A Bot Backed by Elon Musk Has Made an AI Breakthrough in Video Game World
- OpenAI researchers prepped software with repetitive learning
- Game success is step toward tackling complexity of real world
Dota 2 tournament at the Wang Theatre in Boston.
Photographer: Justin Saglio/AFP via Getty Images
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Artificial-intelligence research group OpenAI said it created software capable of beating teams of five skilled human players in the video game Dota 2, a milestone in computer science.
The achievement puts San Francisco-based OpenAI, whose backers include billionaire Elon Musk, ahead of other artificial-intelligence researchers in developing software that can master complex games combining fast, real-time action, longer-term strategy, imperfect information and team play.