Crossword-solving system strikes a blow for AI</tile> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta http-equiv="description" content="Crossword-solving system strikes a blow for AI"> <meta http-equiv="keywords" content="Crossword-solving,system,strikes,a,blow,for,AI"> </head> <body> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="10" height="39"> </td> <td width="99%" height="39"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="16%"><a href="http://inttranews.inttra.net"><img src="http://inttranews.inttra.net/images/inttranews_grey_2.jpg" width="192" height="37" border="0"></a></td> <td width="50%" valign="middle"> <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b><font color="#CCCCCC" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">KNOW.<br> HOW.</font></b></font> </p> </td> <td width="34%" align="right" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="#666666">05-09-2006</font></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> <b>Crossword-solving system strikes a blow for AI</b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">London, UK (PC Pro): A crossword-solving computer program has struck another blow for artificial intelligence by beating all 25 humans in completing two English-language puzzles and one Italian and English bilingual puzzle in a competition in Italy. Two different versions of the WebCrow software competed - one running from its 'home' machine at the University of Siena and a streamlined version installed on a lesser computer at the competition venue - and they took first and second place in the competition to finish the three non-cryptic puzzles in the quickest time. <br> <br>For more information, please visit: <br><a href="http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/92915/crosswordsolving-system-strikes-a-blow-for-ai.html " target="blank">www.pcpro.co.uk/news/92915/crosswordsolving-system-strikes-a-blow-for-ai.html </a> <br></font></td> </tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <script type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="<http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show