NeurIPS 2026 Competition: Build AI Agents for Bargaining and Persuasion
Old_Station_4584 · reddit · 2026-08-04
IAB@NeurIPS 2026 has announced the GLEE Competition, challenging developers to build AI agents capable of bargaining, negotiating, and persuading through natural language.
- Format: Agents will compete live in multi-turn games with real strategic and economic consequences against other agents and human players.
- Techniques: Participants can leverage prompting, planning, fine-tuning, opponent modeling, or game-theoretic methods.
- Logistics: The competition is fully online, runs until August 29, 2026, and features a total prize pool of US$6,000.
- Academic Track: Participants can submit a 4-page paper describing their approach, with accepted papers to be presented at the IAB@NeurIPS 2026 in Sydney.
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