Innovation

Facebook Wants Gamers to Play Minecraft With Its AI-Powered Bot

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The social media giant turned to the blocky, endless virtual world for research into natural language processing.

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Players of Minecraft just got a little bit of help exploring, digging, building and fighting in the popular game’s sprawling open world. 

A team of researchers at Facebook’s research wing has created an artificial intelligence that can accompany human players on their Minecraft adventures. 

The A.I.,

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