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A research team from Carnegie Mellon, MIT, New York University, and Stanford University has developed an artificial intelligence system that defeated Pim Niemeijer, considered the best Stratego player of all time.
The AI, named Ataraxos, won 15 games to one, with four draws, marking the first time a machine has reliably beaten elite human players in the classic board game.
Previous attempts by major entities, including DeepMind, had failed to achieve this milestone despite significant resources.
Stratego presents a unique challenge for machine learning because it is an imperfect-information game. Each player commands 40 pieces representing military ranks, from marshal to spy, along with bombs and a flag.
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