Google's AI agents beat Minecraft on their own in 27 hours.
Four agents running Google's Gemini 4 Argon model defeated the Ender Dragon, Minecraft's final boss, with no human help. Along the way they wrote 2,783 programs, shared notes in chat and died 605 times. The researchers call it a first, though the run used the game's Easy difficulty.
Why it mattersFinishing Minecraft means keeping one plan alive across thousands of steps for more than a day. Agents need that same staying power to handle long coding and office tasks for you.
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