Chat program scoops the prize for being almost human, Guardian, September 21st, 2006
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.
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.
The Guardian Article: http://technology.guardian.co.uk/weekly/story/0,,1876702,00.html