SMRTR Science & EngineeringAug 13, 2026TechSpot

Anthropic's Claude tried to solve the Riemann hypothesis and found something new instead

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Anthropic's Claude attempted to prove the 170-year-old Riemann hypothesis, which carries a $1 million prize, but fell short. Instead, it produced a new result showing at least 67.2% of key mathematical zeros lie on the critical line, up from 41.6%, impressing Oxford mathematician James Maynard as a genuinely interesting contribution.

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