Lambert Liu, 22, says being a holistic engineer who understands system design can help secure a job at an AI startup.

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In new research, mathematicians have narrowed down one of the biggest outstanding problems in math. Huge breakthroughs in math and science are usually the work of many people over many years. Seven ...