Google DeepMind says four Gemini 4 Argon agents beat Minecraft without any human help in 27 hours and 14 minutes, costing $1,620 at Argon's planned 2027 price (Matthias Bastian/The Decoder)
Matthias Bastian / The Decoder : Google DeepMind says four Gemini 4 Argon agents beat Minecraft without any human help in 27 hours and 14 minutes, costing $1,620 at Argon's planned 2027 price — The Google Deepmind team dropped the agents into a randomly generated world without assigning roles, strategies, or game-specific tools.
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