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At Secret Math Meeting, Researchers Struggle to Outsmart AI
The world's leading mathematicians were stunned by how adept artificial intelligence is at doing their jobs
Stories by Lyndie Chiou
Lyndie Chiou is a scientist, a science writer and founder of ZeroDivZero, a science conference website. Her writing has also appeared in Sky & Telescope. Follow her on Twitter @lyndie_chiou
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