In a surprising turn of events, ChatGPT, a leading AI chatbot, was defeated by the vintage Atari 2600 in a chess match.

In fact, Caruso says the chatbot repeatedly asked to restart the match, clearly flustered by its poor performance.

For decades, the ability for computers to defeat humans at chess has been a measure of their power. In 1997, IBM made ...

However, its flagship chatbot just got trounced by a 46-year-old device at one of the world’s oldest games of skill.Using an ...

From the early '80s to the 90s, the Atari 2600 had become a cultural icon, with “Atari” practically synonymous with video ...

ChatGPT allegedly got “wrecked” by an emulated Atari 2600 in a game of Video Chess The console is 48 years old pic.twitter.com/YaExEgSOY8 — Dexerto (@Dexerto) June 11, 2025 “ChatGPT confused rooks for ...

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ChatGPT suffers a stunning defeat against an Atari 2600 in beginner chess. AI's limitations exposed as vintage tech reigns supreme ...

The Arati 2600 from the late 1970s is not exactly cutting-edge hardware, but it's apparently powerful enough to beat ChatGPT ...

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Caruso said ChatGPT blamed the icons Atari chess uses “as too abstract to recognize”. But even after changing to standard chess notation, the chatbot “made enough blunders to get laughed out of a 3rd ...