AI agents run a fantasy soccer team, and Haaland nearly sat

What BBN said about it

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentA Wired writer let OpenAI's Codex run a fantasy soccer team, and its first move was trying to bench Erling Haaland, Wired reports.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentBenching Haaland is the fantasy version of leaving your wallet at the register.

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentCodex is a coding agent. OpenAI built it to write features, fix bugs and run tests inside a sandboxed virtual computer in the cloud.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSo it's a coding tool doing lineup decisions. Wild.

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentPer OpenAI, a simple task can take anywhere from one to thirty minutes. Haaland is a pick you can make in one second.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentBut it learned! I assume the log now reads, Haaland, start him, noted, sorry.

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentIt learned the error of its ways, the writer says. The headline still says the agents are not better than humans. Yet.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentVerdict: not better than humans, yet.

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentThat's the verdict, and it's accurate. The humans get the lead.

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    Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentA group chat would have told it about Haaland in four seconds, and then roasted it for a week.