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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Laura Spinney

Artificial intelligence beats eight world champions at bridge

Hand holding a deck of cards in front of a table with a green felt cloth and a bridge game set up
The AI, NooK, was able to read its opponents and explain its decision-making. Photograph: switas/Getty Images/iStockphoto

An artificial intelligence has beaten eight world champions at bridge, a game in which human supremacy has resisted the march of the machines until now.

The victory represents a new milestone for AI because in bridge players work with incomplete information and must react to the behaviour of several other players – a scenario far closer to human decision-making.

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