An OpenAI bot beats a professional Dota 2 player
A bot trained by OpenAI beat the Ukrainian professional Danil Ishutin, known as Dendi, in a one-on-one exhibition match at The International. OpenAI said it had learned by playing itself, gaining experience equal to about two weeks of continuous play.
Why it mattered An early public case of self-play beating a professional at a real-time video game, ahead of the five-a-side OpenAI Five that followed.
Corrections
- 2026-10-05: Replaced the Engadget 2018 secondary, which covered the later OpenAI Five exhibition rather than the 2017 Dendi match, with TechCrunch’s 12 August 2017 coverage of the bot beating Dendi at The International.