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 ...

The Magnus Carlsen and Hans Niemann chess cheating scandal shocked the chess world in 2022. Here’s what happened and what to know before Netflix’s Untold: Chess Mates.

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 ...

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 ...

Plus: a judge has ruled against Elon Musk's plans to prevent OpenAI to becoming a for-profit business This is today's edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what ...

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

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