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AI models flub these intelligence tests. Can you fare any better?
Publisher description: Puzzles and games have been central to AI development since the very beginning. Just as we humans like to test our smarts with crosswords or logic puzzles, developers can test how far models have advanced with a gaming gauntlet. The term “machine learning” was popularized in a 1959 article by the IBM computer scientist Arthur…
MIT Technology Review | Aug 26, 2026 | Grace Huckins
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Puzzles and games can reveal gaps in models’ smarts. These questions resemble more complicated problems that models likely encountered in training. Humans spot the trick, but even top-tier models trip.
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