AlphaGo beats Lee Sedol in third consecutive Go game

Google's DeepMind computer program wins $1m in victory marking significant development in artificial intelligence

Google's AlphaGo computer program has won a third and decisive encounter with a top-ranked player of the Chinese board game Go in a victory marking significant developments in artificial intelligence.

Lee Sedol, who is the world's second best player of the strategy game, lost three games in a row in Seoul this week, with the latest AlphaGo victory on Saturday handing Google the best-of-five match.