Coverage dated October 20, 2026

AI challenges math by solving the unsolvable

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Announcements over recent months that artificial intelligence models have cracked previously unsolvable problems are shaking top-level mathematicians to the core, and they are now asking themselves: Where do we come in?

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  1. Digital Journal

    AI challenges maths by solving the unsolvable (opens Digital Journal)

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    "All the avenues of research I had are now gone; we're facing a new day," Hugo Duminil-Copin, winner of the 2022 Fields Medal, one of the highest honours in mathematics, recently told his colleagues at the French Mathematical Society.

  2. Phys

    AI challenges math by solving the unsolvable (opens Phys)

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    Announcements over recent months that artificial intelligence models have cracked previously unsolvable problems are shaking top-level mathematicians to the core, and they are now asking themselves: Where do we come in?

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