July 7, 2016

Microsoft has made Project Malmo, a platform that uses the world of Minecraft as a testing ground for advanced artificial intelligence research, available for novice to experienced programmers on GitHub via an open-source license.

May 13, 2016

Yuval Peres elected as Foreign Associate and Robert Schapire elected as a member to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) for distinguished and continuing achievements in original research. Read more >

April 15, 2016

IT'S ALMOST A given that you'll ride in an autonomous car at some point in your life, and when you do, the AI controlling it just might have honed its skills playing Minecraft.

March 24, 2016

Microsoft, owner of the popular video game, revealed that computer scientists and amateurs will be able to evaluate and develop AI software using its virtual landscapes from July. The company says Minecraft is more "sophisticated" than existing AI research simulations…

March 24, 2016

Loved by millions around the world as a game and as a creative way to learn how to code, Minecraft will become an advanced AI playground for developers this July.

March 18, 2016

An artificially intelligent program developed by Google called AlphaGo has now beaten the reigning human player of the board game Go. AlphaGo joins Deep Blue and Watson, which have both overcome their human competition to become the champions of the…

March 14, 2016

Scientists can now use the popular game to let artificial intelligence systems learn how to do things.

March 14, 2016

Today, Microsoft announced a project that enables artificial intelligence researchers to tap into the hit title to sculpt and develop their tech.

March 13, 2016

Microsoft researchers are using Project Malmo for their own research, and they have made it available to a small group of academic researchers under a private beta.