Google's top executives have reportedly met with China's best Go players.
"Google CEO Sundar Pichai, and co-founder Sergey Brin, who is also president of Alphabet, met some of the board game's best players on Tuesday at the headquarters of the Chinese Go Association," reports say.
The weibo account of Google posted few photos of the meeting. World champion Nie Weiping and the head of the Chinese Go team, Yu bin were seen on the photos.
The visit is reported to put Google's computer program AlphaGo back in the spotlight.
To recall, Demis Hassabis, the father of the said computer program announced last month that the AlphaGo will resume playing next year. However, he did not reveal who and where the AlphaGo will play.
"The program gained worldwide fame when it went head-to-head with South Korean professional Go player Lee Se-dol. AlphaGo won 4-1 in March. Chinese world No 1 player Ke Jie is rumored to be AlphaGo's next challenger. Ke, who is playing a professional game in Guizhou, was a no-show at Tuesday's meeting," as cited by one report.
Ke recently said he might not be able to beat AlphaGo.
"I don't think I can beat AlphaGo now," Ke said after he won the Samsung Cup World Open Baduk Championship on December 8. "I need more practice."
