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South Korea trumpets $860-million AI fund after AlphaGo 'shock'

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Historic win by Google DeepMind's Go-playing program has South Korean government playing catch-up on artificial intelligence.

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  • 23 March 2016

    23 March: Added comment from South Korea's science ministry and a more detailed accounting of the additional AI funding.

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Zastrow, M. South Korea trumpets $860-million AI fund after AlphaGo 'shock'. Nature (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature.2016.19595

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