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Will crosswords cross up computers?

Saturday, 25 February 2012

Jeopardy was elementary for Watson, IBM's multimillion-dollar artificial intelligence supercomputer that trounced several of the quiz game's champions last year.

But can a computer beat the world's quickest minds in crosswords, a game defined as much by humor and wordplay as logic and knowledge?

We'll see next month, as an artificial intelligence program known as Dr. Fill takes part in the world's largest crossword contest, the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament.

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