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Anthropic's Claude AI formalized the proof of Fermat’s last theorem in just 11 days, a feat that was expected to take years. Meanwhile, The Verge explores how robotaxis are now being portrayed as villains in new media, reflecting public perception.
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The Verge
It's Bullitt meets Christine meets Waymo. A new short film imagines a San Francisco car chase where the other driver isn't human - and the car may be trying to kill you. That a robotaxi can now be cast as the villain with almost no explanation says something about the present moment. Autonomous cars
2026-09-05 11:00 UTC
New Scientist
Converting the proof of Fermat's last theorem into code that computers can check was expected to take years – Anthropic's Claude AI managed it in less than two weeks
2026-09-05 11:05 UTC