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How Gukesh checkmated critics
April 23, 2024, 8:31 AM IST
Is it his skill? Or stamina? Is it his composure, that amazing ability to bounce back from losses? Here’s how the 17-year-old Grandmaster won the right to challenge the world champ One statistic highlights the…
April 23, 2024, 8:31 AM IST
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The science of our biases & choices
March 30, 2024, 8:48 AM IST
Economists used to theorise that human beings are rational creatures who process available information and act in such a way as to optimise expected returns. But in the 1970s, two IsraeliAmericans proved (cynics would say…
March 30, 2024, 8:48 AM IST
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Will Neuralink-like science lead to mind control?
February 1, 2024, 8:30 AM IST
Musk’s long-term project is uncharted territory as much for ethics as it is for science. Questions on both: what are ‘good outcomes’ & how can humans remain in charge? It’s been done before but it…
February 1, 2024, 8:30 AM IST
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Why sacking Sam won’t open eyes about AI: Altman’s firing sharpens questions on the new tech but Big Tech will carry on; there’s lots of money to be made
November 20, 2023, 8:38 AM IST
The last three days have seen unusual corporate shenanigans in OpenAI, the company that created ChatGPT. The board sacked CEO and co-founder Sam Altman, and appointed Mira Murati, CTO, as interim CEO. The ouster was…
November 20, 2023, 8:38 AM IST
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Why we must brag about Prag: His loss to chess number one Carlsen doesn’t alter the fact that young Indians are the coming big thing in world chess
August 25, 2023, 8:40 AM IST
After beating the World Number 2, Fabiano Caruana, and the World Number 3, Hikaru Nakamura, Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa faltered at the very last hurdle. He took Magnus Carlsen into tiebreaks at the World Cup final but…
August 25, 2023, 8:40 AM IST
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In a ding dong battle, watch out for the teens
May 2, 2023, 7:00 AM IST
A second Asian after Anand is world chess champion. But the game’s top order is in ferment, with young talents from India & elsewhere getting ready for their shot at the glory: The recently concluded…
May 2, 2023, 7:00 AM IST
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Playing in Chennai: India’s chess revolution – Demography, digitisation & democratisation of knowledge have powered the flow of talent
July 29, 2022, 2:10 AM IST
If the host nation does win medals at the 2022 Chess Olympiad as it is favoured to do, demography, digitisation and the democratisation of knowledge will have played a large part. Chess is a hugely…
July 29, 2022, 2:10 AM IST
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