AI 'passes Turing test' and produces 20,000 lines of copy per second

Chinese retail giant Alibaba claims to have created an artificial intelligence capable of beating the Turing test - and writing 20,000 lines of advertisement copy in a single second. Using deep learning and natural language processing technology, the system has been taught to produce copy by being shown millions of examples of human-written descriptions of products sold online. Produced by Alimama, a marketing division of Alibaba, the AI is currently being offered to vendors on Tmall and Taobao, Alibaba's e-commerce platforms, as a speedy alternative to writing their own copy. When listing an item for sale, vendors can click a button marked'Produce Smart Copy' and instantly see multiple copy ideas. Although Alibaba has not provided any proof of its AI passing the Turing test, this is a sizeable claim.