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'This is what happened with Claude and me': AI's failed attempt to crack the Riemann hypothesis led mathematician to a breakthrough - Live Science

·Oct 1, 2026
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Photo credit : Single and double digit prime numbers are represented on the faces of scattered dice.

An attempt by Anthropic's Claude failed to prove the Riemann hypothesis, but it did produce something genuinely useful: inspiration.

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