Microsoft's latest AI party trick is a CaptionBot for photos

After guessing your age, classifying dog breeds, and finding celebrity likenesses, Microsoft researchers have launched a new tool for identifying the contents of photos. With CaptionBot, users can upload any photo, and Microsoft will use various recognition services to describe what's happening. This includes identifying celebrities, recognizing emotions, and describing basic objects that appear in the scene. We've seen this type of party trick before. Last year, Wolfram Alpha released a similar tool, which remains available at ImageIdentify.com.