Sam Altman sympathizes with mathematicians, but says OpenAI’s math onslaught won’t stop
After months of bombarding mathematicians with a relentless stream of AI-generated results, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says he sympathizes with researchers...
Elon Musk says Tesla will sell 5 million cars by 2030 — math says otherwise
On Tesla's earnings call Wednesday, Elon Musk made one of his patented pie-in-the-sky predictions that typically sends his fans into paroxysms of ecst...
US math and reading test scores are at a 25-year low. Trump cut the agency that can provide answers
National Center for Education Statistics, which collects critical data to guide policy on learning, was decimated after Doge canceled crucial contract...
The Hidden Math Behind Business Valuation (and What Buyers Are Really Weighing)
Business valuation is driven by more than EBITDA multiples. Discover the financial drivers that influence middle-market valuations and what buyers tru...
Today on Decoder, I’m talking with Robert Hart, The Verge’s London-based AI reporter, about what AI is doing to the field of mathematics and the exist...
UC Berkeley professor admits to using AI to edit op-ed about students’ math skills
Zvezdelina Stankova says she used AI to ‘help edit’ an article about some of her students being ‘five to eight years’ behindA math professor at the Un...
After years of declines, young students show gains in reading and math
Unscathed by pandemic-era school closures, the nation's 9-year-olds showed progress in math and reading. It's a different story for 13-year-olds, howe...
The Forest Service says it's closing offices to cut costs. But the math doesn't add up
The Forest Service is trying to shut down research hubs because it says it needs to live within its means. But the agency plans to close facilities th...
SpaceX files to go public, and the math requires a little faith
The SpaceX S-1 is finally here, and the story it tells goes way further than rockets. The filing runs to 36 pages of risk factors alone, and the numbe...
OpenAI claims it solved an 80-year-old math problem — for real this time
OpenAI claims its reasoning model disproved a geometry conjecture unsolved since 1946 — and this time, the mathematicians who exposed its last embarra...
War in Iran costs $29 billion so far. And, students are finally improving in math
Pentagon officials told Congress they estimate the war in Iran has cost $29 billion so far. And, a new Education Scorecard shows U.S. students are imp...
