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AlphaGo rivals reunite in Seoul a decade later

By The Korea Herald

Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis reunited with Go grandmaster Lee Se-dol in Seoul on Wednesday, revisiting their landmark 2016 AlphaGo match that reshaped the trajectory of artificial intelligence. The two met during a session at the Google for Korea 2026 event held at The Westin Josun Seoul, where Lee joined author and YouTuber Cho Seung-yeon and Hassabis in a discussion reflecting on the historic five-game series. "It feels like a hundred years have passed in terms of the advances since then