In a moment both absurd and strikingly revealing, two state-of-the-art AI chatbots—Microsoft Copilot and ChatGPT—found themselves unable to best a 46-year-old, 4 KB chess program running on the Atari 2600. This unlikely contest, orchestrated by Citrix engineer Robert Caruso and chronicled across tech blogs and social media, has sparked fresh debate among technologists, AI skeptics, and enthusiasts alike. The outcome—a vintage, rudimentary program repeatedly defeating cutting-edge language...