NASA Launches New Competition to Advance Robotic Space Manipulation Technologies
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NASA Launches New Competition to Advance Robotic Space Manipulation Technologies

NASA has announced its latest innovation challenge, the Robotically Manipulated Payload Challenge, as part of its ongoing TechLeap Prize series. This fifth installment in the competition aims to accelerate the development of persistent infrastructure for in-space servicing, assembly, and manufacturing capabilities. The opportunity invites teams and innovators to propose payloads capable of being manipulated by […]

OpenAI Announces AI‑Generated Proof That Topples 80‑Year‑Old Geometry Conjecture
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OpenAI Announces AI‑Generated Proof That Topples 80‑Year‑Old Geometry Conjecture

OpenAI has unveiled a new general‑purpose reasoning model that it says produced an original proof disproving a long‑standing geometric conjecture first posed by Paul Erdős in 1946. The breakthrough challenges the prevailing belief that the most efficient configurations resemble square grids, introducing a novel family of constructions that outperform the traditional approach. The claim follows […]