South Korean fans of the ancient board game Go are in shock after a Google computer program beat a human champion in their first game together.
Google computer program AlphaGo has defeated its human opponent, South Korean Go champion Lee Sedol, in the first face-off of a historic five-game match.
AlphaGo's victory in the ancient Chinese board game is a breakthrough for artificial intelligence, showing the program developed by Google DeepMind has mastered one of the most creative and complex games ever devised.
Commentators say the match on Wednesday was close - AlphaGo and Lee made mistakes and the result was unpredictable until near the end.
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