Daybook's Rollo Carpenter has been in the news again for his pioneering efforts in the field of AI (Artificial Intelligence), featuring on ABC News, Channel 4 News, The News at Ten (BBC), as well as appearing in the national press.

Joan wins prize for her intelligence

A chatty girl in her mid-20 scooped the prestigious Loebner prize on Sunday 17th September, in London. Called Joan, her conversation veers on the strange side, for she is a chatterbot and the prize she won was for Artificial Intelligence.

Designed by Rollo Carpenter, whose skills lie behind much of Daybook's software, including Daybook Enterprise, WebImpetus and the online content management system Caliban, Joan is an "avatar", a humanlike face to a computer programme, and convinced the judges that she was most like a human being.

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(19 September 2006)

Rollo Carpenter in the news again

It certainly provided a fillip to liven up the tail-end of summer: Daybook's software 'visionary' Rollo Carpenter suddenly cropped up in the news when his chatbot George featured at a technology exhibition in Norwich. George is a creation of his artificial intelligence (AI) programme Jabberwacky, currently considered the most humanlike AI on Earth, as the holder of the prestigious Loebner Prize.

Rollo and George featured on the BBC News At Ten, George was interviewed live on Radio 1 and by The Times and pieces appeared in several of the nationals. Even The Times of India latched onto it.

Rollo was responsible for the concept and much of the development behind Daybook's Enterprise 6 business management system and its web content management system WebImpetus.

You can have a chat with George yourself at http://www.jabberwacky.com.

(6 September 2006)

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