Does the AI "cheat"?

[Wick]

The AI also knows who owns every province.

[Folket]

The AI do get more gold and resources. that has been confirmed by the developers themself. That post should be on these boards and possible to find with a search.

[Gandalf Parker]

Wick said:
The AI also knows who owns every province.

I dont remember that being confirmed.
The game of course knows, which is why its one of the hardest things to do for AI. Program them to only know certain things. But the AI seems seperated.

Usually this comes from "it declared war on me and was no where near" but that usually ends up being from scouts or spells. Its very hard for normal players to verify.

The AI does seem to react to hidden units more than it should. Moving armies to provinces that have hidden units in them. But since that tends to get abused by the players it doesnt tend to get mentioned much.