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Fake news: A world of pixel-perfect forgeries is coming - The Straits Times

Chess Research - Sun, 12/10/2017 - 15:00

Fake news: A world of pixel-perfect forgeries is coming
The Straits Times
The images are jerky, as dashcam footage often is: A car travels down an American highway, with green grass at the side of the road and leaves on the branches of passing trees. At first glance, the video seems utterly mundane - but its very ...

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Is it possible to boost your intelligence by training? - Salon

Chess Research - Sat, 12/09/2017 - 20:01

Salon

Is it possible to boost your intelligence by training?
Salon
Scientists achieved astonishing results when training a student with a memory training program in a landmark experiment in 1982. After 44 weeks of practice, the student, dubbed SF, expanded his ability to remember digits from seven numbers to 82 ...

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Falconry Research Project: database by UAE researchers shows ubiquity of predatory bird - The National

Chess Research - Sat, 12/09/2017 - 01:59

The National

Falconry Research Project: database by UAE researchers shows ubiquity of predatory bird
The National
From whimsical 19th century Japanese drawings to 4,000-year-old Mongolian rock art, Dutch chess pieces and Qajar tableware from Iran, the history of man's relation to the falcon is one of the oldest recorded love stories. It is even carried in your ...

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The Weekend "Planet Earth Report" --Google's CIA Origins, Hubble's 'Time-Machine' Successor, Destructive Bitcoin ... - The Daily Galaxy (blog)

Chess Research - Sat, 12/09/2017 - 01:05

The Daily Galaxy (blog)

The Weekend "Planet Earth Report" --Google's CIA Origins, Hubble's 'Time-Machine' Successor, Destructive Bitcoin ...
The Daily Galaxy (blog)
Some of the research that led to Google's ambitious creation was funded and coordinated by a research group established by the intelligence community to find ways to track individuals and groups online. The intelligence community hoped that the nation ...

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Fake news: A world of pixel-perfect forgeries is coming - Financial Times

Chess Research - Fri, 12/08/2017 - 23:05

Financial Times

Fake news: A world of pixel-perfect forgeries is coming
Financial Times
The images are jerky, as dashcam footage often is: a car travels down an American highway, with green grass at the side of the road and leaves on the branches of passing trees. At first glance, the video seems utterly mundane — but its very ...

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Alpha Zero's “Alien” Chess Shows the Power, and the Peculiarity, of AI - MIT Technology Review

Chess Research - Fri, 12/08/2017 - 14:22

MIT Technology Review

Alpha Zero's “Alien” Chess Shows the Power, and the Peculiarity, of AI
MIT Technology Review
Hassabis speculates that because Alpha Zero teaches itself, it benefits from not following the usual approach of assigning value to pieces and trying to minimize losses. “Maybe our conception of chess has been too limited,” he said. “It could be an ...
Google's DeepMind AI Becomes One Of The Best Chess Players In The World In Just Four HoursHuffPost UK
Google AI teaches itself 'superhuman' chess skills in four hoursNaked Security
'Superhuman' Google AI claims chess crownKenya Broadcasting Corporation
arXiv
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The Geopolitics of Poland's “Three Seas Initiative” - Center for Research on Globalization

Chess Research - Fri, 12/08/2017 - 10:22

Center for Research on Globalization

The Geopolitics of Poland's “Three Seas Initiative”
Center for Research on Globalization
For Washington, Poland and their Three Seas Initiative are merely a chess play in a larger geopolitical game. The creation of Poland's costly LNG terminal and its strategy to become a central European gas hub via the Three Seas Initiative was not an ...

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Google's DeepMind AI Becomes One Of The Best Chess Players In The World In Just Four Hours - HuffPost UK

Chess Research - Fri, 12/08/2017 - 09:25

HuffPost UK

Google's DeepMind AI Becomes One Of The Best Chess Players In The World In Just Four Hours
HuffPost UK
Not content with absolutely thrashing humanity at Go, Google's DeepMind AI has now turned its attention to chess, and as expected it has put us all to shame. The specialist AlphaZero program was able to beat one of the world's best chess programs a ...
Google AI teaches itself 'superhuman' chess skills in four hoursSecurity Boulevard
AlphaZero AI beats champion chess program after teaching itself in four hoursTrend News Agency
'Superhuman' Google AI claims chess crownKenya Broadcasting Corporation
Techworm -Іnsіdеr Cаr Nеws
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Google AI teaches itself 'superhuman' chess skills in four hours - Security Boulevard

Chess Research - Fri, 12/08/2017 - 08:09

Kenya Broadcasting Corporation

Google AI teaches itself 'superhuman' chess skills in four hours
Security Boulevard
Human chess grandmaster Peter Heine Nielsen tells the BBC that he's “always wondered how it would be if a superior species landed on earth and showed us how they played chess.” Well, move aside, ugly, giant bags of mostly water: now we know, because ...
'Superhuman' Google AI claims chess crownKenya Broadcasting Corporation
AlphaZero AI Beats Champion Chess Program after Teaching Itself in Four HoursІnsіdеr Cаr Nеws

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Is it possible to boost your intelligence by training? We reviewed three decades of research - MENAFN.COM

Chess Research - Fri, 12/08/2017 - 05:57

Is it possible to boost your intelligence by training? We reviewed three decades of research
MENAFN.COM
The study can be considered the beginning of cognitive training research, investigating how practice in areas ranging from music to chess and puzzles impacts our intelligence. So what's the state of this research 35 years later – have scientists ...

