Wednesday, November 30, 2005 File:Turing1.jpg More than 50 programmers, scientists, students, hobbyists and fans of the A.L.I.C.E. chat robot gathered in Guildford, U.K. on Friday to celebrate the tenth birthday of the award winning A.I. On hand was the founder the Loebner Prize, an annual Turing Test, designed to pick out the world’s most human […]
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Hidden treasure worth billions of dollars discovered in Indian temple
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Scientists to bring all species together in Encyclopedia of Life
This article mentions the Wikimedia Foundation, one of its projects, or people related to it. Wikinews is a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. Wednesday, May 9, 2007 Today, some of the leading biologists in the world announced that they are starting a new project to write the Encyclopedia of Life, a project that aims to […]
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Two killed, 47 injured in coach crash in Cornwall, England
Thursday, December 24, 2009 Two people have been killed and 47 people have been injured as the result of a coach crash in Cornwall, England. The vehicle, which was carrying 48 passengers as well as the driver, were travelling back from a journey to the village of Mousehole to see Christmas lights. The accident occurred […]
One confirmed dead after shooting at National War Memorial in Ottawa
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Volcano eruption in Ecuador kills six and destroys several small villages
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New Jersey Governor hospitalized after car crash
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