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title: "Teaching AI agents to ask better questions by playing “Battleship”"
date: 2026-06-03
source: https://news.mit.edu/2026/teaching-ai-agents-ask-better-questions-playing-battleship-0603
description: "MIT researchers use the classic game as a test bed for AI agents, finding a small AI model can outperform the biggest ones at 1 percent of the cost."
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# Teaching AI agents to ask better questions by playing “Battleship”

MIT researchers use the classic game as a test bed for AI agents, finding a small AI model can outperform the biggest ones at 1 percent of the cost.

*Published: 2026-06-03*