PC for business: Can Google DeepMind beat Go?; The 3 technologies at epicenter of 2016 campaign

Tuesday, 8 March 2016

Can Google DeepMind beat Go?; The 3 technologies at epicenter of 2016 campaign

Can Google's DeepMind beat world Go champ? Watch live this week

Last October, Google DeepMind's AlphaGo beat a Go master ten years before experts predicted. This week, AlphaGo plays world-champ Lee Sedol in a 5-day, live-streamed tournament in Seoul, South Korea.

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