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Human-AI battle in Go scheduled in May in China

CRI, April 11, 2017 Adjust font size:

AlphaGo beats South Korean professional Go player Lee Sedol in a game in March, 2016. [Photo/Xinhua] 

It's been officially announced that AlphaGo will battle with top human Go players including the World No.1 Ke Jie next month in Wuzhen, east China.

Google along with the provincial sports authority in Zhejiang will hold a five-day AI summit in Wuzhen from May 23 to 27.

The event will also feature other Go games between human players with AI such as AlphaGo.

Ke Jie lost to AlphaGo twice previously in online Go games. The AI, using the pseudonym of Master, clinched 60 wins online against many of the world's top human players, with zero losses.

Google's AI system AlphaGo gained fame after it scored a landmark 4-1 victory over South Korean Go master Lee Se-dol in a five-round showdown in March 2016.

Go is an ancient board game originating in China, and is a game of strategy with an element of luck.