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The best new popular science books of August 2026
From which diets work best to the ethics of octopus farming, here鈥檚 Liz Else鈥檚 round-up of the most interesting popular science books published this month
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OpenAI announces solutions to 10 longstanding maths problems
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Extremely basic AI prompt cracks decades-old maths problem
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OpenAI’s hacking agent went rogue. Should we be worried?
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AI’s solution to 87-year-old riddle takes mathematicians by surprise
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Using AI for creative pursuits? Moderation is key
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Mathematicians put AI to work on Fermat’s last theorem
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Can the biggest problems in AI be solved by philosophy?
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People training new AI models admit they just get chatbots to do it
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Inside the start-up aiming for a giant leap in robot intelligence
Physical Intelligence is drawing on the broad knowledge of large language models to help robots understand instructions and learn to carry out any task independently
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How to sparkle in conversation with strangers
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A Waymo nearly hit me, but I’m still optimistic about driverless cars
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You don’t need to worry about recursive-self-improving AI 鈥� yet
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Flood of AI ‘garbage’ is pushing open-source developers to the limit
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