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DeepMind AI invents faster algorithms to solve tough maths puzzles

Machine-learning technique improves computing efficiency and could have far-reaching applications.
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Researchers at DeepMind in London have shown that artificial intelligence (AI) can find shortcuts in a fundamental type of mathematical calculation, by turning the problem into a game and then leveraging the machine-learning techniques that another of the company’s AIs used to beat human players in games such as Go and chess.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-022-03166-w

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