Thought Pokémon was a tough benchmark for AI? One group of researchers argues that Super Mario Bros. is even tougher.

AI models playing games is a thing now. The latest example shows Claude-3.7 playing the first phase of the classic Super Mario Bros.

The lab has thrown AI into the world of Super Mario Bros., a classic video game known for its challenging gameplay and rapid decision-making requirements. Utilizing an in-house developed framework ...

And yet, we persist, to write about yet another job taken over by AI: creating video games. The research paper is entitled “Video Game Generation: A Practical Study using Mario.” The basic ...

Instead of fixating on math and logic trials, perhaps it's time for a more unconventional test – one that challenges AI in a way humans instinctively understand: Super Mario Bros. After all ...