Why the Final Game Between AlphaGo and Lee Sedol Is Such a Big Deal for Humanity
Go grandmaster Lee Sedol regained a sizeable slice of human pride when he finally beat Google’s AI. Today, in the…
The Epic Story of Dropbox’s Exodus From the Amazon Cloud Empire
Half-a-billion people stored files on Dropbox. Well, sort of. Really, the files were in Amazon’s cloud. Until Dropbox built its…
How Google’s AI Viewed the Move No Human Could Understand
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA — The move didn’t make sense to all the humans packed into the sixth floor of Seoul’s…
Go Grandmaster Lee Sedol Grabs Consolation Win Against Google’s AI
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA — Korean Go grandmaster Lee Sedol has won his first game in this week’s challenge match with…
With Third Straight Win, Google’s AI Claims Victory in Historic Match With Go Champ
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA — Google’s artificially intelligent Go-playing computer system has claimed victory in its historic match with Korean grandmaster…
The Sadness and Beauty of Watching Google’s AI Play Go
At first, the Go champion thought the move was rather odd. Then he saw it was wonderful. The post The…
Google’s AI Wins Pivotal Second Game In Match With Go Grandmaster
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA — After more than four hours of tight play and a rapid-fire end game, Google’s artificially intelligent…
Go Grandmaster Says He’s ‘in Shock’ But Can Still Beat Google’s AI
“I am in shock. I can admit that,” Lee Sedol said after losing the first in a five-game series to…
Google and Facebook Team Up to Open Source the Gear Behind Their Empires
The data center hardware used by Internet giants used to be a big secret. Today, Google is joining Facebook’s Open…
Google’s AI Wins First Game in Historic Match With Go Champion
After an extraordinarily close contest, Google’s artificially intelligent Go-playing computer system has beaten Lee Sedol, one of the world’s top…