Facebook Quietly Enters StarCraft War for AI Bots, and Loses

Facebook Quietly Enters StarCraft War for AI Bots, and Loses

In the distant Koprulu Sector of the Milky Way, Facebook’s Zerglings lingered in a restless swarm outside the enemy’s base. After the commander ill-advisedly opened the gate, the social network’s alien horde stormed in and slaughtered forces stationed inside, in a battle fought on the frontiers of artificial-intelligence research. The bloody incident was part of …