Learn about the Merton Model for evaluating corporate credit risk, developed by Robert Merton in 1974, and used by analysts and lenders for credit default predictions.

News that large language models (LLM) have made major advances in solving Erdős problems – a set of problems formulated by the renowned 20 th-century mathematician Paul Erdős – has created an ...

The closest the field has come to solving the planar unit distance problem, first proposed in the 1940s, was in 1984. Now, OpenAI claims an internal model has cracked the puzzle.

In a new open-access study that I published with my late colleague Kostya Trachenko from Queen Mary University of London, I propose a surprisingly simple nonlinear mathematical equation that unifies ...

AI experts are not debating the speed of progress but the definition of intelligence itself.

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You can interact with the 3D models and adjust variables in real time. You can interact with the 3D models and adjust variables in real time. is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer ...

An AI model that learns without human input—by posing interesting queries for itself—might point the way to superintelligence. Save this story Save this story Even the smartest artificial intelligence ...

American Vogue’s August 2025 issue has been making headlines — and not only for its cover featuring actor Anne Hathaway, who is back in the limelight as she films “The Devil Wears Prada” sequel. What ...