How rival bots battled their way to poker supremacy

How rival bots battled their way to poker supremacy

Juice/Alamy A complex variant of poker is the latest game to be mastered by artificial intelligence (AI). And it has been conquered not once, but twice, by two rival bots developed by separate research teams. Each algorithm - which plays a 'no limits' two-player version of Texas hold'em - has in recent months hit a crucial AI milestone: they have beaten human professional players.

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