Quantum game theory represents an emerging interdisciplinary field that extends the classical paradigms of game theory into the quantum domain. By utilising principles of quantum mechanics—such as ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Imagine you had a friend who gave different answers to the same question, depending on how you asked it. “What’s the capital of Peru?” ...

Imagine you had a friend who gave different answers to the same question, depending on how you asked it. “What’s the capital of Peru?” would get one answer, and “Is Lima the capital of Peru?” would ...

TOPSHOT - President Trump's plan to create a "national bitcoin stockpile" has fueled speculation that other countries will follow suit. Game theory helps explain the logic behind Bitcoin's recent ...

In many cases, AIs are trained on material that's either made or curated by humans. As a result, it can become a significant challenge to keep the AI from replicating the biases of those humans and ...

Ever wonder how nodes are incentivized in a blockchain to ensure trust, consensus and cooperation in a system with no central authority? The answer lies in game theory, the mathematical study of ...

Playing with Reality: How Games Shape Our World. By Kelly Clancy. Riverhead Books; 368 pages; $30. Allen Lane; £25 In 1824 Prince Wilhelm of Prussia asked for a demonstration of an elaborate game he ...

The United States throwing its weight behind Bitcoin would effect a massive shift in the game theory underpinning Bitcoin, but probably not in the way you think. Bitcoin’s decentralized consensus ...