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Six AI decision models played Pac-Man in real time against the classic arcade ghosts. See the leaderboard, watch their games, or play against them.
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Six AI decision models played Pac-Man in real time against the classic arcade ghosts. See the leaderboard, watch their games, or play against them.
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| October 8, 2026 at 5:00 PM EDT to October 9, 2026 at 5:46 PM EDT | Link resolves | Passed | 200 | 2 checks over about 25 hours, the same result every time. 200, text/html, 54622 characters, landed on https://opper.ai/jevman-benchmark/ The wording varied; every check is below.Every one of the 2
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| October 8, 2026 at 5:00 PM EDT | Page contains the quotation | Passed | 200 | the page contains the quotation, exactly |
| October 9, 2026 at 5:46 PM EDT | Page contains the quotation | Failed | 200 | the page does not contain the quotation, exactly |
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