An advanced version of Gemini with Deep Think has officially achieved gold medal-level performance at the International Mathematical Olympiad. 🥇 It solved 5️⃣ out of 6️⃣ exceptionally difficult problems, involving algebra, combinatorics, geometry and number theory. Here’s how 🧵

🚨 Olympiad math + AI: We ran Google’s Gemini 2.5 Pro on the fresh IMO 2025 problems. With careful prompting and pipeline design, it solved 5 out of 6 — remarkable for tasks demanding deep insight and creativity. The model could win gold! 🥇 #AI #Math #LLMs #IMO2025

Dr. Sulochana Gadgil, who has just passed away, was one of India's finest climate scientists. Her research over almost five decades greatly enhanced our understanding of the Indian monsoon. After her doctoral work at Harvard and post-doctoral work at MIT, she returned to the

Pioneering monsoon scientist Sulochana Gadgil passes away at 81 hindustantimes.com/india-news/pio…

The woman who decoded Indian Monsoon: Prof Sulochana Gadgil passes away at 81 english.mathrubhumi.com/news/india/the… #SulochanaGadgil #monsoon #expert #Obituary

We are deeply saddened by the passing of Prof Sulochana Gadgil, renowned for her pioneering work on the Indian monsoon. She also played a key role in setting up the Centre for Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences at IISc, and served as its Chair from 1989-1996. connect.iisc.ac.in/2019/10/a-life…

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Siddhartha Gadgil (#IISc) The Hindu, 11/08/2025

Edward Frenkel we agree on some things. but the statement about not being able to come up with new radical ideas on their own seems to be 1) moving the goal posts from your original statement; and 2) true at this time with the way that we currently use them. not so sure this holds for long!

🚀As an exciting week draws to a close, here's something inspiring to look forward to next! Join us on 03 Sep 2025 (Wednesday) for 'Why Machines Learn', a captivating book talk by Anil Ananthaswamy and a panel discussion! 📈This in-person event will explore the AI wave and its

Today XTX Markets and Renaissance Philanthropy announce 29 grantees and $18M to accelerate the discovery of AI tools for mathematics — one of the largest philanthropic investments in AI+math to date. Learn more and explore the projects: renaissancephilanthropy.org/news-and-insig… #AIforMath

Congratulations to Jesse, Jared Jared Duker Lichtman, and Christian Christian Szegedy on this great result! (They told me and Terry about it weeks ago, but released it while I was giving a lecture series in Italy last week, followed by speaking at a conference this week at Harvard -- where I

Perhaps the person whose work using AI in Maths I most admire François Charton has joined them.

#Podcast | Ahead of Conference of the Parties 30 (COP30) in November in Belém, Brazil, global headwinds have left many developed countries in the West increasingly reluctant to take on the mantle of climate leadership. India, like other countries, is expected to update climate