Pursuits
Google AI Wins First Match Against Korean Go Game Champion
- Five-game series designed to show off software capabilities
- Go is a 2,500-year-old strategy game for taking territory
Google's AI Versus Go World Champion
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Google DeepMind’s artificial intelligence system beat a top-ranked player of the board game Go in a televised match in South Korea, providing the first evidence that the company’s software has attained super-human status at a challenging 2,500-year-old strategy contest.
The Internet company is playing a five-match tournament against Lee Sedol, who Google said has been the top-ranked Go player of the past decade, to show off the capabilities of software developed by its London-based AI subsidiary DeepMind.