Microsoft has released artificial intelligence system Project Malmo to the open-source community. The system, now available to all, uses Minecraft to test artificial intelligence protocols. On Thursday, the Redmond giant revealed the shift of Project Malmo from the hands of a small group of computer scientists in a private preview to GitHub, a code repository for open-source projects.
Formerly referred to as Project AIX, the platform has been developed in order to give startups a cheap, effective way to test out artificial intelligence programming without the need to build robots to test commands and comprehension with physical subjects.
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