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The rise of the "chatbot"?

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A pair of artificial intelligence robots have spoken to each other for the first time.

Two PhD students from Cornell University have given their voices and 2D avatars to a pair of 'chatbots' with artificial intelligence, which they named Alan and Sruthi.


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