American entrepreneur Elon Musk has issued a problem to the perfect League of Legends gamers to face towards the most recent model of his AI programme, Grok 5.
In a publish that has attracted over 6m views on his social media platform X (previously Twitter), the problem has made followers interested by which is the perfect on the MOBA recreation: man or machine?
Elon Musk acknowledged that he wished to carry the problem someday in 2026, whereas additionally outlining a couple of situations for Grok 5 to maintain the showdown truthful. The AI will solely be capable to have a look at a monitor by means of a digital camera, to see not more than ‘an individual with 20/20 imaginative and prescient’. Moreover, Grok 5’s response latency and click on charge will likely be ‘no sooner’ than a human.
Eugene ‘Pobelter‘ Park, former skilled participant and present League of Legends streamer, stated: “Would love to assist and provide perception as a former league professional. I believed AI vs Dota 2 was actually fascinating and at all times needed to see it versus League.”
As Pobelter famous, this is not going to be the primary time that skilled gamers have confronted off towards AI. As reported by Vice, professional gamers within the Dota 2 scene performed two consecutive video games towards an AI staff developed by OpenAI, a tech non-profit sponsored by Elon Musk.
In response to the problem, the concept of StarCraft skilled gamers going through towards AI was additionally proposed, which Elon Musk seemed to be on board with.
AI in Esports
Previously 12 months, AI has steadily expanded its presence within the esports scene, in League of Legends and past.
Numerous esports organisations, together with 100 Thieves, Cloud9, Dignitas and Group Heretics have partnered with cloud infrastructure supplier Theta Community to develop AI brokers for his or her social platforms.
AI has additionally prolonged past the skilled scene to enhance the talents of informal gamers. European esports organisation GIANTX launched iTero, an AI-powered coaching device for League of Legends that goals to enhance a participant’s efficiency. Earlier this 12 months, peripheral large Razer additionally unveiled an AI coach referred to as Challenge AVA at CES 2025.
