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Can one trust ChatGPT? Hebrew U and Cambridge University mathematicians find out

ChatGPT generates responses by predicting sequences of words learned during its training. Now, a new Israeli study shows that ChatGPT’s unpredictability may limit its reliability in a math classroom.

THE EXPERIMENT, by two education researchers, asked the chatbot to solve a version of Plato’s slave-boy experiment of the ‘doubling the square’ problem.
 A man holds a placard shaped like a key during a pro-Palestinian rally calling for the UK government to stop allowing arms exports and military co-operation with Israel, in London, Britain, June 21, 2025.

Cambridge U. can ban pro-Palestinian protests from parts of campus for next year, judge rules

 Dieses undatierte Handout-Bild zeigt die künstlerische Darstellung eines Planeten und seines Wirtssterns mit einer verschobenen Materialscheibe und einem binären Begleiter im Hintergrund.

Wissenschaftler finden bisher stärksten Hinweis auf außerirdisches Leben

 Aaron Koller teaches at Cambridge University during the 2022-23 school year.

For the first time since Henry VIII created the role, a Jew will helm Hebrew studies at Cambridge


Scientists find strongest evidence yet of life on an alien planet

Madhusudhan noted that there are various efforts underway searching for signs of life in our solar system.

 An artist's depiction of a planet and its host star with a misaligned disk of material, and a binary companion in the background, is shown in this undated handout image.

Anti-Israel vandalism group defaces Cambridge, Oxford universities

"They can try to stop the student intifada, but they will never succeed," Palestine Action said on Instagram. "Resistance until victory!"

 TENTS ARE pitched outside the Oxford University Museum of Natural History, as students occupy parts of British campuses in support of Palestinians in Gaza, this week. Supporters of genocidal jihadist groups are spreading mayhem across the Western world, says the writer.

Anti-Israel protesters barred from disrupting Cambridge University graduation ceremony

Lawyers representing the university intended for the judge to impose a wider injunction due to more concerns about potential disruptions of future ceremonies.

 Palestine Action vandalized University of Cambridge

Over two dozen new species discovered in Peruvian forest

Scientists discovered over two dozen new species in Peru's Amazon rainforest, including a semi-aquatic mouse and three other previously unknown mammals, during a 2022 expedition.

 A new species of semi-aquatic mouse.

350,000 African artefacts found in University of Cambridge collections

Research found that only 1% of the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology's estimated 137,000 artefacts are on display.

 An Egyptian mummy at the British Museum.

Healing in Nature: A new approach to mental health for IDF veterans

Healing in Nature launches initiative for IDF veterans combining wilderness retreats, cutting-edge tech, and group support to address PTSD and mental health issues.

 Two people riding horses at the retreat in Montana.

Winners of 2024 Wolf Prize announced

Over a third of the Wolf Prize laureates have subsequently received the Nobel Prize in corresponding disciplines.

 The Wolf Foundation logo

Hebrew language Olympiad celebrates record participation in its third year

The third annual Hebrew Language Olympiad at Tel Aviv University attracted hundreds of teenagers worldwide, showcasing impressive growth and participation from diverse regions and institutions.

 Hebrew Olympiad - Yuval and Rotem (12/4/2024)

UK scientists reconstruct face of 7th-century aristocrat, Christian convert

"Were they political brides or perhaps brides of Christ? The fact that her diet changed once she arrived in England suggests that her lifestyle may have changed quite significantly” - Dr. Leggett

 7th century Anglo-Saxon girl reconstructed

Why I chose Israel, and will continue to choose Israel - opinion

I CHOOSE Israel because I love the energy of this country. I choose Israel because I don’t need to actively practice Judaism and yet I’m very Jewish here, in the non-religious, more cultural sense.

 THE WRITER presents chef Assaf Granit with the Branding Israel Award in 2020.

Attila the Hun may have raided the Roman Empire because of drought - study

The researchers examined a reconstruction of tree rings and used historical and archaeological evidence in order to reach their findings.

The Hunnic raids on the Roman Empire are part of what led to its downfall.