Rise of the machines: AI beats humans in multiplayer shooter

This handout illustration obtained from DeepMind shows agents playing 'Capture The Flag', showing a range of behaviours.

Watch out professional gamers: machines may soon be coming for your jobs.

A team of programmers at a British artificial intelligence company has designed automated "agents" that taught themselves how to play a competitive first-person multiplayer videogame shooter, and became so good they consistently beat human beings.