Can we trust the algorithms behind dating apps with our hearts? In this episode of ITK: Behind the Screens, our host Niamh Adkins (@niamhadkins) sits down with expert Liesel Sharabi to learn how these ...

Slavin, a noted game developer, notes that entire city neighborhoods are being remade to resemble computer chips. And we’ve barely even noticed. Forget Rise of the Planet of the Apes? it’s Rise of the ...

DeepMind has applied its mastery of games to a more serious business: the foundations of computer science. The Google subsidiary today unveiled AlphaDev, an AI system that discovers new fundamental ...

Over the past year, it's become pretty clear that machines can now beat us in many straightforward zero-sum games. A new study from an international team of computer scientists set out to develop a ...

There's a particular strain of game theory, Colonel Blotto, that many believe could predict the outcomes of everything from elections to sports matches. It asks two sides to distribute soldiers over a ...

**This article was taken from The WIRED World in 2016--_our fourth annual trends report, a standalone magazine in which our network of expert writers and influencers predicts what's coming next. Be ...

Five different AI algorithms have teamed up to kick human butt in Dota 2, a popular strategy computer game. Researchers at OpenAI, a nonprofit based in California, developed the algorithmic A team, ...

Nash equilibria represent a cornerstone in game theory, defining strategy profiles wherein no player can benefit by unilaterally deviating. This concept underpins a myriad of applications, ranging ...

Computer theorists have identified an algorithm to describe the strategy used by genes during sexual recombination. In doing so, they address the dueling evolutionary forces of survival of the fittest ...