Google said it’s launching the Kaggle Game Arena because games like chess represent one of the best ways to carry out a robust evaluation of an LLM’s reasoning capabilities.

Researchers tasked multiple AI models to play against the popular chess engine Stockfish. Some tried to eventually change the game files in their favor. Credit: Deposit Photos ...

Designed with magnetic docking, the robotic arm locks securely into place on the Manya Cynus board in one smooth move.

Geoffrey Borg and Dmitry Fedotov, provide insights into what AI in mindsports teaches us about human intelligence, strategy, and governance ...

AI reasoning models can cheat to win chess games These newer models appear more likely to indulge in rule-bending behaviors than previous generations—and there’s no way to stop them.

A new study says many AI models will cheat when playing a game of chess. Researchers pitted the AI against Stockfish, a powerful open-source chess engine. But some models, including Open AI’s o1 ...

For years, the game of chess has been seen as a litmus test for how far AI can go against the human intellect. When IBM’s ...

Complex games like chess and Go have long been used to test AI models’ capabilities. But while IBM’s Deep Blue defeated reigning world chess champion Garry Kasparov in the 1990s by playing by ...

OpenAI's o3 model beat xAI's Grok 4 in the final round of a chess tournament, but Elon Musk might be right to brush off the results.