Aside from having programmed to beat top ranking players, reported had it that MIT's AI Philip would rather commit suicide than to lose. Details here.
Scientific Advancement and Technological Innovations are ever advancing. 2016 was the year when many innovations and inventions took place. 2016 was the year when Google DeepMind, an AI, defeating Lee Sedol in a strategy board game, Metalenses were created to replace conventional curved lenses, Tim Peake's spacewalk and London Marathon in Space on the microgravity treadmill, and many other stories.
