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Tom's Hardware September 17, 2026 By Jake Roach positive

Balatro fan claims they trained Google fruit fly brain simulation to beat the game — reinforcement learning currently has the model at 20% success rate

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One Balatro player says they've taken Google's mapped fruit fly brain and trained it to play Balatro, currently at a 20% success rate with plans for further refinement.
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