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AlphaProof showed its prowess on questions from this year’s Mathematical Olympiad — a step in the race to create substantial proofs with artificial intelligence.
Virginia Burkett has filed a whistle-blower complaint, asking for an investigation and better policies to protect scientists against political interference.
Scientific designations containing a racial slur will be altered — the first time that any species names have been adjusted because of the offence they cause.