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Microsoft shuts Twitter AI bot after it learns racism from Twitter users
Posted in Software on 25th Mar, 2016
by Alex Muller
Microsoft launched an AI on Twitter for a playful chat with people, only to silence it within 24 hours as users started sharing racist and offensive comments with the bot.
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Minecraft to run artificial intelligence experiments
Posted in Games on 14th Mar, 2016
by Alex Muller
Minecraft is to become a testing ground for artificial intelligence experiments.
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Minecraft to launch education edition
Posted in Games on 19th Jan, 2016
by Alex Muller
More than 7,000 classrooms around the world already use Minecraft in some form.
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Microsoft and Code.org launch Minecraft tutorial to teach kids how to code
Posted in Games on 17th Nov, 2015
by Alex Muller
Microsoft has announced a partnership with Code.org that will see Minecraft arrive on the education agenda.
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Microsoft patent lets Kinect make a physical 3D model of your face
Posted in Software on 12th Sep, 2015
by Alex Muller
Microsoft has been granted a patent for tech that converts the 3D scan data collected by the Kinect gaming sensor into a real physical replica of the scanned object.