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AI-generated image for representation Dozens of mathematicians signed a declaration Tuesday calling for the discipline to resist beating the drum for artificial intelligence developers. The researchers warn that AI is putting fundamental values of the discipline under threat. The rise of AI is forcing mathematics to rethink what makes their field reliable and valuable. The…

A deep internal rift has surfaced within Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, with a group of lawmakers expressing dissatisfaction over what they described as a ‘lack of effort’ by the party leadership to secure the release of jailed founder and former prime minister Imran Khan.The disgruntled members of the Provincial Assembly (MPAs), many of…

Microsoft’s artificial intelligence (AI) chief, Mustafa Suleyman, has revealed that his team is more focused on beating rival AI lab Anthropic and not Google, Meta or even its close partner OpenAI. Speaking at Microsoft’s Build developer conference, Suleyman explained that Anthropic’s aggressive push into business software and coding tools poses a direct threat to Microsoft’s…

FIFA has dropped the complete tracklist for the Official FIFA World Cup 2026 Album, an 18-track project that marks the most ambitious music effort in the tournament’s history. Announced Wednesday by FIFA Sound, the album brings together artists spanning six continents, multiple languages, and genres that rarely share a playlist. Six tracks are already out,…

PATNA: Several patients are feared dead after a fire broke out at a private hospital in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district on Thursday, officials said.The blaze erupted in the intensive care unit (ICU) of Prasad Hospital.Muzaffarpur district magistrate Subrat Kumar Sen said firefighters brought the fire under control after rushing to the scene. Congratulations! You have successfully…

The Kansas City Chiefs have been linked to a hypothetical trade for Detroit Lions tight end Sam LaPorta as a potential successor to Travis Kelce. The proposed deal would send a first- and third-round pick to Detroit for the 25-year-old Pro Bowler, who is entering the final year of his rookie contract. While LaPorta’s recent…

TOI correspondent from London: Violence erupted in the port city of Southampton on England’s south coast after police released bodycam footage showing officers handcuffing fatally wounded university student Henry Nowak moments before his death from a British Indian Sikh’s kirpan attack last year, fuelling protests over allegations of two-tier policing and prompting a review of…

NEW DELHI: What was a family gathering to spend time with a gravely ill elder — 75year-old Radheshyam, undergoing treatment for lung infection at Max Hospital, Saket — turned into a catastrophe for the Aggarwals. Eight of the family, all staying in the ill-fated hotel, died in the fire.Sitting in the waiting area of the…

Lalit Modi (Image credit: Wisden Cricket) NEW DELHI: Former IPL commissioner Lalit Modi has claimed that match-fixing continues to exist in cricket, though he stopped short of making any allegations against the Indian Premier League (IPL), saying the tournament has become too lucrative for players to risk their careers.Modi, who has been residing primarily in…

For years, Vijay Shankar remained one of Indian cricket’s most discussed yet misunderstood cricketers. From being labelled the ‘3D player’ during the 2019 World Cup to battling injuries, criticism and constant scrutiny, the Tamil Nadu all-rounder’s career rarely moved without noise around it.But as Shankar walks away from Indian domestic cricket and the IPL, there…