Don’t confuse this with the infamous Mechanical Turk, which appeared to be a chess computer but was really a guy hiding inside a fake chess computer. The Spanish engineer’s machine really did ...

If you imagine somebody playing chess against the computer, you’ll likely be visualizing them staring at their monitor in deep thought, mouse in hand, ready to drag their digital pawn into play.

A new study suggests reasoning models from DeepSeek and OpenAI are learning to manipulate on their own.

Magnus Carlsen recently admitted he has “no chance” against modern chess engines, even on his phone. Speaking on The Joe Rogan Experience, the Norwegian chess grandmaster shared insights on AI-powered ...

IBM's Deep Blue system achieved its first victory over a world chess champion on February 10, 1996, when it won the first game of a six-game match against Garry Kasparov. Despite this initial loss ...

AI models turning to hacking to get a job done is nothing new. Back in January last year researchers found that they could ...

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

Computer scientists found that AI systems can now manipulate chess AIs to gain an unfair advantage. Some models did this without human interaction or prompting, raising concerns about the future ...