Meta’s researchers detail Cicero, an AI trained to “human level performance” in negotiation-based strategy game Diplomacy, ranking in the top 10% over 40 games (Mack DeGeurin/Gizmodo)

Mack DeGeurin / Gizmodo:
ICO, the UK’s privacy watchdog, warns organizations of the risks of using “emotional analysis” tech, and plans to publish its biometric guidance in spring 2023  —  The watchdog’s deputy commissioner warned the tech wasn’t backed by science and that any benefits were outweighed by the risks.

Mack DeGeurin / Gizmodo:
A House Select Subcommittee investigation finds ID.me made “baseless claims” of rampant COVID-19 unemployment fraud “to increase demand” for its ID verification  —  A seven month-long investigation accuses the biometric firm of providing misleading figures …

Jordan Pearson / VICE:
As chess explodes on Twitch, a look at Chess.com’s Global Championship, its first in-person event since 2018, and “fair play” measures amid a cheating scandal  —  Cheating allegations have changed how chess is played, just as the game is shifting into looking a lot more like esports.

Matteo Wong / The Atlantic:
How neural engines redefined creativity in chess, leading to some top players engaging in deception, misdirection, and other psychological techniques  —  It was as if a bottom seed had knocked out the top team in March Madness: At the Sinquefield Cup chess tournament in St. Louis earlier this month …

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:
IBM announces its Osprey quantum processor with 433 qubits, up from 127 qubits in the 2021 Eagle processor, and plans to hit 4,000 qubits by 2025  —  IBM wants to scale up its quantum computers to over 4,000 qubits by 2025 — but we’re not quite there yet.  For now, we have to make do with …

Jordan Novet / CNBC:
IBM reports Q3 revenue up 6.5% YoY to $14.11B vs. $13.51B est., with software revenue up 7.5% YoY to $5.81B vs. $5.54B est., and lifts FY 2022 revenue forecast  —  – IBM beat on the top and bottom lines and raised its revenue growth forecast for all of 2022.