HeyJaredJoseph Howlett
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NASA directive might increase the odds of contaminating Mars (opens the original)
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The new push loosens U.S. regulations for sterilizing spacecraft bound for the Red Planet and calls for modernizing the science of “planetary protection”
What if we never find dark matter? (opens the original)
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Could the hunt for the universe’s missing matter be the biggest wild goose chase in scientific history? By Joseph Howlett edited by Seth Fletcher This article is part of a special package on “Impossible Questions”—scientific quandaries that may never get definitive answers. Read the rest of the collection here. I used to have a more interesting morning commute. At daybreak I’d squeeze into a tiny Fiat with all the physicists it could fit. We’d drive through winding Italian roads and onto a highw
25 winners of math’s ‘Nobel Prize’ decry the AI invasion of their discipline (opens the original)
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25 winners of math’s ‘Nobel Prize’ decry the AI invasion of their discipline A new declaration from winners of the Fields Medal reflects many mathematicians’ growing alarm over a “severe misalignment” between the tech industry and their field a week after AI toppled one of math’s biggest open problems By Joseph Howlett edited by Lee Billings Read about how mathematicians are dealing with the AI takeover of their field in our newest feature here. Top mathematicians are increasingly pushing back a
The summer AI ate math (opens the original)
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What happens when machines surpass the most brilliant human minds? Mathematicians are finding out By Joseph Howlett edited by Clara Moskowitz & Lee Billings PHILADELPHIA, PA.—On July 24, the math world’s only true celebrity walked onto its most illustrious stage, to speak to the unprecedented threat that he and his peers are now facing. Terence Tao is not a dramatic man. He speaks in a soothing voice, often tipping his head down and closing his eyes as he plucks each word with care from some rec
OpenAI claims blockbuster math breakthrough amid swirl of controversy (opens the original)
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OpenAI claims blockbuster math breakthrough amid swirl of controversy Prior to the announcement, rumors were circulating online among mathematicians over the proof’s origins—OpenAI has denied all allegations By Joseph Howlett edited by Claire Cameron For the second time ever, someone has solved one of the seven Millennium Prize Problems—math’s biggest targets, each worth a $1-million prize. But unlike the first time, that someone is an artificial intelligence start-up. Today OpenAI announced tha
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