AI came for math. Now it's chasing the rest of science, MIT researchers say
Wired AI · rss · 2026-10-15
MIT researchers tell WIRED that after AI's advances in mathematics, it may soon become the default way to solve theoretical problems in economics, high-energy physics, and other scientific fields — signaling AI's expansion from math into the broader sciences.
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