'Dota 2' pro destroyed by AI player from an Elon Musk start-up

Elon Musk, noted artificial intelligence worrywart, backs the tech firm behind a robot brain that was smart enough to take down a Dota 2 pro this week.

The showdown took the form of an exhibition match staged on Friday at The International 2017, an annual esports tournament. OpenAI's Dota 2 bot faced off in a series of 1v1 matches against Danil "Dendi" Ishutin, a member of the top-tier team Natus Vincere (Na'Vi) since 2015.

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It wasn't even close.

The AI raced its way to two dominant victories before the exhibition ended. It was supposed to be a best-of-five series, but Dendi didn't wait that long to admit defeat. Read more...

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