Challenge accepted—MARLÖ competition among conference highlights
| Noboru Sean Kuno
With the latest Project Malmo competition, we’re calling on researchers and engineers to test the limits of their thinking as it pertains to artificial intelligence, particularly multi-task, multi-agent reinforcement learning. Last week, a group of attendees at the 14th Conference…
Malmo, Minecraft and machine learning with Dr. Katja Hofmann
Episode 39, August 29, 2018 - Dr. Hofmann talks about her vision of a future where machines learn to collaborate with people and empower them to help solve complex, real-world problems. She also shares the story of how her early…
Project Malmo: Reinforcement learning in a complex world
| Noboru Sean Kuno
France’s victory over Croatia in the 2018 FIFA World Cup was as thrilling as sports competition gets. If you’re as much a fan of the game as I am, you enjoyed watching 32 national teams vie for the title over…
MakeCode for Minecraft makes learning to code super fun
| Peli de Halleux
A few years ago, my group in Microsoft’s research organization began to experiment with tools that make it possible for kids to learn how to code in the context of Minecraft, the wildly popular game where players build fantastical…
Presenting the winners of the Project Malmo Collaborative AI Challenge
By Noburu Kuno, Senior Research Program Manager; Scarlet Schwiderski-Grosche, Principal Research Program Manager As we move from narrow AI to more general AI, it will be important to instill machines with the ability to work together with both other agents…
Microsoft challenge: Build a collaborative AI in Minecraft
By John Roach, Writer, Microsoft Research A Microsoft Research team has created a competition using Project Malmo, a platform that uses Minecraft as a testing ground for advanced artificial intelligence research. The team is challenging PhD students to develop an…
In the news | OnMSFT
Microsoft’s Project Malmo, now open sourced, uses Minecraft for AI research
Artificial intelligence (AI) developers now have a new, curious tool to test their system, as Microsoft announces the release of its open source Project Malmo – previously only in private preview – which uses the world-building game Minecraft for AI research.
In the news | BBC News
AI experiments roam Minecraft’s lands
Minecraft has gained a tool that lets artificial intelligence experiments be carried out in its virtual worlds.
In the news | The Verge
Microsoft will now let anyone test their AI creations in Minecraft
Microsoft has announced a public release for Project Malmo, the company's system for testing AI software in Minecraft—and for the first time, anyone can join in.