Albert is top talking computer

A program called Albert has won the prize for the world's best chat-bot - a computer that can hold a conversation.
Its witty one liners, quirky questions and only occasional non sequiturs managed to convince almost 11% of people that it was human.

The US$2,000 1999 Loebner Prize was picked up at the Flinders University of South Australia on Albert's behalf by its creator, Robby Gardner.

1. Loebner Prize - The Loebner Prize is an annual competition in artificial intelligence that awards prizes to the computer programs considered by the judges to be the most human-like.