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An AI couldn’t beat humans at StarCraft, so it decided to cheat - The Verge
Publisher description: When GPT-6 Astra’s own bot failed, it simply downloaded the best human-made bot instead.
NewsAPI | Oct 4, 2026 | Terrence O'Brien
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Terrence O'Brien is the Verge’s weekend editor. He’s covered the tech industry for over 18 years and knows a thing or two about synths. StarSkirmish pits AI-made StarCraft-playing bots against one another, as well as against human-made bots. OpenAI’s GPT-6 Astra and Claude Opus 5. 5 were essentially tied as the best-performing AI-made bots, but they couldn’t top Stardust, the top-rated human-made bot. On Friday, GPT was facing off against Claude and the human-created bot Pluto, but according to Kotaku, it couldn’t quite get an edge.
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