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Developer says Jev decision model beat Pokémon Red in under a week
First reported Source: Tom's HardwareLast editorial activity
What happened
Boyd initially announced the project on X with victory coming in a week. Unlike the chatbots that have taken weeks to months to beat the Blue version of the game, Jev can only pick from a list of choices.
It didn't achieve this without help, though. Anthropic's Claude Opus 5 monitored the game log and adjusted options and their wording as Jev played, effectively acting like a coach.
The developer, Andrew Boyd, is the founder of Standard Agents Inc., which sells a platform for building AI agents (AI that carries out multi-step tasks rather than answering one question). The gameplay was livestreamed, available in a browser or a terminal, with a chat that Jev moderated.
Key facts
- Boyd initially — announced: the project on X with victory coming in a week
Sources & evidence
- Tom's Hardware Reporting source
Developer says AI decision model Jev beat Pokémon Red in under a week ↗
https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/developer-says-jev-decision-model-beat-pokemon-red-in-under-a-week-non-llm-engine-succeeds-where-traditional-chatbots-stalled-for-months-but-claude-opus-5-coached-the-model-through-its-dead-ends