October 9, 2026

Now that LLMs are good at math, what’s left for the professionals?

Last month, OpenAI announced that it had produced an AI-generated proof for the Navier-Stokes problem, one of the most famous unsolved questions in mathematics. LLMs used to be bad at counting, but now they are solving math problems that have stumped humans for decades. Meanwhile, at universities, the problem of AI in education continues: Now that LLMs can do a student’s homework, teachers are struggling to keep up. It is clear that AI is very quickly changing how math is taught and how it is pr

Tencent backed firm Uzum says they are not concerned about attracting investors from the US despite trade tensions with China. The Uzbek fintech firm has raised money from investors including Tencent and Oman’s sovereign funds, with the latest round valuing the company at $2.3 billion. Nikolay Seleznev, Co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer of Uzum spoke to Bloomberg’s Abeer Abu Omar on Horizons Middle East & Africa. (Source: Bloomberg)

Anna Edwards, Guy Johnson, and Mark Cudmore break down today’s key themes for analysts and investors on “Bloomberg: The Opening Trade.” (Source: Bloomberg)

Zimbabwe said there’s no reason to delay a ban on exports of lithium concentrate that’s scheduled to come into effect in January.

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