You are here

Chess Research

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

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 ...

Categories: Chess Research

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

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
all 21 news articles »
Categories: Chess Research

'Superhuman' Google AI claims chess crown - Kenya Broadcasting Corporation

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

all 5 news articles »
Categories: Chess Research

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

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 ...

Categories: Chess Research

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

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 ...

Categories: Chess Research

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

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
all 54 news articles »
Categories: Chess Research

ASX to replace settlement network with Digital Asset's DLT platform - Finextra (press release)

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

all 38 news articles »
Categories: Chess Research

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

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
all 17 news articles »
Categories: Chess Research

DeepMind's AlphaGo mastered chess in its spare time - SiliconANGLE News (blog)

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 ...

Categories: Chess Research

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

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 ...

Categories: Chess Research

Australia's stock exchange is moving to a blockchain style system for trade settlements - Business Insider Australia

Wed, 12/06/2017 - 16:36

Business Insider Australia

Australia's stock exchange is moving to a blockchain style system for trade settlements
Business Insider Australia
Australia's equity market the ASX has decided to replace its CHESS system to record changes in shareholding with distributed ledger technology found in blockchain. The global equities exchange community has been watching the ASX as it develops and ...

and more »
Categories: Chess Research

India gets a step closer to laser weaponry as DRDO successfully tests laser system - Economic Times

Wed, 12/06/2017 - 13:57

Economic Times

India gets a step closer to laser weaponry as DRDO successfully tests laser system
Economic Times
NEW DELHI: In a leap towards building laser weapons capability, India has made a breakthrough in its efforts to develop directed energy weapons, or DEWs, that can potentially end future wars before they begin. It's not exactly what we saw in Star Wars ...

and more »
Categories: Chess Research

India gets a step closer to laser weaponry as DRDO successfully tests laser system - Economic Times

Wed, 12/06/2017 - 13:38

Economic Times

India gets a step closer to laser weaponry as DRDO successfully tests laser system
Economic Times
NEW DELHI: In a leap towards building laser weapons capability, India has made a breakthrough in its efforts to develop directed energy weapons, or DEWs, that can potentially end future wars before they begin. It's not exactly what we saw in Star Wars ...

Categories: Chess Research

Alphabet's Latest AI Show Pony Has More Than One Trick - WIRED

Wed, 12/06/2017 - 13:14

Alphabet's Latest AI Show Pony Has More Than One Trick
WIRED
The history of artificial intelligence is a procession of one-trick ponies. Over decades researchers have crafted a series of super-specialized programs to beat humans at tougher and tougher games. They conquered tic-tac-toe, checkers, and chess. Most ...

Categories: Chess Research

Google's 'superhuman' DeepMind AI claims chess crown - BBC News

Wed, 12/06/2017 - 12:57

BBC News

Google's 'superhuman' DeepMind AI claims chess crown
BBC News
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 ...
DeepMind's AI became a superhuman chess player in a few hours, just for funThe Verge
Alphabet's Latest AI Show Pony Has More Than One TrickWIRED
[1712.01815] Mastering Chess and Shogi by Self-Play with a General Reinforcement Learning Algorithm - arXivarXiv

all 8 news articles »
Categories: Chess Research

DeepMind's AI became a superhuman chess player in a few hours, just for fun - The Verge

Wed, 12/06/2017 - 07:11

The Verge

DeepMind's AI became a superhuman chess player in a few hours, just for fun
The Verge
The end-game for Google's AI subsidiary DeepMind was never beating people at board games. It's always been about creating something akin to a combustion engine for intelligence — a generic thinking machine that can be applied to a broad range of ...

Categories: Chess Research

Google's AlphaZero Destroys Stockfish In 100-Game Match - Chess.com

Wed, 12/06/2017 - 02:00
Google's AlphaZero Destroys Stockfish In 100-Game Match  Chess.com

Chess changed forever today. And maybe the rest of the world did, too. A little more than a year after AlphaGo sensationally won against the top Go player, the ...

Categories: Chess Research

Google's AlphaZero Destroys Stockfish In 100-Game Match - Chess.com

Wed, 12/06/2017 - 02:00
Google's AlphaZero Destroys Stockfish In 100-Game Match  Chess.com

Chess changed forever today. And maybe the rest of the world did, too. A little more than a year after AlphaGo sensationally won against the top Go player, the ...

Categories: Chess Research

Pages