AlphaGo is an artificial intelligence (AI) program created by Google and got its fourth win against a master player in the final match of this year’s DeepMind Challenge which was held in Seoul this March.
It won against Lee Sedol, a nine-dan ranked professional player and one of the world’s best Go players. Sedol managed to win just one (out of a possible five) of the matches against the program, failing to take home the $1 million prize that was up for grabs. The prize was instead donated by Google to UNICEF, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) charities, and other Go organizations.