{"id":194974,"date":"2026-03-11T18:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T22:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/11\/3-questions-on-the-future-of-ai-and-the-mathematical-and-physical-sciences-mit-news\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T18:45:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T22:45:14","slug":"3-questions-on-the-future-of-ai-and-the-mathematical-and-physical-sciences-mit-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/11\/3-questions-on-the-future-of-ai-and-the-mathematical-and-physical-sciences-mit-news\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Questions: On the future of AI and the mathematical and physical sciences | MIT News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.mit.edu\/2026\/3-questions-future-of-ai-and-mathematical-physical-sciences-0311\">3 Questions: On the future of AI and the mathematical and physical sciences | MIT News<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a 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