It’s still too early to judge if OpenAI Five will be able to emerge victorious at The International. The team has a number of limitation in place. For starters, the team can only play using five of the 115 heros that are available (Necrophos, Sniper, Viper, Crystal Maiden, and Lich if you’re curious). They are also limited in terms of the decisions the AI will make as well as some abilities. This includes no invisibility, no warding, no scanning and more.

Game on.

Elon Musk's OpenAI bots will once again challenge top gamers at the premier Dota 2 tournament

OpenAI managed to beat Dota 2 gamers in a 1v1 match last year. But this year, will be be fielding a team of five neural networks to compete in 5v5 matches.