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Microsoft AI gets maximum score possible on Ms. Pac-Man
It's official. Humans are now second-best at playing Ms. Pac-Man, a 1980s twist on the arcade classic, involving eating pellets and being chased by ghosts. It was rated as one of the hardest games for an AI to beat, but…
In the news | TIME
Robots to Humans: You Lose. We Just Finally Conquered Ms. Pac-Man
A group of tech superheroes — also known as researchers at recent Microsoft acquisition Maluuba — have achieved the seeming impossible, and reached the maximum possible score on classic 1980s Atari game Ms. Pac-Man.
In the news | Business Insider
A Microsoft robot got the highest all-time score in ‘Ms. Pac-Man’
Game over, man. A Microsoft-made artificial-intelligence system has achieved a perfect score of 999,990 points on the Atari 2600 version of the classic "Ms. Pac-Man" — making it very likely the first time anybody, human or robot, has "beaten" the…
In the news | Wired
Microsoft Masters Ms. Pac-Man With a Horde of AI Agents
How defeating a classic 1982 videogame could help Microsoft make better enterprise software.
In the news | Fortune
Microsoft Claims its Artificial Intelligence is a Ms. Pac-Man Whiz
Microsoft’s artificial intelligence technology, it turns out, is a whiz at playing Ms. Pac-Man, the 1980’s-era video game. The tech giant’s computers achieved a perfect score of 990,900, surpassing the existing (human held) record of 266,360...