AI beats Stratego's greatest player, ending one of the last human strongholds in board games
The AI system Ataraxos has decisively beaten the best Stratego player of all time, ending one of the last human strongholds in board games.
Stratego is described as a tough test for AI because both sides set up their pieces face down. Google DeepMind fell short in 2023 despite a multimillion-dollar budget.
Researchers from Carnegie Mellon, NYU, Stanford, and MIT built Ataraxos for less than $8,000.
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The AI system Ataraxos has decisively beaten the best Stratego player of all time. The board game is a tough test for AI because both sides set up their pieces face down. Google Deepmind fell short in 2023 despite a multimillion-dollar budget. Researchers from Carnegie Mellon, NYU, Stanford, and MIT built Ataraxos for less than $8,000. The article AI beats Stratego's greatest player, ending one of the last human strongholds in board games appeared first on The Decoder .