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 ...

Scientists explore the links between game-solving search tree algorithms and the subjective experience of playing various turn-based games Iahikawa, Japan - Humans benefit from playing games more than ...

As the success of games like Limbo, Minecraft and Super Meat Boy attest, nothing else in video gaming has grown as much as the digital download space. It’s now possible to create and disseminate ...

Imagine a town with two widget merchants. Customers prefer cheaper widgets, so the merchants must compete to set the lowest price. Unhappy with their meager profits, they meet one night in a ...