Microsoft has decided to open-source a platform used by its researchers to test artificial-intelligence projects. AIX uses the Minecraft gaming platform for testing new research.
The AIX platform, which is already being used by Microsoft Research and is available under a private beta to select academic researchers, allows researchers to use the unstructured play in the Minecraft game as a testing ground for their AI research.
AIX will also be made available this summer under an open-source license.
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