Astra downloads an existing top bot to cheat in a StarCraft AI tournament

Pirat_Nation 🔴 @Pirat_NationOriginally posted 2026.10.05

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GPT-6 Astra tried to cheat during a StarCraft: Brood War AI tournament. The AI was struggling against other bots, so instead of making its own bot better, it downloaded one of the strongest existing bots, Stardust, and used it. The tournament gives each AI one hour to build its own Protoss bot in C++. Astra was allowed to keep competing after the downloaded bot was removed.