WASHINGTON, D.C.: Artificial intelligence (AI) programs have bested humans in checkers, chess, Go and two-player poker, but multi-player poker was always believed to be a bigger task. Mission: accomplished.

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University, working with Facebook’s AI initiative, announced Thursday that their program defeated a group of top pros in six-player no-limit Texas hold ‘em.

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