This Game AI Is the New Champ at Stratego
Assistant Professor Eugene Vinitsky collaborated with researchers at MIT, Carnegie Mellon University and Stanford University to develop Ataraxos, an AI system that defeated top-ranked human players of Stratego, a board game requiring decisions under uncertainty because players cannot see their opponents' pieces. The system overcame challenges posed by the game's enormous number of possible configurations and hidden information, demonstrating an approach to strategic decision-making that could inform future AI applications beyond games.