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Musk challenges legendary AI researcher Karpathy to an AI coding showdown against Grok 5 — gets a polite 'no' to an IBM Deep Blue-like showdown

Elon Musk has proposed a public coding contest between xAI’s Grok 5 and former OpenAI research lead Andrej Karpathy, comparing it to the 1997 showdown between Garry Kasparov and IBM’s Deep Blue.

Tom’s Hardware

Google DeepMind claims ‘historic’ AI breakthrough in problem solving

Version of company’s Gemini 2.5 AI model solved complex real-world problem that stumped human programmers

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AI is entering an 'unprecedented regime.' Should we stop it — and can we — before it destroys us?

The technological singularity — the point at which artificial general intelligence surpasses human intelligence — is coming. But will it usher in humanity's salvation, or lead to its downfall?

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Zoe Ball and Jo Whiley go rogue: best podcasts of the week

Listeners get to ask the the broadcasting duo almost everything – just don’t mention sex in the 90s. Plus, Garry Kasparov asks if the US is sliding into a pseudo dictatorship

The Guardian - UK

Russians absent from world chess top 10 for first time since official lists began

A poor outing from Ian Nepomniachtchi brought up an unlikely first but Serjey Karjakin made a strong comeback at Blitz last week

The Guardian - UK

ChatGPT is no match for a 40-year-old digital Pocket Chess game, and I bet Garry Kasparov would be pleased

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ChatGPT 'got absolutely wrecked' by Atari 2600 in beginner's chess match — OpenAI's newest model bamboozled by 1970s logic

It is claimed that OpenAI’s ChatGPT 4o model “got absolutely wrecked on the beginner level” of Atari Chess on an Atari 2600 console from the 1970s.

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Chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen faces showdown against 'the world.' Will it end in a draw?

Norwegian chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen is playing a single game against 140,000 people worldwide

The Independent UK

Chess: top-seeded world champion Gukesh Dommaraju struggles at Bucharest

The 18-year-old Indian finished joint sixth to ninth out of 10 after Friday’s final round, while Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu, 19, won first prize after a three-way playoff

The Guardian - UK

Rematch: release date, cast, plot, trailer, exclusive interview and everything you need to know about the chess drama

Rematch is a Disney Plus drama series to rival The Queen's Gambit as Christian Cooke plays chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov.

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Ignoring SCOTUS

Plus: A deep dive into the likelihood of China invading Taiwan, a weak dollar, Kasparov sounds constitutional crisis alarms, and more...

Reason

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events – day 1,091

Here are the key developments on the 1,091st day of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Al Jazeera

Chess: jeans-clad Carlsen defies critics to share Blitz with Nepomniachtchi

The world No 1 withdrew from the World Rapid then came back for the Blitz, where he shared the title when Fide agreed to stop play after three games of a shootout

The Guardian - UK

In 1996, AI beat a grandmaster at chess. In 2024, the stakes are higher

Who comes out tops when humans and AI go head-to-head?

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How India’s Gukesh Dommaraju became chess king in a cricket crazy country

Gukesh, a teenager from Chennai, is the youngest chess world champion. Here’s how he got there.

Sports Illustrated

India's Gukesh Dommaraju, 18, Becomes Youngest-Ever Undisputed World Chess Champion

The prodigy broke a record formerly held by Garry Kasparov.

The Guardian - US

Ding hangs on in nerve-shredding Game 13 draw with Gukesh as title tilt nears climax

Ding Liren hung on for a high-wire draw with Gukesh Dommaraju on Wednesday in the 13th game of their world title showdown in Singapore

The Guardian - US

Gukesh Dommaraju in tears after Ding Liren resurrects world title defense with dramatic Game 12 win

Ding Liren scored a dramatic win over Gukesh Dommaraju in the 12th game of their world championship showdown to level the match score at 6-all

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Shock Ding Liren blunder in Game 11 leaves Gukesh D on verge of world title

Gukesh Dommaraju snapped a streak of seven straight draws by defeating Ding Liren in Sunday’s 11th game of their world title match in Singapore

The Guardian - US

Ding Liren and Gukesh D play to seventh straight draw in taut world title clash

Ding Liren and Gukesh Dommaraju played to a seventh straight draw on Saturday in the 10th game of their world championship match in Singapore

The Guardian - US

Ding Liren escapes after blunder in wild 72-move draw with Gukesh D in Game 7

Ding Liren and Gukesh Dommaraju remain deadlocked through seven games of their $2.5m world title match after a fourth successive draw on Tuesday

The Guardian - US

Another tight draw as Ding Liren and Gukesh D battle for world chess title

Ding Liren and Gukesh Dommaraju played to a third successive draw in Game 6 of their $2.5m world championship showdown in Singapore

The Guardian - US

Ding Liren lets Gukesh D off hook in Game 5 draw as world title match remains deadlocked

Ding Liren and Gukesh Dommaraju played to a 40-move draw in the fifth game of the world chess championship on Saturday in Singapore

Al Jazeera

Gukesh and Ding Liren draw Game 4 of tied World Chess Championship final

Indian teenager and China’s reigning world champion record second draw of 14-game final in Singapore.

The Guardian - US

Ding Liren and Gukesh D all square in world title match after 42-move draw in Game 4

Ding Liren, left, and Gukesh Dommaraju played to a draw on Friday in the fourth game of their world title match in Singapore.

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