A June 8 Purdue University news release reports a proof of the Riemann
Hypothesis by L. de Branges. However, both the 23-page preprint
(from 2003) cited in the original release and a 124-page preprint
(from 2004) cited in a back-dated modified release seem to lack an actual proof.
Furthermore, a counterexample to de Branges’s approach by Conrey and
Li has been known since 1998. The media coverage therefore appears
to be much ado about nothing.