AN artificial intelligence (AI) developed by an unknown entity has been annihilating some of the world’s best Go players online over the last few days and people are desperate to know who is behind it.

    The AI, being referred to simply as “Master,” has played more than 50 games against top Go players and won every single one of them.

    Go is a complex game that has been difficult for computers to crack because of the sheer number of potential moves. It is a two-player turn-based strategy game where each player puts down either black or white stones in an attempt to outmaneuver and surround the other player.

    The games were played on Tygem, an Internet Go server owned by South Korean company TongYang Online. Technology firms such as DeepMind, acquired by Google in 2014, and Facebook have been tasking some of their brightest minds with creating AIs that can beat the world’s best human Go players.

    Last year, DeepMind’s AlphaGo AI managed to defeat Lee Sedol over a five-game tournament.

    (SD-Agencies)