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  "id": 744540,
  "title": "Mathematicians say a neurosurgery resident used ChatGPT, powered by GPT-5.6, to solve Crouzeix's conjecture, a major open problem in numerical linear algebra (Alex Townsend)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/mathematicians-say-a-neurosurgery-resident-used-chatgpt-powered-by",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-08-13T06:25:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Techmeme",
    "slug": "techmeme",
    "url": "https://alextownsend.net/essays/SIAMNews_CrouzeixConjecture.pdf"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "On July 30, 2026, the first author asked ChatGPT 5.6 to solve Crouzeix's conjecture, as he had been routinely doing for the preceding year.",
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        "outlet": "Tom's Guide",
        "title": "I put ChatGPT on my Ray-Ban Meta glasses — and it completely changed how I used them",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/i-put-chatgpt-on-my-ray-ban-meta-glasses-and-it-completely-changed",
        "published": "2026-08-11T05:00:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Hindustan Times - World News",
        "title": "Indian-origin teen murders mother, brother in US; used ChatGPT to search for ‘family killing’ fantasies",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/indian-origin-teen-murders-mother-brother-in-us-used-chatgpt-to",
        "published": "2026-08-13T05:22:13.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}