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Anthropic's Claude AI makes progress on Riemann Hypothesis

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An unreleased version of Anthropic's Claude AI has reportedly made progress on the Riemann Hypothesis, a notoriously difficult mathematical problem. After numerous attempts and specific prompting from a researcher, the AI successfully advanced a key theorem's proof from 41.6% to 67.2%. This achievement suggests that targeted encouragement can potentially unlock advanced reasoning capabilities in AI systems. AI

IMPACT Demonstrates potential for AI to contribute to complex scientific problem-solving with targeted prompting.

RANK_REASON AI model demonstrates novel research capability on a significant scientific problem. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=1 ai=1.0]

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Anthropic's Claude AI makes progress on Riemann Hypothesis

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    An unreleased version of Anthropic's Claude solved a piece of the Riemann Hypothesis, one of math's hardest problems, after a researcher prompted it to "not giv

    An unreleased version of Anthropic's Claude solved a piece of the Riemann Hypothesis, one of math's hardest problems, after a researcher prompted it to "not give up." The AI failed 650 times before orchestrating 60 sub-agents over 36 hours to push a key theorem's limit from 41.6%…

    LINKS asiaai.fyi/issue-64

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