AlphaGo rises to world's No 1 player

AlphaGo is now the world's No 1 Go player, ending thousands of years of human dominance in the game.

According to the latest GoRating, AlphaGo replaced Chinese player Ke Jie on Monday to become the world's No 1, the first nonhuman to win the honor.

The program was designed by Google DeepMind, a British artificial intelligence company.