Go, move, shift: Now AI computers are challenging each other

AI has mastered one of the most complex board games on Earth, beating the world's best at Go. Just weeks after its overwhelming victory over world-class Go player Lee Sedol, Google's AI operation AlphaGo is set to be challenged. Not given much time to toast its convincing victory, reports have emerged that the team behind China Computer Go team has Google in its crosshairs, with an AI showdown in the works. Shanghai Securities News reported that the Chinese team will set a challenge before the year is out, although it's unclear exactly what that challenge will be. However, it marks a quick deviation away from regular old humans playing Go at the very pinnacle of the game. After winning 99pc of its games against other Go programmes, last year AlphaGo became the first AI system to beat a pro player when it won out 5-0 against European Go champion Fan Hui.