New AI System Achieves Superhuman Performance in Stratego, a Game of Imperfect Information

Researchers from MIT, Carnegie Mellon University, New York University, and Stanford University have developed an AI system, named Ataraxos, that has defeated top-ranked human players in the board wargame Stratego by a significant margin. This marks a breakthrough as no previous AI system had achieved this in Stratego, a game characterized by hidden information. The AI combines efficient training algorithms with new techniques for calculated decision-making in such settings, demonstrating potential applications in real-world problems like business negotiations or cybersecurity.