Adding one irrelevant sentence to math problems causes AI systems to make confident mistakes over 300 percent more.

Abstract: The Shannon lower bound has been the subject of several important contributions by Berger. This paper surveys Shannon bounds on rate-distortion problems ...

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A quarter of Philadelphia third through eighth graders passed Pennsylvania math assessments. There has been steady improvement since the pandemic.

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Philadelphia math scores have reached a 9-year high. Officials say it’s the result of training teachers in a new illustrative ...

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Math teachers at a Queens high school are being forced to pass failing kids, including those who can’t be bothered to show up ...

A Korean researcher who solved the “Moving Sofa Problem,” a mathematical challenge that had puzzled mathematicians for nearly 60 years, was selected as one of the top 10 mathematical innovations of ...

A Korean mathematician has won international recognition for solving a geometry puzzle that had resisted proof for nearly six decades. US magazine Scientific American named the research by Baek ...

Social Security’s 2.8% COLA for 2026 may not keep pace with inflation if tariffs drive costs higher. COLAs are based on worker spending patterns rather than retiree spending, leading to insufficient ...

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