A few years ago I used an algorithm to help me write a science fiction story. Adam Hammond, an English professor, and Julian Brooke, a computer scientist, had created a program called SciFiQ, and ...

Have a good mind for computational chess problem-solving? Want to earn $1 million? Then the University of St. Andrews and Clay Mathematics Institute sure have the competition for you.

In the realm of algorithm-driven educational software oriented towards writing instruction, Revision Assistant is, by far, the best I’ve ever personally encountered. I cannot imagine a more effective ...

The Greely High School graduate now works as a guidance navigation and control engineer at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory in Maryland, and he helped write an algorithm that allowed ...

Future political speeches may soon be produced by machines. A researcher at the University of Massachusetts Amherst created an AI machine that knows how to write political speeches with great ...

Political speeches are often written for politicians by trusted aides and confidantes. Could an AI algorithm do as well?

Could your next editor be a machine? Today, dozens of companies offer writing-critique services online, with programs that offer to catch your errors, tweak your use of passive voice, and improve ...

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