Cepheus, the poker-playing computer program that can’t be beat

That’s the thing an opponent does that gives away the quality of cards he is holding.

Well, you can’t read Cepheus, and you can’t beat it.

“With real-life decision-making settings almost always involving uncertainty and missing information, algorithmic advances, such as those needed to solve poker, are needed to drive future applications,” the news release said.

CNN’s Chandler Friedman and Matthew Mochow contributed to this report.

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