bulls and cows AI( not the usual )

hello I want to do cows and bulls (better known as mastermind) game in c++.This is not the same as the other questions that has been asked in this site multiple times.I want to make the computer to predict the number where the user thinks of a number and enters whether it is a cow or bull more or like an AI(artificial intelligence).Can anyone tell me where to start because I've tried lots of methods but none of them are working.So I don't need the whole code just a bunch of ideas. Sorry for the grammar and I am a beginner (but not an amateur).