Tencent's AI beats human players to win Honour Of Kings mobile game

Tencent Wukong AI battled against professional human players in the highly popular 'Honour Of Kings' game at the World Champion Cup in KL, Malaysia on Aug 2. — Tencent

An artificial intelligence system developed by Chinese tech giant Tencent defeated a team of five professional players in a game of Honour Of Kings, making it the latest winner in the Man vs AI challenge.

At an exhibition match during the 2019 Honor Of Kings World Champion Cup semi-finals in Kuala Lumpur on Aug 2, the Tencent Wukong AI system took only 30 minutes to emerge victorious against the opposing team.