Episode 453: The Million-Dollar Math Proof, Apple's Foldable iPhone, and Meta's Personal AI Agent

In a landmark but contentious development, OpenAI claims an unreleased internal model solved the Navier-Stokes existence and smoothness problem—one of mathematics' most prestigious unsolved challenges—using ten thousand AI agents over 88 hours. However, questions linger about data access after mathematicians working on the same problem posted partial results just before the announcement. Meanwhile, Apple enters the foldable phone market with a premium device targeting $2,199, Meta launches Muse, a personal AI agent capable of booking travel and sending emails autonomously, and Qualcomm partners with Amazon in a $4 billion deal to expand competition in AI chips. The episode also covers the escalating U.S.-Canada tariff war, the EU's new Cyber Resilience Act taking effect Friday, OpenAI's faster image generation model, Google DeepMind's AlphaGenome Atlas mapping DNA mutations, and a trend of founders returning to lead AI-disrupted companies. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.