Google backed AlphaGo’s big win: How AI is cracking an ancient Chinese game

AlphaGo’s 3-1 victory in the game of Go against world human champion Lee Sedol is a big achievement for AI. In this photo, South Korean professional Go player Lee Sedol, right, drinks water after putting the first stone against Google’s artificial intelligence program, AlphaGo, as Google DeepMind’s lead programmer Aja Huang, left, sits during the Google DeepMind Challenge Match in Seoul, South Korea. (Source: AP)
Google-owned DeepMind’s AlphaGo, a computer program has cr