When sensing defeat in a match against a skilled chess bot, advanced models sometimes hack their opponent, a study found.

Researchers have found that AI will cheat to win at chess Deep reasoning models are more active cheaters Some models simply rewrote the board in their favor In a move that will perhaps surprise nobody ...

Ever since the chess world went into collective panic over allegations of cheating among super-grandmasters back in 2022, the game has been roiled by rampant paranoia. Tournaments have scaled up ...

The International Chess Federation is investigating a Russian grandmaster for allegations of cheating he leveled at fellow elite players, including 29-year-old U.S. grandmaster and YouTube sensation ...

Chess may be the Game of Kings, but royalty could give way to machinery in the years to come. A recent study has found that artificial intelligence, when pitted in a tight game of chess, often resorts ...

The 19-year-old is also suing website Chess.com, which published a report saying he had likely cheated in more than 100 online games. Niemann says the defendants colluded to destroy his reputation and ...

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Chess is taking over schools, nightclubs, and the internet. And it's never been more toxic.