AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTYou have been granted access, use your keyboard to continue reading.Breakthroughs in pure mathematics can take decades. A new Defense Department initiative aims to speed things up using artificial intelligence.Patrick Shafto, who oversees DARPA’s information innovation office. A.I., he said, shows “huge potential benefit to the community of mathematicians and to society at large.”Credit...Kenny Holston/The New York TimesJune 19, 2025Artificial intelligence can writ...