The Decoder· Maximilian Schreiner·· 17 days agoSelectedAI score77
AI beats Stratego's greatest player, ending one of the last human strongholds in board games
AI beats Stratego's greatest player, ending one of the last human strongholds in board games
AI introduction
Ataraxos, developed by a research team, defeated four-time world champion and widely acknowledged greatest Stratego player Niemeijer with an 85% effective win rate over three weeks of play, and won 38 of 40 games in an exhibition match at the 2025 world championship, using less than $8,000 of compute to crack imperfect-information games.
Why it matters
The article compares Ataraxos and DeepNash training costs and methods, giving readers insight into the latest progress in imperfect-information game research.
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