at work solving—or technically, disproving—a decades-old math problem. Mathematician Levent Alpöge, of A.I.
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While more than 60 million people in the United States watched the FIFA World Cup final on July 19, an artificial intelligence model was hard at work solving—or technically, disproving—a decades-old math problem. Mathematician Levent Alpöge, of A.I. company Anthropic and Harvard University, used Anthropic’s Claude Fable 5 to approach a mathematical conjecture: an idea that mathematicians believe to be true but has not yet been proven or disproven. He then posted an A.I.-assisted disproof on social media.
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A.I. Disproves a Decades-Old Mathematical Idea, the 'Biggest Conjecture' That the Tech Has Played a Role in Yet
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