DeepMind makes bet on AI system that can play poker, chess, Go, and more
DeepMind, the AI lab backed by Google parent company Alphabet, has long invested in game-playing AI systems. It’s the lab’s philosophy that games, while...
DeepMind’s MuZero teaches itself how to win at Atari, chess, shogi, and Go
In a paper published in the journal Science late last year, Google parent company Alphabet’s DeepMind detailed AlphaZero, an AI system that could teach...
Oculus Quest gets Venues and control tweaks, will run Go apps later in 2019
Oculus’ premium standalone headset Quest is in the midst of receiving its first round of significant software updates, the company has announced, and will...
SuperData: Oculus Quest will mainstream VR in 2019, but AR will lead by 2021
Though 2016 was once described as the “year of VR” because that’s when consumer headsets became available, 2019 will be the year virtual reality...
Oculus CTO Carmack plans microSD and low-power support for Go, more for Go 2
During a freewheeling day two keynote speech at Oculus Connect 5, Oculus CTO John Carmack spoke about a number of technical and design challenges...
Oculus said to plan Santa Cruz VR for Q1 2019, Go phone viewer soon
Oculus is about to have a thrilling September: Its standalone Santa Cruz VR headset is expected to finally get a release date -- and some Rift ports -- while its entry-level Go headset will soon gain the ability to share its visuals with smartphones.
Grandmaster Lee Sedol to launch blockchain version of Go board game
South Korean Go grandmaster Lee Sedol became famous for losing to Google’s AlphaGo artificial intelligence in a match playing the ancient Chinese board game....
Google confirms its AlphaGo AI beat top players in online games
Google’s DeepMind artificial intelligence (AI) research group is back again at the ancient Chinese game of Go. Rather than playing top-ranking Go players in...
Google’s AI beats a professional Go player, an industry first
Google has achieved something major in artificial intelligence (AI) research. A computer system it has built to play the ancient Chinese board game Go...