AlphaGo
Artificial intelligence that plays Go
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| 2023 | Benjamin Labatut's novel 'The MANIAC' featured the AlphaGo versus Lee Sedol matches, bringing the technological milestone to literary attention. |
| December 15 2023 | Ken Jennings was named permanent full-time host of Jeopardy! |
| October 29 2020 | Ken Jennings was named interim host of Jeopardy! |
| March 13 2020 | The AlphaGo documentary film was made freely available online on the DeepMind YouTube channel, allowing wider public access to the story of the AI Go matches. |
| November 19 2019 | Lee Sedol announced his retirement from professional Go, citing the unbeatable nature of AI after his matches with AlphaGo, acknowledging that he could never be the top overall player due to AI's increasing dominance. |
| 2018 | A paper published in Nature cited AlphaGo's approach as a foundational method for computing potential pharmaceutical drug molecules, demonstrating the system's broader scientific impact beyond Go. |
| 2017 | An award-winning documentary film about the AlphaGo versus Lee Sedol matches was created, documenting the historic AI versus human Go competition. |
| November 2016 | DeepZenGo, developed with support from Dwango and the University of Tokyo, lost 2-1 to Go master Cho Chikun in a match. |
| 2011 | IBM Watson defeated Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter in a Jeopardy! exhibition match, marking a significant milestone in AI's ability to compete with human champions in complex intellectual competitions. |
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