AI has mastered chess, so humans are changing the rules of the game

The chess program Stockfish can crush Norwegian chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen, who is largely considered the greatest ...

How a landmark ruling in chess could challenge Russia’s sovereignty over Ukraine

Following a landmark decision at the Court of Arbitration for Sport, the burden is now on Russia to dissolve its chess ...
IGN

A hair's breadth.

Sony has confirmed that Resident Evil Requiem is the first game to use its upgraded PSSR upscaler on PlayStation 5 Pro. The company made it official in a post on the PlayStation Blog, where Mark Cerny ...
IEEE

Checkmating One, by Using Many: Combining Mixture of Experts with MCTS to Improve in Chess

Abstract: In games like chess, strategy evolves dramatically across distinct phases — the opening, middlegame, and endgame each demand different forms of reasoning and decision-making. Yet, many ...
New Scientist

AIs can’t stop recommending nuclear strikes in war game simulations

Advanced AI models appear willing to deploy nuclear weapons without the same reservations humans have when put into simulated geopolitical crises. Kenneth Payne at King’s College London set three ...
GameSpot

The Elder Scrolls 6 Will Use An Upgraded Version Of Starfield And Skyrim's Game Engine

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Bethesda's Todd Howard has reaffirmed that The Elder Scrolls 6 will use Creation Engine 3, the latest version of the game engine that has powered most ...
Digital Trends

Unity will soon let you create casual games using simple text prompts

Making a video game usually means learning to code, working with complex game engines, and spending hours piecing everything together. That is true even for simple casual games. Many aspiring ...
The Conversation

Are video game developers using AI? Players want to know, but the rules are patchy

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 ...
NPR

A supercomputer beat a human chess champ 30 years ago, paving a path for AI dominance

Could a machine outthink the best human mind in the world? Thirty years ago that was still an open question, but a historic matchup between a chess grandmaster and an IBM supercomputer answered it. On ...
Psychology Today

The Chess Game of Life: Why Every Move Matters

I want to ask you a question: Do you think the choices you make today will have any impact on your future? If we stop to think about it, most of us would say, “Yes, of course.” But we don’t actually ...
New York Post

US chess grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky suffered cardiac arrhythmia after meth, kratom use — death ruled an accident

US chess grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky suffered cardiac issues after taking kratom and meth, according to a detailed medical examiner’s report that ruled the 29-year-old’s death an accident. Friends ...
Popular Science

Chess or video games—which actually makes you smarter? The answer may surprise you.

🛍️ Amazon Big Spring Sale: 100+ editor-approved deals worth buying right now 🛍️ By Clarissa Brincat Published Jan 8, 2026 9:00 AM EST Add Popular Science (opens in a new tab) Adding us as a ...