Imagine skidding out on the banana peel in Mario Kart, only to catch up to the other vehicle and find out there’s no driver. Now imagine it drives the course perfectly. University of Maryland ...

General Mills appears to have used AI for its Mario Galaxy site.

Artificial intelligence (AI) seems to be doing everything these days. Making images, making videos, and replacing most of us real human writers if you believe the hype. Maybe it’s all over! And yet, ...

Thought Pokémon was a tough benchmark for AI? One group of researchers argues that Super Mario Bros. is even tougher. It wasn’t quite the same version of Super Mario Bros. as the original 1985 release ...

The Mario detection tool seems to be catching fan art in the crossfire, too. The Mario detection tool seems to be catching fan art in the crossfire, too. is a former weekend editor who covered tech ...

The big picture: Benchmarking AI remains a thorny issue, with companies often accused of cherry-picking flattering results while burying less favorable ones. Instead of fixating on math and logic ...