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Machine triumphs in strategy game

a Go board

A computer program called AlphaGo has bested a pro human player at Go, an ancient strategy game more complex than chess. 

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By Meghan Rosen

- More than 2 years ago

In a victory that rivals the computer Deep Blue’s 1997 win over chess champion Garry Kasparov, a computer has now bested a professional human player in the classic strategy game Go.