DeepMind hits milestone in solving maths problems — AI’s next grand challenge

AlphaProof showed its prowess on questions from this year’s Mathematical Olympiad — a step in the race to create substantial proofs with artificial intelligence.

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• Davide Castelvecchi

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After beating humans at everything from the game of Go to strategy board games, Google DeepMind now says it is on the verge of besting the world’s top school students at solving mathematics problems.

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Nature 632, 236-237 (2024)

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