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University of Luxembourg mathematicians tested whether GPT-5 could extend a qualitative fourth-moment theorem to include explicit convergence rates, a previously unaddressed problem in the Malliavin-Stein framework. The September 2025 experiment, prompted by claims GPT-5 solved a convex optimization problem, revealed the AI made critical errors requiring constant human correction. GPT-5 overlooked an essential covariance property easily deducible from provided documents. The researchers compared the experience to working with a junior assistant needing careful verification. They warned AI reliance during doctoral training risks students losing opportunities to develop fundamental mathematical skills through mistakes and exploration.

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Learn how Google Research developed Simplify in the Google app for iOS to help you understand complex information more easily.Learn how Google Research developed Simplify in the Google app for iOS to help you understand complex information more easily.

See how top higher education institutions are using Google AI tools and training to transform education.See how top higher education institutions are using Google AI tools and training to transform education.

Starting today, we’re bringing AI Mode, our most powerful AI search experience, to five new languages for users around the globe: Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, an…

FreeBSD Advances Desktop with KDE Plasma Wayland Integration  WebProNews

Linux Kernel 6.18 Adds Native eUSB2V2 Support for 4K Video Boost  WebProNews

Linux 6.18 Sets XFS Online Scrub as Default for Downtime-Free Repairs  WebProNews

Linux Kernel 6.18: AMD Optimizations, Graphics Boost, and Security Enhancements  WebProNews

An anonymous reader shares a report: Two cultivated meat companies have filed a lawsuit against officials in Texas over the law that bans the sales of lab-grown meat in the state for two years. California-based companies UPSIDE Foods, which makes cultivated chicken, and Wildtype, which makes cultivated salmon are suing Attorney General Ken Paxton, Texas Department of State Health Services, Texas Health and Human Services, and Travis County, accusing them of government overreach. "This law has nothing to do with protecting public health and safety and everything to do with protecting conventional agriculture from innovative out-of-state competition," said Paul Sherman, a senior attorney at the Institute for Justice, a nonprofit law firm that is representing UPSIDE Foods and Wildtype. "That is not a legitimate use of government power." In June, lawmakers passed Senate Bill 261, which bans the sale of lab-grown meat in Texas for two years. Lab-grown meat, also known as cell cultivated meat or cultured meat, is made from taking animal cells and growing them in an incubator or bioreactor until they form an edible product.

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Linux 6.17-rc5 Released: NVIDIA Fixes, x86 Enhancements, Stable Soon  WebProNews

Kodi 22 “Piers” Promises HDR Passthrough on OpenGL and HDR on Wayland  9to5Linux

An anonymous reader shares a report: OpenAI recently had both good news and bad news for shareholders. Revenue growth from ChatGPT is accelerating at a more rapid rate than the company projected half a year ago. The bad news? The computing costs to develop artificial intelligence that powers the chatbot, and other data center-related expenses, will rise even faster. As a result, OpenAI projected its cash burn this year through 2029 will rise even higher than previously thought, to a total of $115 billion. That's about $80 billion higher than the company previously expected. The unprecedented projected cash burn, which would add to the roughly $2 billion it burned in the past two years, helps explain why the company is raising more capital than any private company in history.

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Today, we’re sharing new research data that reveals how young people, their teachers, and parents use YouTube for education, community and creativity.Independent youth c…

I Briefly Tried KDE's Very Own Linux Distro  It's FOSS News

Young Americans are abandoning traditional retirement planning for dividend-focused ETFs that promise immediate income and freedom from traditional employment. Income-generating ETFs captured one in six dollars flowing into equity ETFs in 2025, pushing the sector to $750 billion -- with the most aggressive funds offering yields above 8% quadrupling to $160 billion over three years. The r/dividends subreddit has grown tenfold to 780,000 members over five years, while YouTube channels and Discord servers dedicated to dividend investing proliferate. YieldMax's MSTY fund, offering a 90% distribution rate through complex derivatives, has underperformed MicroStrategy stock by 120 percentage points since February 2024 when dividends are reinvested -- nearly 200 points when payouts are withdrawn. Speaking to Bloomberg, finance professor Samuel Hartzmark identified this as the "free dividends fallacy," where investors fail to recognize that dividends reduce share prices rather than creating additional wealth.

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First Benchmarks Of Windows 11 25H2 vs. Ubuntu 25.10 On AMD Ryzen 9 9950X  Phoronix

Windows-like Kamuriki Linux 4.00 now available  Notebookcheck

Engineer Uses Claude AI to Revive 25-Year-Old Linux Tape Driver  WebProNews

How to Install Fedora Linux: A Step-by-Step Beginner’s Guide for 2025  Geeky Gadgets

Supermicro 800G switches to run Nokia's SR Linux and event automation suite  Telecompaper