New AI algorithm can play Atari's Montezuma's Revenge 10 times faster than Google's DeepMind

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DeepMind has struggled with Montezuma's Revenge, where players are required to avoid disappearing floors, lasers, fire pits and much more

Researchers from RMIT University in Australia claim to have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm that can play the classic Atari video game Montezuma's Revenge 10 times quicker than ...

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