AI beats Stratego's greatest player, ending one of the last human strongholds in board games

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AI beats Stratego's greatest player, ending one of the last human strongholds in board games

The Decoder · Oct 1, 2026, 12:58 PM UTC

The AI system Ataraxos has decisively beaten the best Stratego player of all time. The board game is a tough test for AI because both sides set up their pieces face down. Google Deepmind fell short in 2023 despite a multimillion-dollar budget. Researchers from Carnegie Mellon, NYU, Stanford, and MIT built Ataraxos for less than $8,000.…

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