Pokerstars exploring AI possibilities

October 11, 2017

Online poker provider PokerStars is reportedly recruiting artificial intelligence (AI) specialists in an effort to create a “fully flexible” AI agent. Personnel ads flighted by the company indicate that it is planning to create a number of different programs using artificial intelligence “which will learn how to play” poker and possibly other games, and could […]

AI continues to rule on poker contests

April 17, 2017

A successor to the Carnegie Mellon University’s Libratus artificial intelligence poker-playing program, dubbed Lengpudashi has continued to prove the ascendency of AI in a fresh competition in China. Lengpudashi, which translates from Chinese as “cold Poker Master”, took on a six man team titled Team Dragon led by experienced Chinese player and venture capitalist Alan […]

Poker AI trashes Chinese poker enthusiasts

April 11, 2017

Bloomberg reports Carengie Mellon University’s updated Artificial Intelligence Poker programme, Lengpuashi, has thumped a group of Chinese investors during an exhibition in Hainan. Alan Du, a World Series of Poker bracelet winner and venture capitalist, led a six member team to play 36,000 hands over five days against Lengpuashi a.k.a cold poker master. Following Lengpuashi […]

AI poker computer programme moves to China

April 7, 2017

Carnegie Mellon University’s (CMU) artificial intelligence computer program Libratus will be showcased during a China exhibition with a Winner-Take-All prize of $290,000. AI computer programmer Libratus exceeded expectation when it convincingly bested its human rivals in the “Brains Vs. Artificial Intelligence: Upping the Ante” 20-day poker contest between four human players (see previous InfoPowa reports) […]