SEOUL, South Korea --An 18-time world champion of the classic strategy game Go said he was left "speechless" after his second straight loss to Google's Go-playing machine on Thursday in a highly-anticipated human versus machine face-off. Lee Sedol, one of the best Go players in the wor...
The winner of the five-game match starting on March 9 in Seoul will receive a US$1 million prize. If AlphaGo wins, the prize will be donated to charities, including UNICEF. Demis Hassabis, CEO of AlphaGo developer Google DeepMind, said the program will enable smartphones to provide smarter ...
The final match was broadcast live on three major TV networks in South Korea and on big TV screens in downtown Seoul. Google estimated that 60 million people in China, where Go is a popular pastime, watched the first match on Wednesday. Before AlphaGo's victory, the ancient Chinese board ...