Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Lance B. Eliot is a world-renowned AI scientist and consultant. In today’s column, I examine an insightful AI research study ...

The paper, released in 2014, lays the foundations for blockchain privacy and scaling. A decade-old research paper seen as a “blueprint” for the first practical use of zero-knowledge proofs (ZK-proofs) ...

StarkWare’s milestone opens the door for ZK-based layer-2 solutions, enhancing Bitcoin’s scalability and global payment capabilities. StarkWare has achieved a historic milestone by successfully ...

In a world where data breaches and spying are common, zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs) are becoming a powerful cryptographic tool that lets you prove that something is true without revealing the secret ...

The verdict, it seems, is in: artificial intelligence is not about to replace mathematicians. That is the immediate takeaway from the “First Proof” challenge—perhaps the most robust test yet of the ...

How do you prove something is true? For mathematicians, the answer is simple: Start with some basic assumptions and proceed, step by step, to the conclusion. QED, proof complete. If there’s a mistake ...

The race is on to develop an artificial intelligence that can do pure mathematics, and top mathematicians just threw down the gauntlet with an exam of actual, unsolved problems that are relevant to ...