SEOUL, Mar. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – Lee Sedol, the South Korean grandmaster who took on Google’s AI Go program AlphaGo in the ‘Game of the Century’ eight years ago, has offered a nuanced perspective on the rapid advancement of AI technology. In an interview released by Google Korea on March 19 to mark the 20th anniversary [...]
Uijeongbu, July 23 (Korea Bizwire) –An exclusive stadium for Baduk, also known as the game of Go, is being planned for a municipality north of Seoul. The proposed Baduk stadium will be located on the grounds of the former Defense Security Command (DSC) in Uijeongbu, Gyeonggi Province, according to an official at the city government [...]
SEOUL, June 30 (Korea Bizwire) – One of the greatest former Go-players, Cho Hunhyun, now a Saenuri Party Representative, suggested that Go match records should be protected under copyright law in a report for a provisional session of the Education, Culture, Sports & Tourism Committee. Rep. Cho told Kim Jong-deok, Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism, [...]
SEOUL, May 20 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean Go master Lee Se-dol said Friday that he will talk with the representatives from the association that he wants to leave but expects that the conversation will end up with no breakthrough. Lee, who is known for having faced Google’s artificial intelligence (AI) program AlphaGo in the ancient [...]
SEOUL, March 9 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean Go player Lee Se-dol admitted to feeling “surprised” after losing the first match of the five-game showdown against computer on Wednesday. “I didn’t think I’d lose, and I was quite surprised,” Lee told a press conference in Seoul after succumbing to Google’s artificial intelligence (AI) program, AlphaGo. Lee [...]