24-05-2017 14:02 via theguardian.com

China censored Google's AlphaGo match against world's best Go player

Government barred broadcasters and online publishers from livestreaming game that saw China’s Ke Jie narrowly beatenDeepMind’s board game-playing AI, AlphaGo, may well have won its first game against the Go world number one, Ke Jie, from China – but but most Chinese viewers could not watch the match live.The Chinese government had issued a censorship notice to broadcasters and online publishers, warning them against livestreaming Tuesday’s game, according to China Digital
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