AI doomsters believe that AI will quickly become better at “everything.” That may not be true, but what if it is? What does that mean most immediately for the arts, where AI slop is already permeating ...

Ten years after a milestone victory, AI now dominates Go training. Players are figuring out what that means for the game.

But ... gaming comes first. A 23-year-old from Grandville, Mich., Walsh -- nicknamed "Walshy" -- may be the best "Halo 2" ...

At a time when most kids are learning early lessons in math and science, chess prodigy Gukesh was already contemplating moves on the checker board. Within 5 years he would go on from being a ...

It’s been nearly 30 years since chess champion Garry Kasparov lost to IBM’s Deep Blue, marking the first time a reigning ...

There are many chess robots, most of which require the human player to move the opposing pieces themselves, or have a built-in mechanism that can slide the opposing pieces around to their new ...

The American chess player was accused of cheating after he defeated five-time world champion Magnus Carlsen in the 2022 Sinquefield Cup ...

It’s worth knowing whether you’re just playing a game you like — or maybe also improving your brain chemistry.

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We had a chance to review the GoChess Lite, an electronic chess board designed to teach, compete, and bring a modern style to chess ...

An anthropologist’s new book lays out the formula for human innovation, from stone tools to supercomputers. Depending on developments in the next few years, AI could hit the gas or ...