Google AI beats one of world's best Go players

The ancient Chinese game Go is officially no longer too tough for artificial intelligence. 

Until recently, AIs from Google, Facebook and others were able to win against some human opponents, but not the top professionals. Then, in January, Google's AlphaGo AI beat the European Champ Fan Hui. And now, the same AI beat the world's top player of the last decade, Lee Sedol, after a three-and-a-half hour game. 

The match was the first in Google's DeepMind Challenge Match, a $1-million, 5-game challenge played at the Four Seasons Hotel in Seoul. Lee resigned with about half an hour on his clock; you can check out the entire game, below.  Read more...