Brains vs Artificial Intelligence: AI takes on humans in poker rematch

Can an AI beat the world's best players at poker? In 2015, the answer was no, but computer scientists from Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) have a new AI that's ready to step up to the table in a 20 day "Brains vs Artificial Intelligence" match at Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh. The AI – known as Libratus – is the successor to Claudico, the AI that lost in a similar tournament two years ago. Since then, AIs have increasingly been getting the upper hand over humans, with Google DeepMind managing to beat the human Go champion 4-1 back in March. Libratus has learned the rules of the game with over 15 million hours of computation.