{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/d556eb54-6160-4c85-95f4-47d9f5216c49/6aa3ce622e8bb8424c920cfb?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Out-numbered: AI’s contentious maths milestone","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/62e286a934d4d93d6587424a/1789122831088-3cf7e623-4828-46b2-b7f9-4f60e6ad9fda.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>OpenAI’s claim to have solved one of the great problems in mathematics has itself created problems. We ask why the breakthrough has <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2026/09/09/openais-apparent-maths-breakthrough-raises-profound-questions?utm_campaign=a.io&amp;utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&amp;utm_source=theintelligence&amp;utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&amp;utm_term=sa.listeners\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">shaken the field</a>. On the 25th anniversary of 9/11 we examine the vast counterterrorism machinery that followed in America, and nascent efforts to <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/united-states/2026/09/10/how-counterterrorism-has-empowered-donald-trumps-imperial-presidency?utm_campaign=a.io&amp;utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&amp;utm_source=theintelligence&amp;utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&amp;utm_term=sa.listeners\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">pare those powers back</a>. And remembering <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/obituary/2026/09/03/guo-lanying-was-the-singer-everyone-loved?utm_campaign=a.io&amp;utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&amp;utm_source=theintelligence&amp;utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&amp;utm_term=sa.listeners\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Guo Lanying</a>, a Chinese singer who championed traditional opera.</p><p><br></p><p>Watch extended clips from Insider <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/interactive/insider/previews?utm_campaign=a.brand_fy2627_q1_awareness-imp-tr_prospecting_global-global_direct_na&amp;utm_medium=audio.podcast.pd&amp;utm_source=economist&amp;utm_content=discovery.awareness.anonymous.tr_nativeread_np-tiinsider-apr_na-na_web_na_na_na_na&amp;utm_term=sa.arc-isi\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">here</a>.</p><p>Guests and host:</p><ul><li>Sam Wikeley, science correspondent</li><li>Sam Beal, Washington correspondent</li><li>Ann Wroe, obituaries editor</li><li>Jason Palmer, co-host of “The Intelligence”</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Topics covered:&nbsp;</p><ul><li>mathematics, AI, Millennium Prize Problems</li><li>9/11 anniversary, counterterrorism law</li><li>Guo Lanying, Chinese opera</li></ul><p><br></p><p><em>Listen to what matters most, from global politics and business to science and technology—</em><a href=\"https://subscribenow.economist.com/podcasts-plus\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>subscribe to The Economist</em></a><em>.</em></p>","author_name":"The Economist"}