AI Research & Development

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Thursday, 25 June 2026

Why Does a Bank Need a Chief Scientist?

IEEE Spectrum AI 3 weeks ago

Prem Natarajan, a former Amazon Alexa AI leader, became Chief Scientist at Capital One to advance AI research tailored to banking's complex constraints rather than deploying off-the-shelf models. Capital One filed 38 percent of AI patents among the top 50 financial institutions and was recognized as the only bank among top U.S. patent leaders in agentic and generative AI in 2025. The bank is developing domain-specific AI systems like fully agentic customer service tools and fraud detection across billions of transactions, requiring original research that adapts general models to real-world financial problems serving over 100 million customers.

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What It Means to Be a Mathematician When AI Does the Math

IEEE Spectrum AI 3 weeks ago

AI systems have progressed from basic mathematical computation to solving unsolved problems and producing publishable research, with Google DeepMind's Aletheia achieving Ph.D.-level results and OpenAI's system disproving a conjecture in combinatorial geometry. Large language models combined with proof assistants are automating the formalization of mathematical proofs, removing a bottleneck that previously required mathematicians to manually translate informal proofs into machine-readable code. As AI increasingly handles mathematical problem-solving, mathematicians must reconsider whether their value lies primarily in obtaining answers or in the deeper satisfaction found in the struggle to understand complex ideas.

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