DeepMind chief takes on S. Korea's top-ranked Go player

DeepMind chief takes on S. Korea's top-ranked Go player

Demis Hassabis (L), the co-founder and CEO of Google DeepMind and known as the architect behind the Go-playing artificial intelligence system AlphaGo, plays a game of Go with South Korea's top-ranked Go player Shin Jin-seo in Seoul on April 29, 2026. Hassabis has been in Seoul since April 27, marking his first trip to South Korea in 10 years, after AlphaGo beat legendary Go player Lee Sedol in a historic human-versus-machine match in 2016. (Yonhap)

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