Facebook Built a Texas Hold ’em Poker Bot That Can Beat the Pros
- Pluribus topped five pros in six-player game over 10,000 hands
- Company says research will help train AI for real-life issues
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Facebook Inc. doesn’t just own the world’s largest social network -- it may also own the world’s best poker player.
A new artificial intelligence program the company built with Carnegie Mellon University called Pluribus recently beat five poker professionals in a six-player Texas Hold’em tournament. After 10,000 hands, the system averaged profits of about $1,000 per hour using $1 chips, a “decisive margin of victory,” according to a Facebook blog post.