Japan on Tuesday was transfixed by a 14-year-old prodigy who smashed the record for consecutive wins in a chess-like board game called shogi. Junior high school student Sota Fujii notched up his 29th straight win late Monday, earning him rock-star media coverage with his face splashed across every major newspaper and the stunning feat topping … Read more
An AI machine has taken the maths section of China’s annual university entrance exam, finishing it faster than students but with a below average grade. The artificial intelligence machine — a tall black box containing 11 servers placed in the centre of a test room — took two versions of the exam on Wednesday in … Read more
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 this week, its developer said Saturday. AlphaGo defeated brash 19-year-old world number one Ke Jie of China on Saturday to sweep a three-game series that was closely watched as a measure … Read more
Google’s DeepMind AlphaGo artificial intelligence has defeated the world’s number one Go player Ke Jie. AlphaGo secured the victory after winning the second game in a three-part match. DeepMind founder Demis Hassabis said Ke Jie had played “perfectly” and “pushed AlphaGo right to the limit”. Following the defeat, Ke Jie told reporters: “I’m a little … Read more
Chinese netizens fumed Thursday 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. The artificial intelligence (AI) programme won its second straight match against 19-year-old Chinese world number one Ke Jie, who will try … Read more
It’s man vs machine this week as Google’s artificial intelligence programme AlphaGo faces the world’s top-ranked Go player in a contest expected to end in another victory for the machine. Google’s artificial intelligence program AlphaGo took on the Chinese world number one of the ancient board game today in the first of three planned games, … Read more
Google’s computer programme AlphaGo beat the world’s top-ranked player in the ancient Chinese board game Go on Tuesday, re-affirming the arrival of what its developers tout as a ground-breaking new form of artificial intelligence. AlphaGo took the first encounter in a three-game series against brash 19-year-old Chinese world number one Ke Jie, who before the … Read more
It’s man vs machine this week as Google’s artificial intelligence programme AlphaGo faces the world’s top-ranked Go player in a contest expected to end in another victory for rapid advances in AI. China’s 19-year-old Ke Jie is given little chance in the three-game series beginning Tuesday in the eastern Chinese city of Wuzhen after AlphaGo … Read more
Google has challenged China’s top Go player to a series of games against its artificial intelligence technology. It said the software would play a best-of-three match against Ke Jie, among other games against humans in the eastern Chinese city of Wuzhen from 23-27 April. Last year, the Google program recorded a 4-1 victory against one … Read more