AI Agents Given Control of a Fantasy Soccer Team Are Not Yet Better Than Humans

Summary

WIRED ran an experiment to test AI's predictive skills by letting Codex, an AI agent, manage a fantasy soccer team. At first the agent tried to bench Erling Haaland, but it soon learned from the mistake. According to the report, the AI agents are not yet better than human managers, though the experiment is still early.

Timeline

1. WIRED

   28 Oct 2026, 18:30 UTCSource ↗

   WIRED reports that it let Codex loose on a fantasy soccer team to test AI's predictive skills, that the agent first tried to bench Erling Haaland before learning from the error, and that the AI agents are not better than humans yet.