Frontier AI labs say their models refuted the Exponential Time Hypothesis. What does that mean?

Frontier AI labs say their models refuted the Exponential Time Hypothesis. What does that mean?

OpenAI released solutions to three blockbuster math problems that have long vexed researchers yesterday. One was a surprise rejection of the Exponential Time Hypothesis (ETH), a durable assumption in computer science that plays a large role in how we understand what is difficult to compute. As with previous proof-drops from the frontier lab, scientific communities…

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Scimplify raises $25M to challenge China’s grip on critical materials with AI

As manufacturers across industries strive to reduce their reliance on Chinese suppliers, Indian startup Scimplify has raised $25 million to expand its AI-powered approach to producing specialty chemicals and critical materials, with semiconductors, defense and energy emerging as key growth markets. The all-equity strategic round was led by Hitachi Ventures, with customers Henkel and Teknor…

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Vessev built an electric ferry that almost flies

“When will we start flying?” I asked Vessev co-founder and CEO Eric Laakmann, as we pulled away from the Brooklyn marina in the startup’s VS-9 electric ferry. “We already are.” I’ll admit I was a bit disappointed. I thought the moment when it transitioned from sailing like a regular boat to almost-flying as a surface-skimming…

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