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ChatGPT confidently loses chess match to 1979 Atari game

ChatGPT confidently loses chess match to 1979 Atari game

Gail P Sherman
Jun 23, 2025
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During a conversation with ChatGPT about artificial intelligence and chess, ChatGPT touted its skill in the game. The chatbot claimed it could easily beat Video Chess, a 4KB chess game for the 1970s-era Atari VCS. It went… poorly. As described in a LinkedIn post, software engineer Robert Caruso set up an Atari emulator and s…

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