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Dubai chess program attracts more schools - gulfnews.com

Chess Research - Sat, 11/05/2016 - 02:14

gulfnews.com

Dubai chess program attracts more schools
gulfnews.com
Hashim said chess complements the school's focus on helping students improve their critical thinking abilities. “Chess helps develop intelligence and trains students become better at planning and research. Moreover, the chess academy is a big step ...

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Google's DeepMind AI takes on something even more complicated than chess or go: StarCraft II - VentureBeat

Chess Research - Fri, 11/04/2016 - 17:09

VentureBeat

Google's DeepMind AI takes on something even more complicated than chess or go: StarCraft II
VentureBeat
Researchers can now use Google's DeepMind A.I. to test various theories for ways that machines can learn to make sense of complicated systems, in this case Blizzard's beloved real-time strategy game. In StarCraft II, players fight against one another ...
Google's DeepMind to use 'messy' world of StarCraft for AI researchSiliconANGLE (blog)
Soon artificial intelligence will be trained to play 'StarCraft II' like humans doDigital Trends
Google's DeepMind AI Takes on Popular Video Game StarcraftBloomberg
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Google's DeepMind AI Takes on Popular Video Game Starcraft - Bloomberg

Chess Research - Fri, 11/04/2016 - 14:02

Bloomberg

Google's DeepMind AI Takes on Popular Video Game Starcraft
Bloomberg
Starcraft fascinates artificial intelligence researchers because it comes closer to simulating "the messiness of the real world" than games like chess or Go, Vinyals said. "An agent that can play Starcraft will need to demonstrate effective use of ...
StarCraft II: DeepMind unveils latest game its AI plans to conquerThe Guardian

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Computers Designed to Mimic Human Brains May Achieve Truly Intelligent AI - All About Circuits

Chess Research - Thu, 11/03/2016 - 08:11

All About Circuits

Computers Designed to Mimic Human Brains May Achieve Truly Intelligent AI
All About Circuits
Semiconductor producer SK Hynix have announced that they are partnering up with Stanford University to research and develop a semiconductor device that will resemble the human brain. How will this affect computing in the future and what can we expect ...

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Here's how close AI is to beating humans in different games - Business Insider

Chess Research - Wed, 11/02/2016 - 14:04

Business Insider

Here's how close AI is to beating humans in different games
Business Insider
Two decades after Deep Blue conquered chess and a year after AlphaGo took down go, there are still games that artificial intelligence can't beat. AI researchers like games because they offer complex, concrete, and exciting challenges, which can unlock ...

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This Chessboard Moves Pieces On Its Own So You Can Play Anybody In The World Or Nobody - SnapMunk

Chess Research - Wed, 11/02/2016 - 13:59

SnapMunk

This Chessboard Moves Pieces On Its Own So You Can Play Anybody In The World Or Nobody
SnapMunk
... that enables anyone to challenge anyone in the world from the comfort of their homes. The robotic/magnetic chessboard and chess pieces are designed to move without any human intervention, either guided by a remote player moving pieces on their ...

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Researchers Replicate Ebola Antibodies - The Emory Wheel

Chess Research - Wed, 11/02/2016 - 13:38

The Emory Wheel

Researchers Replicate Ebola Antibodies
The Emory Wheel
Blood samples from the four Ebola-infected patients treated at Emory in 2014 have provided scientists with new findings about the incurable virus, according to Carl Davis, a research fellow at Emory Vaccine Center. Researchers used the samples to ...

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K&L Gates gives $10M to CMU to study ethics of AI - Tribune-Review

Chess Research - Wed, 11/02/2016 - 11:03

K&L Gates gives $10M to CMU to study ethics of AI
Tribune-Review
1990: CMU creates Hitech, the first artificially intelligent computer chess machine to be named a grand master. 1988: Early speech recognition software developed at CMU boasts a 1,000-word ... He and research partner Guillaume Lample, both Carnegie ...

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China as you've never seen it: Amazing collection of rare early photographs -unseen for 150 years - capturing the ... - Daily Mail

Chess Research - Wed, 11/02/2016 - 07:35

Daily Mail

China as you've never seen it: Amazing collection of rare early photographs -unseen for 150 years - capturing the ...
Daily Mail
A stunning collection of rare photographs that capture day-to-day life in China 150 years ago have emerged. The 'forgotten' album by photographer Georges Morache, comprising of 41 black and white images of Beijing in the 1860s, shows busy street scenes ...

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Artificial intelligence: Why we must learn from climate-change disasters to stop AI becoming the next big catastrophe - ZDNet

Chess Research - Tue, 11/01/2016 - 05:25

ZDNet

Artificial intelligence: Why we must learn from climate-change disasters to stop AI becoming the next big catastrophe
ZDNet
... might lead to. Professor Luciano Floridi, director of research and professor of philosophy and ethics of information at Oxford University's Internet Institute, likens it to a game of chess: you don't just take it one step at a time, but aim to plan ...

