The 2019 Loebner Prize winner has been announced! While once again there is no recipient of the grand prize, a feat reserved for the AI that passes the Turing Test, the annual event nonetheless inspires and excites those who await singularity. The Loebner prize is offered up every year to an AI program that can beat the Turing test, a measurement of the ability for AI to mimic human thinking and response. Every year, contestants enter their AI designed to replicate human behavior in typed conversation, visual, and auditory interaction.

September means it’s time for The Loebner Prize, the annual recognition for advances in AI. This award is meant for any AI that achieves or exceeds human capacity, passing the Turing test, and to date, none have won. The Loebner Prize Originating in 1990 by Hugh Loebner, each year a winner stands to receive a grand prize of $100,000 for advances in AI within textual, visual, and auditory categories.

As much as the online giants seem to squeeze brick-and-mortar retailers, when you need milk at 10 o’clock at night, they can’t beat the convenience of stopping in at the local grocery store. …And the brick-and-mortar stores are taking advantage of this competitive edge. Using advances in AI, the brick-and-mortar retailers are finding ways to make the most profit from your 10-minute trip to their store for milk.