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Liam Price just cracked a 60-year-old problem that world-class mathematicians have tried and failed to solve. He’s 23 years old and has no advanced mathematics training. What he does have is a ChatGPT ...

When Americans think about the nation’s substance use crisis, opioids, fentanyl, cocaine and methamphetamine dominate the conversation. But the substance causing the greatest harm is not illicit. It ...

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In some ways, artificial intelligence chatbots seem ready-made to help answer basic questions about work like, "How do I ask my boss for a promotion?" or "What should I tell my colleague who's slowing ...