There are many chess robots, most of which require the human player to move the opposing pieces themselves, or have a ...

It gamed the system. Here’s yet more proof that AI is playing 3D chess while we’re playing checkers. A gameplaying AI system ...

Talk about AI today, and you’ll hear two stories. One says this is the future of everything. The other says it’s a bubble that’s about to pop. The truth is closer to a video game: We’re still in the ...

In 1996, IBM's Deep Blue faced off against Garry Kasparov, the greatest chess mind on Earth — and changed history.

Thomas Byers receives funding from The Research Training Program Scholarship, supported by the Australian Commonwealth Government and the University of Melbourne. Bjorn Nansen receives funding from ...

A smooth, white stone dating from the Roman era and unearthed in the Netherlands has long baffled researchers. Now, with the help of artificial intelligence, scientists believe they have cracked the ...

The internet savvy among us would like to think we're discerning enough to know when something isn't real. We'll point out the telltale signs of generative artificial intelligence, like visual ...

It was the summer of 2020, and researcher Walter Crist was wandering around the exhibits inside a Dutch museum dedicated to the presence of the ancient Roman empire in the Netherlands. As a scientist ...

On Friday, developer Ian Langworth released SpaceMolt, a free, text-based, space-themed multiplayer online game. But it's not for you—it's exclusively for AI agents. Humans cannot play SpaceMolt; they ...

Framed as a sports tale, “Queen of Chess,” directed by Rory Kennedy, recounts the life of Judit Polgar, who battled sexism as much as rival players. By Alissa Wilkinson When you purchase a ticket for ...

An old, flattened piece of limestone inscribed with a crisscross of grooves looks like the board for a game, but for nearly a century, no one knew how the game was played. Now, researchers have used ...