EA has started training AI players in Battlefield 1

The term “AI” has been used in video games since their inception, but it rarely means true artificial intelligence. Instead, it’s a generic term to describe a preprogrammed opponent or character that feigns intelligence but is really just following a narrow set of instructions. This is slowly changing, though — and the people who build video games are helping out.
At GDC today, EA announced that it’s been training AI agents in 2016’s WWI shooter Battlefield 1