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Despite all its advances, ChatGPT still, seemingly, is less smart than an Atari simulator on beginner mode.

ChatGPT “Absolutely Wrecked” at Chess by Atari 2600 Console From 1977

By Noor Al-Sibai

New research has shown that some AI models will do just about anything to accomplish their task, including hacking your computer.

The Smarter AI Gets, the More It Start Cheating When It’s Losing

Billionaire Elon Musk thinks that the ancient and famously difficult to master game of chess is dumb. Why? Because space lasers. Obviously.

Elon Musk Posts Bananas Rant About How Chess Is Stupid Because It Doesn’t Have Space Lasers

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The rivalry between two chess players turned almost deadly when one player was accused of poisoning a game board with liquid mercury.

Health & Medicine

Chess Player Accused of Poisoning Board With Mercury

By Sharon Adarlo

One of the world's foremost chess grandmasters apparently made a fat finger error for the ages when he accidentally clicked the wrong square and lost a tie.

World Chess Champion Loses $30,000 Prize By Clicking Wrong Square

By Noor Al-Sibai

In a joking tweet, Elon Musk accused Hans Niemann of using vibrating, remote-controlled anal beads to beat the Magnus Carlsen, the game's No. 1 grandmaster.

Why Elon Musk Said a Remote Controlled Sex Toy Was Used to Cheat at a Chess Tournament

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The chess grandmaster took 23 years to deal with having his keester handed to him by an IBM computer in the game he made his name on.

Artificial Intelligence

Chess Grandmaster Kasparov: I’ve Made “Peace” With Robot That Beat My Ass

By Foster Kamer

Chess is one of the fastest-growing games on the video game streaming platform Twitch as hundreds of thousands tune in to watch masters strategize.

Yasssss Queen: Chess Is Finally Becoming the Next Big eSport

By Dan Robitzski

AI Has Beaten Humanity at Our Own Game. Literally.

Artificial Intelligence

AI Has Beaten Humanity at Our Own Game. Literally.

In Just 72 Hours, a Computer Learned How to Beat Nearly Anyone at Chess

Artificial Intelligence

In Just 72 Hours, a Computer Learned How to Beat Nearly Anyone at Chess

By June Javelosa