YouTube will livestream Google’s AI playing Go superstar Lee Sedol in March
Google will provide YouTube livestreams of its artificial intelligence (AI) software playing games of the ancient Chinese board game of Go against Lee Sedol, the highest ranked Go player in the world. Demis Hassabis, head of the Google DeepMind lab behind its AlphaGo AI system, announced the news today in a tweet.
The news of the broadcast of the five-game match to take place in Seoul — for which there is a $1 million prize — is interesting for a few reasons.
Google did not publicize the matches that its AI played against French Go champion Fan Hui — despite that the software swept the human 5-0, leading toa paper in the prominent scientific journal Natur
Durban kicks off Idols SA 12 with 19 golden tickets!
Gareth Cliff was the only male judge to actually carry a 18 yr old that fainted after she got through in DBN.
.Durban - Idols SA season 12 is in full swing!
Scores of singing hopefuls from KwaZulu-Natal descended on Durban’s Playhouse to audition for the popular singing competition this past weekend.
They came in their numbers to impress, but in the end 19 Golden Tickets were issued by judges Randall Abrahams, Unathi Msengana, Somizi Mhlongo and Gareth Cliff, proving just how tough it is to crack the nod in this Mzansi Magic singing reality show.
One contestant was so overwhelmed that she fainted. Social South Africa posted a picture of Gareth and Unathi carrying the contestant
GST will become a reality soon: Jaitley
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday hoped the opposition parties will "see reason" and the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill, which is held up in Rajya Sabha, will become a reality soon.
"It (GST) has been supported by most political parties and I am sure others will also see reason and this law will become a reality very soon," the minister said while inaugurating the two-day India Investment Summit in New Delhi on Thursday.
He said the government is also working on streamlining the direct taxation system. "We want to rationalise our direct tax system in order to make it one of the most competitive regimes in the world comparable with what competitive economies elsewhere have."
"It (GST) has been supported by most political parties and I am sure others will also see reason and this law will become a reality very soon," the minister said while inaugurating the two-day India Investment Summit in New Delhi on Thursday.
He said the government is also working on streamlining the direct taxation system. "We want to rationalise our direct tax system in order to make it one of the most competitive regimes in the world comparable with what competitive economies elsewhere have."
Here’s Everything Apple Might Announce Next Month
A new 4-inch iPhone, an iPad with 3D Touch, and other rumored announcements
Apple fans holding on to their iPhone 5 because they don’t like the newer, bigger models may have something to look forward to next month.
The Cupertino, Calif. firm is expected to hold an event on or around March 15, during it will introduce a new smaller iPhone, among other gadgets. That’s according to Mark Gurman, an often-accurate Apple whisperer.
Killing of Teen Girls in Park Was Gang Motivated, and Suspects Knew Victims: Chief Beck
The young men who were charged with killing two teen girls in a Montecito Heights park knew their victims and were "motivated by hatred between gangs," LAPD Chief Charlie Beck said Thursday.
The defendants were identified in a five-count criminal complaint against them as 17-year-old Dallas Stone Pineda, also known as "Trippy," and 18-year-old Jose Antonio Echeverria, aka "Klepto."
They knew their victims, Briana Nicole Gallegos, 17, and Gabriela Calzada, 19, Beck said at a news conference Thursday afternoon.
"This is a case that’s gang motivated," Beck said. "These victims were brutally murdered. They were known to the suspects who committed the murder. They were also specifically targeted by those suspects
rongs of protesters organized by the Chicago Teachers Union clogged Loop streets during Thursday's evening rush hour to voice opposition to the district's move to slash budgets and stop paying much of teachers' pension contributions.
The show of force by the union's rank and file comes three days after a 40-person bargaining team unanimously voted down a four-year contract offer from Chicago Public Schools.
Christa Lohman, a member of the CTU's "Big Bargaining Team," said the district's offer was vague and included language teachers thought was aimed at forcing them into accepting a deal.
"No economic layoffs sounds fabulous," Lohman said during a march to City Hall as news helicopters hovered overhead. "But we've been around awhile. After 15 years, you start to think that never happens."
As protesters surrounded Bank of America's local headquarters and blocked traffic, CTU Vice President Jesse Sharkey said the bargaining team's rejection of the city's offer was "a sign we have a serious democratic process."
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