Elon Musk’s OpenAI is the new Dota 2 champion

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In a surprise twist, a bot from Elon Musk-backed startup OpenAI defeated the crowd favourite Danylo " Dendi" Ishutin at Valve's yearly Dota 2 tournament. The bot just had two weeks of real-time training before it went and crushed one of world's best player.

Engineers from OpenAI stated that the bot gained " lifetimes" of experience to become a pro at the game. Elon Musk himself has praised the AI claiming it is the first time that a bot has been able to defeat a human in competitive e-sports.

OpenAI first ever to defeat world's best players in competitive eSports. Vastly more complex than traditional board games like chess & Go.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk)

The bot managed to defeat Ishutin twice in a live one on one match after which he forfeited future matches with it. He was surprised that a bot was able to outplay a human and said the bot " feels a little like human, but a little like something else."

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