Google’s AlphaGo retires on top after humbling world No 1


  • TECH
  • Tuesday, 30 May 2017

China's 19-year-old Go player Ke Jie (L) prepares to make a move during the second match against Google's artificial intelligence programme AlphaGo in Wuzhen, eastern China's Zhejiang province on May 25, 2017. Chinese netizens fumed on May 25 over a government ban on live coverage of Google algorithm AlphaGo's battle with the world's top Go player, as the programme clinched their three-match series in the ancient board game. / AFP PHOTO / STR / China OUT

SHANGHAI: The Google-owned computer algorithm AlphaGo is retiring from playing humans in the ancient Chinese game of Go after roundly defeating the world’s top player last week, its developer said. 

AlphaGo defeated brash 19-year-old world number one Ke Jie of China on May 27 to sweep a three-game series that was closely watched as a measure of how far artificial intelligence (AI) has come. 

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