To seek an answer, let's turn our attention to the continuing international success of Psy, the South Korean pop star who broke out globally in 2012 with “Gangnam Style.” The original video for that song has racked up more than two billion views on YouTube, ...

A computer-powered chatbot that supposedly passed the Turing Test for artificial intelligence may not be all it's cracked up to be. The conversation program, dubbed Eugene Goostman, poses as a 13-year-old Ukrainian boy and supposedly tricked a third of ...

"On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog,” was the joke way back in 1993. Now, no one knows if you're a human. Take the 13-year-old Ukrainian kid or, rather, computer program disguised as one, that just became the first thing ever to pass computing ...

UK and US experts say it amounts to £1.5m in the UK and $2.4m in the US for individuals with the highest needs. Autism cost the UK more than heart disease, stroke and cancer combined, said an autism charity. But only £6.60 per person is spent on autism ...

Eugene Goostman appears to have just made artificial intelligence history. He is not a programmer, or even a real person -- Eugene Goostman is the name of a computer program designed to simulate the intelligence of a 13-year-old boy. "Eugene" did ...

Egyptian police have arrested seven men accused of sexually assaulting and stripping a woman during celebrations in Cairo's Tahrir Square on Sunday marking the inauguration of the president. Police were also investigating 27 complaints of sexual ...

A top Iranian nuclear negotiator has called on the Sextet of world powers to devote serious efforts to narrowing differences with Tehran in the course of the ongoing nuclear talks. Speaking to reporters in Geneva on Monday, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for ...

Eight time French Open winner Rafael Nadal (R) clashed with world no. 2 Novak Djokovic of Serbia in the French Open final at the Roland Garros Stadium on Sunday. (Source: AP). French Open: Rafael Nadal makes it 9/10. Djokovic, looking to complete a ...

The Pakistan military has relaunched security operations inside the Karachi airport, as fresh firing was heard inside a workshop area of the Karachi international airport. Three militants are believed to be still inside. 9.17 am: One security man injured in fresh ...

Tracy Morgan is expected to spend several weeks in hospital following a car crash yesterday. The 30 Rock star sustained a number of injuries - including a broken femur, a broken nose and broken ribs - after the limo bus he was travelling in overturned when ...

Judges in England were fooled into thinking the computer program they were conversing with was a human on Saturday — making the it the first to pass the 65-year-old Turing Test. "Eugene Goostman" is not a 13-year-old boy, but 33 percent of the people ...