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AlphaGo defeats top-ranked Lee Se-dol in historic go match

Google’s artificial intelligence program, AlphaGo, defeated top-ranked go player Lee Se-dol in the first round of the much-hyped five-game match in Seoul, Wednesday. The win sent a shock wave through the go world, AI experts and ordinary people, many of whom believed a human would prevail over AI in the extremely complex ancient board game

Science | 2016-03-09 16:32

Machine surpasses human intelligence

Match 1: AlphaGo vs Lee Se-dol (LIVE)

Can the world champion fight back and redeem his fame tarnished by his unexpected crushing defeat to his robot brain challenger in the first round on Wednesday? The second round of the historic go match between top-ranked Lee Se-dol of Korea and Google-developed artificial intelligence AlphaGo is ongoing at the Four Seasons Hotel in Seoul, Thursday.

Science | 2016-03-09 12:39

Human-AI showdown begins 1 p.m.

World go champion Lee Se-dol was confident about beating Google’s artificial intelligence (AI) AlphaGo in a five-game match that starts today, but cautioned that it won’t be a sweeping victory. Lee took a step back from his previous prediction of a 5-0 landslide victory, citing AlphaGo’s capability to mimic human intuition.

Science | 2016-03-08 17:07

Lee Se-dol confident about beating AlphaGo

Lee Se-dol, a top-class South Korean Go player, said Tuesday he may not have his way with Google's artificial intelligence (AI) program, AlphaGo, after all.

Science | 2016-03-08 14:47

The Korea Times to provide live stream of the 'once in a lifetime match'

The history-making go match between top-ranked Lee Se-dol of Korea and Google’s AlphaGo will take place in Seoul, Wednesday. The Korea Times will provide a live feed on its website.

Science | 2016-03-08 14:39

Human vs Artificial intelligence

D-day is nearing. For one week from March 9, top-ranked Go player Lee Se-dol of Korea will engage in a merciless one-on-one fight with highly advanced artificial intelligence (AI) program AlphaGo in a five-game showdown in Seoul. Whoever wins, the match’s outcome will lay the groundwork for an answer to a long-held question of whether AI will be able to prevail over the human...

Science | 2016-03-01 16:08

Korea, US to sign space cooperation pact

The government has concluded talks with the United States on boosting cooperation for space development and will sign a pact soon, the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning said Monday.

Science | 2016-02-29 21:05

Aerospace institute pushes for space projectile development

GOHEUNG, South Jeolla Province - Korean scientists and engineers on this southwestern island are accelerating independent research on and development of space rockets.

Science | 2016-01-31 17:24

Properties of graphene memory uncovered by Korean researchers

A group of Korean researchers has uncovered the properties of a graphene memory device for the first time, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) said Thursday.

Science | 2015-11-19 19:08

Mug-size device detects chlamydia in 30 minutes

Scientists at Johns Hopkins University in the United States have made a portable device that detects chlamydia in just 30 minutes.

Science | 2015-09-30 17:37

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