The Guardian · AI
Darmok solves Times cryptic crossword final puzzle faster than human champion
Computer model Darmok completed the final puzzle of the Times’s annual cryptic crossword competition about three minutes ahead of Liam Hughes. Hughes, 29, became the contest’s youngest human winner. The report compares this performance with IBM supercomputer Deep Blue’s chess victory over Garry Kasparov.
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What to know
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Darmok solved the final puzzle about three minutes faster than Liam Hughes.
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Hughes, 29, became the youngest human winner of the Times’s annual cryptic crossword competition.
Why it matters
The result offers a concrete comparison of computer and human puzzle-solving performance on a single cryptic crossword.
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