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Massive new database of the hardest math problems is now open to everyone – including AI programs

Have you ever wondered whether mathletes can go pro? Since 1959, the answer has been “yes” – with the height of achievement ...
New Scientist

How we discovered the speed limit of arithmetic – and broke it

Some seemingly simple sequences of multiplication and addition grow so quickly that they question the very foundations of ...

World's largest collection of Olympiad-level math problems now available to everyone

Every year, the countries competing in the International Mathematical Olympiad arrive with a booklet of their best, most ...
Edutopia

4 Questions That Help Math Students Explain Their Answers

Teachers can use these questions to draw students out and get worthwhile formative assessment responses to guide instruction.
VentureBeat

Nvidia's Nemotron-Cascade 2 wins math and coding gold medals with 3B active parameters — and its post-training recipe is now open-source

The prevailing assumption in AI development has been straightforward: larger models trained on more data produce better results. Nvidia's latest release directly challenges that size assumption — and ...
PR Newswire

Eye Level Math Olympiad 2025 Successfully Held, Inspiring Young Math Learners Worldwide

Held throughout November 2025, ELMO 2025 took place across multiple countries and regions worldwide, with competitions hosted in schools, learning centers, and community venues. The event brought ...
Times of San Diego

California, four other states praised for aligning high school and college math

A Roosevelt International Middle School student takes a math enrichment class by computer at home in 2020. (Photo courtesy of San Diego Unified School District) This story first appeared at The 74, a ...
The New York Times

These Mathematicians Are Putting A.I. to the Test

Large language models struggle to solve research-level math questions. It takes a human to assess just how poorly they perform. By Siobhan Roberts A few weeks ago, a high school student emailed Martin ...
TechCrunch

AI models are starting to crack high-level math problems

Over the weekend, Neel Somani, who is a software engineer, former quant researcher, and a startup founder, was testing the math skills of OpenAI’s new model when he made an unexpected discovery. After ...
Chalkbeat

NAEP scores for class of 2024 show major declines, with fewer students college ready

Sign up for Chalkbeat’s free weekly newsletter to keep up with how education is changing across the U.S. Students from the class of 2024 had historically low scores ...
Engadget

OpenAI's experimental model achieved gold at the International Math Olympiad

OpenAI has achieved "gold medal-level performance" at the International Math Olympiad, notching another important milestone for AI's fast-paced growth. Alexander Wei, a research scientist at OpenAI ...
Chalkbeat

She teaches college-level math in a diverse Colorado high school. This is her favorite lesson.

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