Turing articles

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  Benedict Cumberbatch expected to play Alan Turing in 'The Imitation Game,' reports say

  By Kimber Streams on February 1, 2013 02:11 pm + 37 comments

  Sherlock actor Benedict Cumberbatch is on a long streak of playing famously intelligent individuals, Continue reading…

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  Google celebrates 100th anniversary of Alan Turing's birth with interactive doodle

  By Aaron Souppouris on June 23, 2012 03:29 pm + 35 comments

  Google is celebrating the 100th anniversary of the birth of mathematician Alan Turing with an Continue reading…

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  Alan Turing's 100th birthday celebrated with Science Museum exhibition, words from Vint Cerf

  By Kimber Streams on June 18, 2012 02:16 pm + 23 comments

  June 23rd marks the centenary of Alan Turing's birth, and technologists across the world are Continue reading…

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  The Enigma machine, on the centenary of the man who brought it down

  By Vlad Savov on April 16, 2012 07:31 pm + 24 comments

  The names of Alan Turing and the Enigma encryption machine have grown inextricably linked over the Continue reading…

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  Google donates £550,000 to help restore site of Turing's codebreaking project

  By Adi Robertson on December 15, 2011 06:46 am + 10 comments

  Bletchley Park, site of the Allied codebreaking program during World War II and current home of the Continue reading…

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  Loebner Prize chatbots attempt to mimic human conversation, fail once again

  By Bryan Bishop on October 22, 2011 09:15 pm + 1 comments

  The Loebner Prize pits artificial intelligence-driven chatbots against humans to gauge if we've Continue reading…