SEOUL, May 4 (Korea Bizwire) – AlphaGo may have beat Lee Sedol, but that hasn’t discouraged Koreans. A private AI research institute called the Intelligence Information Technology Institute is expected to open by the end of the year. The Software Policy & Research Institute (SPRi), which is leading the effort, held a press conference Tuesday [...]
SEOUL, April 4 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s ICT ministry said Monday it will allocate 100 billion won (US$87.2 million) to develop supercomputers, amid the rising awareness of the segment after Google Inc.’s AlphaGo posted a historical win against mankind in a board game last month. The Ministry of Science, ICT, and Future Planning said it will invest [...]
SEOUL, March 29 (Korea Bizwire) – IBM’s Watson artificial intelligence (AI) system has selected globally ‘hot’ products, with the world’s interest in AI increasing following the epic Go match between Google Deep Mind’s AlphaGo and professional Go player Lee Se-dol. Previously, there have been many cases in which consumer reports, journals or market assessment bodies selected products [...]
SEOUL, March 21 (Korea Bizwire) – The historic five-round showdown between South Korean Go master Lee Se-dol and Google’s artificial intelligence (AI) program AlphaGo ended last Tuesday with a lot of buzz. While people still talk about the greatness of humanity and the future of AI, the South Korean Go community is happy regardless of the final result [...]
SEOUL, March 17 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Electronics has been criticized for another misplaced marketing agenda following the epic match between professional Go player Lee Se-dol and AlphaGo. Lee wore a shirt that had the characters ‘G5’ embroidered on the sleeve. The G5 is expected to be the next smartphone to be launched by Lee’s long time [...]
SEOUL, March 16 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean Go master Lee Se-dol said Wednesday he was impressed by the machine-like behavior of a Google programmer who was placing stones for the artificial intelligence (AI) program AlphaGo during the historic man-versus-computer tournament. Lee left for a vacation on Jeju Island with his wife and daughter earlier in the day [...]
SEOUL, March 15 (Korea Bizwire) – There was no mercy from the machine. Google‘s artificial intelligence (AI) program AlphaGo beat South Korean Go champ Lee Se-dol in their final Go match on Tuesday, taking the five-round Go tournament with a score of 4-1. At the fifth man-versus-computer showdown in Seoul, AlphaGo, the AI designed by Google’s London-based firm [...]
SEOUL, March 15 (Korea Bizwire) – The first victory of pro Go player Lee Se-dol (33) over Google DeepMind’s AlphaGo was celebrated by internet users all over the world. According to a report by Hankyoreh, a Korean daily journal, internet users created ‘memes’, funny images accompanied with even funnier captions and parody images to celebrate the victory [...]
SEOUL, March 13 (Korea Bizwire) – After proving that the human-like algorithm is not invincible, South Korean Go player Lee Se-dol said Sunday he is very happy and described his victory as “priceless.” “It’s my first time getting this kind of congratulations from people by just winning a single game,” Lee said after the match. At [...]
SEOUL, March 10 (Korea Bizwire) – Google’s artificial intelligence (AI) program AlphaGo defeated South Korean Go player Lee Se-dol for the second straight time in the ancient board game Thursday, proving that its earlier victory wasn’t a coincidence. In their second showdown at the Four Seasons Hotel in Seoul, AlphaGo, the AI designed by Google’s London-based firm [...]