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Google AI teaches itself 'superhuman' chess skills in four hours - Naked Security

Chess Research - Fri, 12/08/2017 - 05:41

Naked Security

Google AI teaches itself 'superhuman' chess skills in four hours
Naked Security
Human chess grandmaster Peter Heine Nielsen tells the BBC that he's “always wondered how it would be if a superior species landed on earth and showed us how they played chess.” Well, move aside, ugly, giant bags of mostly water: now we know, because ...
Google's DeepMind AI Becomes One Of The Best Chess Players In The World In Just Four HoursHuffPost UK
'Superhuman' Google AI claims chess crownKenya Broadcasting Corporation
AlphaZero AI beats champion chess program after teaching itself in four hoursMENAFN.COM
arXiv
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'Superhuman' Google AI claims chess crown - Kenya Broadcasting Corporation

Chess Research - Fri, 12/08/2017 - 02:01

Kenya Broadcasting Corporation

'Superhuman' Google AI claims chess crown
Kenya Broadcasting Corporation
Google says its AlphaGo Zero artificial intelligence program has triumphed at chess against world-leading specialist software within hours of teaching itself the game from scratch. The firm's DeepMind division says that it played 100 games against ...
AlphaZero AI Beats Champion Chess Program after Teaching Itself in Four HoursІnsіdеr Cаr Nеws

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Google's DeepMind AI beats expert software at chess - iTnews

Chess Research - Thu, 12/07/2017 - 16:44

iTnews

Google's DeepMind AI beats expert software at chess
iTnews
Michael Wooldridge, a professor at the the University of Oxford, told the BBC. Google hasn't commented on the research, but DeepMind's paper said starting from "random play, and given no domain knowledge except the game rules, AlphaZero achieved within ...

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Google's DeepMind AI masters chess, beating expert software - PC Authority

Chess Research - Thu, 12/07/2017 - 16:02

PC Authority

Google's DeepMind AI masters chess, beating expert software
PC Authority
Google's DeepMind AI has "superhuman abilities", beating specialist chess software within 24 hours of learning the game, according to a Cornell University paper authored by DeepMind. With a single algorithm, AlphaGo Zero was able to reach world-beating ...

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In Just 4 Hours, Google's AI Mastered All The Chess Knowledge in History - Futurism

Chess Research - Thu, 12/07/2017 - 11:40

Futurism

In Just 4 Hours, Google's AI Mastered All The Chess Knowledge in History
Futurism
Chess isn't an easy game, by human standards. But for an artificial intelligence powered by a formidable, almost alien mindset, the trivial diversion can be mastered in a few spare hours. In a new paper, Google researchers detail how their latest AI ...
Google's DeepMind AI masters chess, beating expert softwareIT PRO
Google's 'superhuman' DeepMind AI claims chess crownBBC News
Google's 'superhuman' AlphaZero AI becomes one of the best chess players in the world after learning the game from ...Daily Mail
PCMag -The Guardian -The Verge -arXiv
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ASX to replace settlement network with Digital Asset's DLT platform - Finextra (press release)

Chess Research - Thu, 12/07/2017 - 03:44

Finextra (press release)

ASX to replace settlement network with Digital Asset's DLT platform
Finextra (press release)
The Australian Securities Exchange has confirmed plans to replace its Chess post-trade settlement system with a new blockchain-based platform provided by Digital Asset. The exchange operator has been testing Digital Asset's technology in parallel to ...
Australia's stock exchange is moving to a blockchain style system for trade settlementsBusiness Insider Australia
Blythe Masters: ASX Blockchain Embrace 'Precedent Setting'CoinDesk
ASX to upgrade to Blythe Masters' blockchain Digital Asset Holdings technologyThe Australian Financial Review

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In Just 4 Hours, Google's AI Mastered All The Chess Knowledge in History - ScienceAlert

Chess Research - Wed, 12/06/2017 - 20:47

BBC News

In Just 4 Hours, Google's AI Mastered All The Chess Knowledge in History
ScienceAlert
That broader focus means AlphaZero doesn't just play chess. It also plays Shogi (aka Japanese chess) and Go too – and, perhaps unsurprisingly, it only took two and eight hours respectively to master those games as well. For now, Google and DeepMind's ...
Google's 'superhuman' DeepMind AI claims chess crownBBC News
DeepMind's AI became a superhuman chess player in a few hours ...The Verge
Alphabet's Latest AI Show Pony Has More Than One TrickWIRED
The Times -Chess.com -arXiv
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DeepMind's AlphaGo mastered chess in its spare time - SiliconANGLE News (blog)

Chess Research - Wed, 12/06/2017 - 18:36

DeepMind's AlphaGo mastered chess in its spare time
SiliconANGLE News (blog)
The DeepMind team admitted in their research paper that chess is “the most widely-studied domain in the history of artificial intelligence,” but they noted that previous chess playing AIs required “a combination of sophisticated search techniques ...

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Google's DeepMind robot becomes world-beating chess grandmaster in four hours - The Times

Chess Research - Wed, 12/06/2017 - 18:01

Google's DeepMind robot becomes world-beating chess grandmaster in four hours
The Times
“Many have become chess masters; no one has become the master of chess.” So said Siegbert Tarrasch, one of the most eminent players of the 19th and 20th centuries. In the 21st century, however, the foe appears at last to have been overcome, and what's ...

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