The NY Times reports of the safety procedures that are used during registrations for free e-mails for example; Human or Computer? Take This Test. As an adaptation of the Turing test, humans must be pick out text and digits from an image, which is very difficult for computers. This a taunt to computer vision experts!

Yahoo! has an article about an AI agents capable of predicted the outcome of matches (rugby, football) -- Intelligent Software Outperforms Human Tipsters. This program successfully transfers into the real world, the betting industry will be greatly affected.

ZD Net discusses future plans for one of the top IT companies; Sony's Ando: PCs to Function Like a Brain. The main considerations for personal computing is the internet and interaction with hardware devices (new or existing).

Finally, new advertising boards are being developed. They can tune into the radio of passing car to determine the most appropriate poster, or monitor how long someone focuses on it -- a good feedback mechanism.

• NY Times Movie Posters That Talk Back
• The Sacramento Bee The Signs Have Ears

More tomorrow!

Hello NewsCaster, with your interesting news.

Yes you have readers.

You have certainly a lot to read, I think, when I see your postings, all with precise info, not just a short story but with links and how often can go something wrong then. Do you have seven lives?

Or a special reliable technique, maybe?

I like to tell you that NNW a recognized strong AI project is coming.

Demos are downloadable so let's go on.

Ed van der Meulen