Facebook And Alphabet In 'Race' To Build Mega-AI

Facebook Inc FB and Alphabet Inc GOOGL are in the "race" to develop a mega-artificial intelligence machine which is capable of beating humans at a 2,500-year-old Chinese board game, according to Tech Insider. Earlier on Wednesday, Mark Zuckerberg posted to his Facebook page that the company is "getting close" to beating the best humans at Chinese board game Go. "My personal challenge for 2016 is to build a simple AI -- like Jarvis from Iron Man -- to help run my home and help me with work," Zuckerberg wrote. "Scientists have been trying to teach computers to win at Go for 20 years," Zuckerberg wrote on his Facebook page. "We're getting close, and in the past six months we've built an AI that can make moves in as fast as 0.1 secs and still be as good as previous systems that took years to build." Tech Insider wrote that Google's is also involved in the development of AI. Google's DeepMind chief Demis Hassabis had spoken to the British Museum last year of how the company's researchers are also seeking out opportunities to develop AIs that can beat Go, according to the report. Shares of Alphabet were down -.075 percent in Wednesday's trading session at $729.36. Alphabet's stock is down over 5 percent year to date, while in the last one-year, it is up over 41 percent. Facebook shares are trading lower by $0.75 at $96.63 in Wednesday's session. The company will announce Q4 results after Wednesday's close.