October 13, 2008 (Monday)
- OpenOffice 3.0 is released by Sun Microsystems, a key feature is it can open and convert Microsoft Office 2007/2008 files. (TechSpot)
- During the 18th Loebner Prize every AI chatbot was able to fool at least one human judge into thinking they were chatting to a human. The 25% margin is edging closer to the 30% rate needed to win the prize. (ScienceDaily)
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