A mirror proxy Google runs on behalf of developers of the Go programming language pushed a backdoored package for more than three years until Monday, after researchers who spotted the malicious code petitioned for it to be taken down twice. The service, known as the Go Module Mirror, caches open source packages available on GitHub… Read More: Go Module Mirror served backdoor to devs for 3+ years »
Flickr user LNG0004 reader comments 107 with Share this story A human player has comprehensively defeated a top-ranked AI system at the board game Go, in a surprise reversal of the 2016 computer victory that was seen as a milestone in the rise of artificial intelligence. Kellin Pelrine, an American player who is one level… Read More: Man beats machine at Go in human victory over AI »
Enlarge / Go pieces and a rulebook on a Go board. reader comments 84 with 72 posters participating Share this story In the world of deep-learning AI, the ancient board game Go looms large. Until 2016, the best human Go player could still defeat the strongest Go-playing AI. That changed with DeepMind’s AlphaGo, which used… Read More: New Go-playing trick defeats world-class Go AI—but loses to human… »