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China official hints at scrapping party age limit - Financial Times

Chess Research - Mon, 10/31/2016 - 22:48

Financial Times

China official hints at scrapping party age limit
Financial Times
China could scrap an informal rule barring its top Communist party officials from beginning a new term at age 68, a senior official hinted — a move that could open the door for anti-corruption tsar Wang Qishan to stay in office following next year's ...

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Passaic Valley-Cedar Grove Hockey Players Among Captains Honored by Devils Organization - TAPinto.net

Chess Research - Mon, 10/31/2016 - 15:38

Passaic Valley-Cedar Grove Hockey Players Among Captains Honored by Devils Organization
TAPinto.net
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ – The Food Allergy Research & Education's (FARE) Teal Pumpkin Project is geared toward making Halloween less trick and more treat for children with food allergies. FARE is the nation's ... Her hobbies are gymnastics and chess, .

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Clinton Campaign Chief John Podesta's Interest In UFOs is Out of This World - NBCNews.com

Chess Research - Mon, 10/31/2016 - 13:12

NBCNews.com

Clinton Campaign Chief John Podesta's Interest In UFOs is Out of This World
NBCNews.com
When hackers broke into Hillary Clinton's campaign chairman John Podesta's private email account, little did they know they were entering the Twilight Zone. There, amid the grist and gossip about the inner workings of the campaign — and some ...

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Clinton Campaign Chief John Podesta's Interst In UFOs is Out of This World - NBCNews.com

Chess Research - Mon, 10/31/2016 - 13:12

NBCNews.com

Clinton Campaign Chief John Podesta's Interst In UFOs is Out of This World
NBCNews.com
When hackers broke into Hillary Clinton's campaign chairman John Podesta's private email account, little did they know they were entering the Twilight Zone. There, amid the grist and gossip about the inner workings of the campaign — and some ...

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Women can be disqualified from chess tournaments for showing clevage - Metro

Chess Research - Mon, 10/31/2016 - 10:57

Metro

Women can be disqualified from chess tournaments for showing clevage
Metro
'It's nice to see chess players with short skirts — they are very pretty girls… But I believe there should still be some limit.' So yeah, a woman who wins a chess match can have her win overturned because she's got cleavage showing. But short skirts ...

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Donald Trump doesn't really give away money, and when he does, he benefits from it - Salon

Chess Research - Mon, 10/31/2016 - 09:00

Salon

Donald Trump doesn't really give away money, and when he does, he benefits from it
Salon
Or, the time that Trump was principal for a day at a Bronx public school that was $5,000 shy of a fund-raising goal to send some students to a chess tournament. Trump brough a fake million-dollar bill, gave them $200 in real life, and drove away in a ...

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ERIC's new logo pays homage to Vikings, London - Pensions & Investments

Chess Research - Sun, 10/30/2016 - 23:10

Pensions & Investments

ERIC's new logo pays homage to Vikings, London
Pensions & Investments
A logo with a Viking wearing a bowler hat that was designed for an online platform for financial research has won a silver award in a design competition in New York. Independent designer Oliver Haas was tasked with designing the first logo for ...

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Google researchers build networks that invent their own encryption - Christian Science Monitor

Chess Research - Sun, 10/30/2016 - 16:00

Christian Science Monitor

Google researchers build networks that invent their own encryption
Christian Science Monitor
By teaching two neural networks, nicknamed "Alice" and "Bob," to communicate with each other while keeping the contents of their messages secret from an adversarial third network, "Eve," the researchers effectively demonstrated that artificial ...
Google's AI just created its own form of encryptionZME Science
Google's neural networks invent their own encryptionNew Scientist
[1610.06918] Learning to Protect Communications with Adversarial Neural Cryptography - arXiv.orgarXiv.org

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A life of accomplishment: Judge Leighton turns 104 - SouthCoastToday.com

Chess Research - Sat, 10/29/2016 - 16:25

A life of accomplishment: Judge Leighton turns 104
SouthCoastToday.com
Leighton had a humble background as a boy raised by Cape Verdean immigrants from the island of Brava, growing up as an avid chess player in New Bedford and in the Cape Cod area, where he worked as a youngster on a cranberry bog. His last name was ...

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Has AI (Finally) Reached a Tipping Point? - Wall Street Journal (blog)

Chess Research - Fri, 10/28/2016 - 11:11

Wall Street Journal (blog)

Has AI (Finally) Reached a Tipping Point?
Wall Street Journal (blog)
After many years of promise and hype, AI seems to be finally reaching a tipping point of market acceptance. AI is now being applied to activities that not long ago were viewed as the exclusive domain of humans.“We're now accustomed to having ...

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