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First Artwork By Humanoid Robot Sells For $1 Million
A portrait of English mathematician Alan Turing became the first artwork by a humanoid robot to be sold at auction, fetching $1,320,000 on Thursday.
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New British Note Featuring World War 2 Codebreaker Alan Turing Enters Circulation
A new 50 pound ($70) banknote featuring the mathematician and computer scientist Alan Turing enters circulation in Britain on Wednesday, three months after the Bank of England first unveiled the design.
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Mathematician Who Cracked Nazi Code To Win World War II To Appear On Note
Mathematician Alan Turing, whose cracking of a Nazi code helped the Allies to win World War Two but who committed suicide after being convicted for homosexuality, will appear on the Bank of England's new 50-pound banknote, the BoE said on Monday.
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Nvidia Eyes Filmmakers With New Turing Chip Technology
The biggest selling point of Turing chips is an improvement in so-called "ray tracing," or the ability for the chip to simulate how light rays will bounce around in a visual scene.
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Nearly 150 Lost Alan Turing Letters Found In The United Kingdom
A lost collection of nearly 150 unique letters and correspondence from famous English codebreaker Alan Turing has been discovered in an old filling cabinet at a university in the UK.
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Can A Machine Write A Sonnet That Is As Good As A Human's? We're About To Find Out
Since it was devised in 1950, the Turing Test - named for Alan Turing, hero of "The Imitation Game" - has been the standard way of assessing artificial intelligence: Machines are judged on how well they exhibit intelligent behavior, usually in conversation or game-playing, that to a human listener or observer would be indistinguishable from that of...
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$1-Million Turing Award Winners Advocate Encryption
Both men say giving governments control over encrypted communications puts everyone at risk.
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Alan Turing Manuscript Up For Auction in New York
A hidden manuscript written by British mathematician and code breaker Alan Turing at Bletchley Park is to go on auction in New York in April, Bonhams said on Tuesday.
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Golden Globes 2015: When Getting Real Pays Off
This year, no fewer than 10 actors have been nominated for Golden Globes for bringing to celluloid life the stories of real people
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Britain Posts 41 Million Wills, Including Princess Diana's
Some 41 million British wills dating back to 1858, including those of Winston Churchill and Princess Diana, were made available in an online database on Saturday.
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Chatbot Becomes First Program to Pass the Turing Test
A chatbot named Eugene Goostman convinced 33 percent of the panel of judges at the Turing Test 2014 competition that it was a real person.
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Britain pardons gay 'father of computing' Alan Turing
The World War II code-breaking hero committed suicide after he was convicted of the then crime of homosexuality.
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UK finally pardons computer pioneer Alan Turing
Britain on Tuesday granted a posthumous pardon to Alan Turing, the World War II code-breaking hero who committed suicide after he was convicted of the then crime of homosexuality.
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Alan Turing's 100th birthday marked by Google doodle
The World-War II code-breaker Alan Mathison Turing's 100th birthday is being celebrated in Google doodle today.
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Google doodles a Turing Machine
Google is celebrating mathematician Alan Turing's 100th birthday with a Turing Machine as a Google doodle. That's the latest in the list of honours for a man who was a World War II code-breaker driven to suicide for being gay.
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First Artwork By Humanoid Robot Sells For $1 Million
A portrait of English mathematician Alan Turing became the first artwork by a humanoid robot to be sold at auction, fetching $1,320,000 on Thursday.
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New British Note Featuring World War 2 Codebreaker Alan Turing Enters Circulation
A new 50 pound ($70) banknote featuring the mathematician and computer scientist Alan Turing enters circulation in Britain on Wednesday, three months after the Bank of England first unveiled the design.
-
Mathematician Who Cracked Nazi Code To Win World War II To Appear On Note
Mathematician Alan Turing, whose cracking of a Nazi code helped the Allies to win World War Two but who committed suicide after being convicted for homosexuality, will appear on the Bank of England's new 50-pound banknote, the BoE said on Monday.
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Nvidia Eyes Filmmakers With New Turing Chip Technology
The biggest selling point of Turing chips is an improvement in so-called "ray tracing," or the ability for the chip to simulate how light rays will bounce around in a visual scene.
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Nearly 150 Lost Alan Turing Letters Found In The United Kingdom
A lost collection of nearly 150 unique letters and correspondence from famous English codebreaker Alan Turing has been discovered in an old filling cabinet at a university in the UK.
-
Can A Machine Write A Sonnet That Is As Good As A Human's? We're About To Find Out
Since it was devised in 1950, the Turing Test - named for Alan Turing, hero of "The Imitation Game" - has been the standard way of assessing artificial intelligence: Machines are judged on how well they exhibit intelligent behavior, usually in conversation or game-playing, that to a human listener or observer would be indistinguishable from that of...
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$1-Million Turing Award Winners Advocate Encryption
Both men say giving governments control over encrypted communications puts everyone at risk.
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Alan Turing Manuscript Up For Auction in New York
A hidden manuscript written by British mathematician and code breaker Alan Turing at Bletchley Park is to go on auction in New York in April, Bonhams said on Tuesday.
-
Golden Globes 2015: When Getting Real Pays Off
This year, no fewer than 10 actors have been nominated for Golden Globes for bringing to celluloid life the stories of real people
-
Britain Posts 41 Million Wills, Including Princess Diana's
Some 41 million British wills dating back to 1858, including those of Winston Churchill and Princess Diana, were made available in an online database on Saturday.
-
Chatbot Becomes First Program to Pass the Turing Test
A chatbot named Eugene Goostman convinced 33 percent of the panel of judges at the Turing Test 2014 competition that it was a real person.
-
Britain pardons gay 'father of computing' Alan Turing
The World War II code-breaking hero committed suicide after he was convicted of the then crime of homosexuality.
-
UK finally pardons computer pioneer Alan Turing
Britain on Tuesday granted a posthumous pardon to Alan Turing, the World War II code-breaking hero who committed suicide after he was convicted of the then crime of homosexuality.
-
Alan Turing's 100th birthday marked by Google doodle
The World-War II code-breaker Alan Mathison Turing's 100th birthday is being celebrated in Google doodle today.
-
Google doodles a Turing Machine
Google is celebrating mathematician Alan Turing's 100th birthday with a Turing Machine as a Google doodle. That's the latest in the list of honours for a man who was a World War II code-breaker driven to suicide for being gay.
