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ChatGPT 'got absolutely wrecked' by Atari 2600 in beginner's chess match — OpenAI's newest model bamboozled by 1970s logic

OpenAI's latest and greatest AI model was outclassed by the 1.19 MHz near 50-year-old console gaming legend.

IBM ’s Deep Blue supercomputer made history in 1997 when it defeated Garry Kasparov, the reigning world chess champion at the time. Caruso says he tried to make it easy for ChatGPT, he changed the Atari chess piece icons when the chatbot blamed their abstract nature on initial losses. Despite his direct assistance during the game sessions, ChatGPT couldn’t muster the smarts to beat the Atari Chess 'beginner' opponent and eventually “conceded,” according to this LinkedIn tale.

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