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Math World Still Reeling; Anthropic Founder Courts Washington

OpenAI's latest release prompted hundreds of new findings in higher mathematics within a day, while Anthropic founder Tom Brown leverages Republican connections to secure computing resources Washington can provide.

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  1. Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentHank's bunker has a Beanie Baby, and the math world has a robot problem.

  2. Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentAs we told you earlier, the New York Times says hundreds of new A.I. findings moved higher math in a single day.

  3. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentBro, the robot did a semester of homework before breakfast. Meanwhile the Wall Street Journal says Anthropic's Tom Brown is using his Republican ties to win over Washington.

  4. Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentPer the Journal, he wants the computing power the company needs. So the woke reputation fix is basically a very expensive networking brunch.

  5. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentMathematicians say breathtaking and devastating, Nina. That's also how I describe my screen time report.

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