The incident last week occurred because the boy "violated" the competition's safety rules, a chess official told state media.

I take no joy in saying this, but for our own survival, we humans must immediately destroy all robots. They drew first blood. In case you missed the news story – perhaps because you were kidnapped by ...

Less “checkmate,” more “check your finger to see if it’s still intact, buddy.” A robot chess player went outside the usual rules of the game recently when it made a move that shocked onlookers and ...

Though instances of robot violence are plentiful in cinema and other fiction, it’s rare that we actually witness a human being harmed by one in real life. But sci-fi came to life this weekend as a ...

In something out of Black Mirror meets Queen's Gambit, a chess robot accidentally broke the finger of its seven-year old opponent during an exhibition in Moscow, The Guardian reported. The child ...

The president of the Moscow Chess Federation reportedly said "robot operators, apparently, will have to think about strengthening protection so that such a situation does not happen again" Amanda ...

Here’s a life lesson I never thought I’d write about: Beware of robots when playing chess. Seriously. Take it from one 7-year-old chess player in Moscow, who learned (the hard way) that robot chess ...

A 7-year-old boy in Russia suffered a broken finger while facing off against a robotic opponent during a competitive chess tournament this month. According to Russian news agency TASS, the AI-powered ...

A chess-playing robot last week appeared to rather pointedly break the finger of its opponent: a 7-year-old boy. The startling attack occurred during a game in the Moscow Open and involved one of the ...

A 7-year-old boy competing in a Russian chess tournament had his finger broken by his robot opponent, according to the Moscow Chess Federation. Tournament officials said the child was partially at ...

A chess-playing robot broke the finger of its 7-year-old opponent during a match at a tournament in Russia. The boy was facing off against the robot when it mistakenly grabbed and broke the child’s ...

(CNN) — A chess-playing robot broke a boy’s finger during a match in Russia last week, the president of the Moscow Chess Federation told state news agency TASS media. Sergey Lazarev said the incident ...