In February, 2011, an Israeli computer scientist named Noam Slonim proposed building a machine that would be better than people at something that seems inextricably human: arguing about politics.

SAN FRANCISCO — There’s no debating this one: In man vs. machine this time, the human was triumphant. IBM’s Project Debater — manifested onstage by a black monolith with a female voice — battled ...

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Beating flesh-and-blood chess and Jeopardy champs was one thing. Training Project Debater to sway opinion is a brand new challenge. “Hello, Noa. We meet again. And for the first time in front of a non ...

The conversational AI created by IBM called Project Debater is designed to have a formal debate with a person. While Project Debater did lose its final debate to a person, who was a champion debater, ...

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More IBM today announced plans to integrate Project Debater into Watson Group ...

IBM is launching a new tool today that will let decision makers talk through complex decisions with an AI system called Project Debater. The platform is designed to help people practice their ...

On Tuesday, IBM’s Project Debater, an artificial intelligence designed to debate humans, attempted to out-argue human debaters in front of a crowd of journalists. Neither the human debater nor Project ...

IBM fell short in its latest attempt to prove machines can triumph over man. But it came close. The tech giant’s 6-year-old artificial intelligence debating system, affectionately dubbed “Miss Debater ...

How can you efficiently change someone’s mind? The art of debate has always seemed like black magic to me. You’re not necessarily arguing for something you believe in—rather, you’re carefully ...