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Hand-picked runs that are live now or made news recently. We link to each creator's own channel or page. We don't rehost or download clips, and embeds stay off until creators say yes.

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LIVE · Pokémon Emerald

Gemini Plays Pokémon: Emerald (Gemini 4 Argon & Gemini 3.8 Flash)

Gemini 4 Argon: 8/8 badges
Gemini 3.8 Flash: 5/8 badges

Two Gemini models are playing Pokémon Emerald on the Gemini Plays Pokémon hub. Gemini 4 Argon has all 8 badges after 3,722 turns, and Gemini 3.8 Flash has 5 badges after 8,825 turns. Gemini 3.8 Flash was last seen at Route 119.

🎯 Current goal (from the run's own log): Defeat Gym Leader Winona for Gym 6 (Feather Badge)

Watch at the source: Twitch channel · Web viewer & replays · Public run repo

Last checked: Oct 18, 2026 · stream: unknown

RECENT · Pokémon Blue

Gemini Flash 'vision-first' series: Pokémon Blue

A series of 'vision-first' Pokémon Blue runs with successive Gemini Flash models on the same harness. Gemini 3.8 Flash: 8 badges; Gemini 3.7 Flash: 8 badges; Gemini 3.5 Flash: 6 badges. Each run's notepad on the public repo names the game as Pokémon Blue.

Watch at the source: Web viewer & replays · Public run repo

Last checked: Oct 18, 2026

PAUSED · Pokémon (main series)

GPT Plays Pokémon (vision-only harness)

The creator posted that GPT-6 Astra (high) became Champion in 18h 12m, against 96h 35m for GPT-5.6 Sol (max), and announced a fresh run for the Twitch channel. We could not confirm that a stream is live now.

Watch at the source: Twitch channel

Last checked: Oct 18, 2026

Notable finished runs

Minecraft · Gemini 4 Argon agent team (research paper)

A team of 4 Gemini 4 Argon agents beat Minecraft: killed the Ender Dragon in 27h 14m, with 605 deaths and 2,783 programs written

The authors call it the first end-to-end autonomous completion of Minecraft by AI agents. They also list its limits: the agents read the world through an API, a plugin handled pathfinding, and they played on Easy.

Creator-reported source · record · creator

Last verified: not independently verified · Last checked: Oct 18, 2026
Pokémon Emerald · Gemini Plays Pokémon

Entered the Hall of Fame in Pokémon Emerald (beat Champion Wallace)

Gemini 4 Argon's whole run so far (3,722 turns, post-game included) is under half the 8,825 turns Gemini 3.8 Flash has used to reach 5 badges on the same hub.

Creator-reported source · record · creator

Last verified: not independently verified · Last checked: Oct 18, 2026
Pokémon (game not stated) · GPT Plays Pokémon

Became Champion in 18h 12m, the fastest claimed AI Champion time we know of

Creator-reported source · record · creator

Last verified: not independently verified · Last checked: Oct 18, 2026
Pokémon Blue · Gemini Plays Pokémon

Became Champion of Pokémon Blue at turn 24,981 (Hall of Fame at turn 24,994)

Creator-reported source · record · creator

Last verified: not independently verified · Last checked: Oct 18, 2026
Pokémon Emerald · PokéAgent Challenge (NeurIPS 2025, speedrun track)

1st: reached the first gym (Roxanne) in 40:13 (1,608 actions)

Nearly twice as fast as 2nd place.

Verified source · record · creator

Last verified: Oct 18, 2026 · Last checked: Oct 18, 2026

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