In a Dartmouth College computer vs. humans contest, specifically how computers compared with people in writing poetry, scientists designed artificial intelligence algorithms to generate Shakespearean sonnets, of 14 lines and a particular meter. In every instance, judges were able to identify the sonnets produced by computer. In this example, the word "floor" was programmed into an algorithm to produce the sonnet. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)

A poetic Turing test was held at Dartmouth yesterday to pit artificial intelligence against human poets, AP reported. Good news: the computers lost. Judges could easily tell the difference between robot-written sonnets. One of the judges, Harvard English professor and New Yorker contributor Louis Menand, cited syntactical oddities and "uses of language that were just a little off," as reasons why the AI-written sonnets stuck out as so obviously fraudulent. Machines are getting better at natural language.

Nasa has announced that it has found evidence of flowing water on Mars. Scientists have long speculated that Recurring Slope Lineae -- or dark patches -- on Mars were made up of briny water but the new findings prove that those patches are caused by liquid water, which it has established by finding hydrated salts. Several hundred camped outside the London store in Covent Garden. The 6s will have new features like a vastly improved camera and a pressure-sensitive "3D Touch" display

Nasa has announced that it has found evidence of flowing water on Mars. Scientists have long speculated that Recurring Slope Lineae -- or dark patches -- on Mars were made up of briny water but the new findings prove that those patches are caused by liquid water, which it has established by finding hydrated salts. Several hundred camped outside the London store in Covent Garden. The 6s will have new features like a vastly improved camera and a pressure-sensitive "3D Touch" display

Google's self-driving car may own the streets on the west coast, but Uber has staked its claim on the east. The ride-sharing pioneer announced it will begin testing autonomous vehicles around Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the next coming weeks. The hybrid Ford Fusions, complete with Uber logos, will soon be seen mapping Steel City and testing its self-driving capabilities on public streets. Uber announced that in the next coming weeks it will be testing autonomous vehicles around Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in a car that'should be driven by a superhero'. Uber will be testing autonomous vehicles around Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the next coming weeks.

Scientists around the world are experimenting with techniques that could one day grow human organs inside of pigs and sheep. This controversial branch of research holds potential to save hundreds of lives each year among patients awaiting transplants, but many scientists are divided over the ethical implications. Despite a temporary ban on funding for these projects in the US, some researchers have been able to continue their work, implanting human stem cells into animal embryos. Scientists are experimenting with techniques that could one day grow human organs inside of pigs and sheep. To grow a human organ in an animal embryo, a researcher from the University of California, Davis uses new gene-editing techniques, according to NPR.

Flying robots can find uses from searching for victims following natural disasters to letting the military keep an eye on potential targets on the battle field. But flying can use a lot of energy and as drones get smaller, their ability to stay in the air for peroids of time that make them useful quickly diminish. But now scientists have come up with a solution - an aerial microbot nicknamed the RoboBee which can land on any surface to rest much like a real insect. Scientists have come up with an aerial microbot nicknamed the RoboBee (three attached to a leaf, pictured). By giving their tiny robot the ability to perching on a surface, researchers have dramatically reduced the amount of energy needed to power these mini flying robots.

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If you were wondering what Microsoft's response would be to the next-generation, conversational Google Assistant that debuted at Google I/O, a job posting may have revealed it: Bing Concierge. ZDNet's Mary Jo Foley unearthed a job posting for what Microsoft calls the Bing Concierge Bot, a natural language agent that fulfills tasks on behalf of the user. But while Assistant appears to restrict itself to the Android platform, Microsoft seems to believe Bing Concierge could run on any number of instant-messenger platforms. "In Bing Concierge Bot... we are building a highly intelligent productivity agent that communicates with the user over a conversation platform, such as Skype, Messenger, SMS, WhatsApp, Telegram, etc.," the job listing reads. Why this matters: Just as Google moves on from Google Now, Microsoft appears to be evolving beyond Cortana.

A drone takes a practice flight in Virginia with medical supplies -- part of a project to evaluate the flying machines for use in humanitarian crises. A drone takes a practice flight in Virginia with medical supplies -- part of a project to evaluate the flying machines for use in humanitarian crises. She was a mother in rural Ghana. She only wanted four children. That's a story that Faustina Fynn-Nyame told at the Women Deliver conference this week in Copenhagen, Denmark.