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The National Science Foundation is investing $290 million in eight research institutes to advance U.S. quantum science, focusing on quantum computing, sensing, and communication technologies through collaborative efforts between academia, government, and industry.
AI systems have made breakthroughs in mathematics, helping to overturn Erdős's long-standing conjecture about unit distances in the plane. But an essay warns: the stronger the automation, the more important human ability to understand and audit machine reasoning becomes, while the U.S. mathematics talent pipeline is degrading due to budget cuts.
The NSF has renewed funding for MIT-led Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Fundamental Interactions (IAIFI) for five more years, increasing annual funding from $4M to $4.98M. The institute focuses on the bidirectional relationship between AI and physics, applying ML to particle physics, nuclear physics, and astrophysics while using physics principles to improve AI systems.