# Researchers Mapped a Fruit Fly Brain. Software Engineers Got It to Play Doom

> Source: <https://au.pcmag.com/games/119874/researchers-mapped-a-fruit-fly-brain-software-engineers-got-it-to-play-doom>
> Published: 2026-09-11 19:09:06+00:00

Researchers recently used AI to create a brain map of a male fruit fly, and what better way to take advantage of that breakthrough than to use it to play Doom?

The team from HHMI Janelia, Google Research, and other collaborators [say](https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/technology/research/male-fruit-fly-brain-map/) their "years-long project," which includes …