<B>Chat program scoops the prize for being almost human</B><I>, Guardian, September 21st, 2006</I><P>Her name is Joan; she is just a few years old and very talkative... and now she is officially the world's most human computer program.
<P>On Sunday, the computer-generated character scooped the prestigious Loebner prize for artificial intelligence, seeing off some of the world's most hi-tech creations in the process.
<P><I>The Guardian Article: </I><A HREF="http://technology.guardian.co.uk/weekly/story/0,,1876702,00.html" TARGET=_New CLASS=ph>http://technology.guardian.co.uk/weekly/story/0,,1876702,00.html</A>
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