AI is changing mathematics — but not how you think

https://www.npr.org/2026/11/04/nx-s1-6010471/ai-math-navier-stokes-mathematicians-openai November 4, 20263:00 AM ET By Regina G. Barber,Geoff Brumfiel,Juan Diego Ramirez, Rebecca Ramirez Can AI and mathematicians coexist? Geoff Brumfel, weighs the risks and rewards of AI's math takeover. Malte Mueller/Getty Images Math has created some of humanity's oldest intellectual challenges. And AI is completely changing the game. This year AI solved one of math's most difficult problems. Since then, OpenAI published hundreds of new math results. So is this the end for the people who've dedicated their careers to pushing forward math? We get into it with NPR science correspondent Geoff Brumfel, who weighs the risks and rewards of AI's math takeover. This episode was produced by Juan Diego Ramirez It was edited by Rebecca Ramirez. Geoff Brumfel and Tyler Jones checked the facts. The audio engineer was Jimmy Keeley.