GenChess lets you design the pieces with AI then play the board It uses the Imagen 3 image-generation engine from Google Gemini GenChess is free to play and you can redesign the pieces as many times as you like As well as being a main event sponsor of the 2024 World Chess Championships,

Google Labs, the experimental arm of the tech giant, has introduced a new online project that offers an entertaining variation of the game of chess. The Google's GenChess uses Gemini Imagen 3 to customize chess pieces using text prompts.

Chess pieces have an iconic look, but what if we allowed an AI to tinker with their designs based on a given prompt? If you're wondering what such a game would look like, you'll want to check out Google's newest website that lets you generate unique chess pieces and go up against their bitter rivals.

Google has launched an online chess platform, GenChess, where players can customize their pieces with the help of AI . The game employs Google's Gemini Imagen 3 model to create custom pieces from short descriptions given by the players.

To raise awareness about the champisonship, Google is releasing a new 'Chess champ' Gem on Gemini. FIDE's livestream for the championship will feature 'Chatting Chess,' a Gemini-powered segment with AI commentary and chess trivia.

It’s functional, but it’s far from a fully featured chess app. You can choose three difficulty settings and two time controls, but you can’t review past moves or see what pieces have been captured. The game also defaults to an isometric view of the board that is cool to look at but disorienting to play on,