Voici George, un célibataire enjoué de 39 ans, en quête d'amis sur internet. Il a des dons -parler dans 40 langues à 2 000 personnes en même temps- et une particularité: il n'existe pas vraiment.

George est un logiciel, le meilleur de la catégorie des "chatbots" ou robots bavards, et il a reçu ces jours-ci en Grande-Bretagne le prix Loebner, une distinction scientifique honorant les machines capables de nouer les dialogues les plus réalistes avec des humains.

20minutes.fr Article: http://www.20minutes.fr/articles/2006/09/14/20060914

Joan is just a few years old and very talkative - and now she is officially the world's most human computer program.

The Guardian Article: http://technology.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,1874860,00.html

A prestigious Artificial Intelligence (AI) prize has been won for the second year running by a British company.

Icogno scooped the 2006 Loebner Prize Bronze Medal after judges decided that its AI called Joan was the "most human computer program".

BBC News Online Article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/5355838.stm

Is this Web site a foreshadow of robots and computers taking over the world?

ABC Nightline piece: http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=2461422

Meet Joan, the world's most human computer programme. She's won a prestigious prize for artificial intelligence after chatting up the judges.

Channel 4 News Article and TV Report: http://www.channel4.com/news/special-reports/special-reports-storypage.jsp?id=3311