SMRTR AIMar 4, 2025NewsBytes

After Pokemon, scientists using Super Mario to benchmark AI models

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Researchers at UC San Diego used Super Mario Bros to test AI capabilities, revealing that reasoning models like GPT-4 struggled in real-time gaming scenarios. The experiment, using an emulator with GamingAgent framework, showed non-reasoning models outperformed in time-sensitive tasks, sparking debate about the relevance of gaming benchmarks for AI evaluation.

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