Machines equipped with artificial intelligence (AI) have performed better than human beings in a high-level test of reading comprehension. Two natural language processing tools received higher test scores than humans in recent exams. One of the tools is a product of the American software maker Microsoft. The other was created by the Chinese online seller Alibaba Group. Alibaba reported its success earlier this month. The company said that a deep-learning model developed by its Institute of Data Science of Technologies was the first to beat a human score in the reading comprehension test. The test is called the Stanford Question Answering Dataset. It was developed by researchers at Stanford University in California.
Title: Artificial Intelligence Beats Humans in Major Reading Test
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data-start-time='28729' data-end-time='36146'>One of the tools is a product of the American software maker Microsoft.</span> <span data-start-time='36146' data-end-time='43854'>The other was created by the Chinese online seller Alibaba Group.</span> <span data-start-time='43854' data-end-time='50271'>Alibaba reported its success earlier this month.</span> <span data-start-time='50271' data-end-time='67792'>The company said that a deep-learning model developed by its Institute of Data Science of Technologies was the first to beat a human score in the reading comprehension test.</span> <span data-start-time='67792' data-end-time='74604'>The test is called the Stanford Question Answering Dataset.</span> <span data-start-time='74604' data-end-time='81833'>It was developed by researchers at Stanford University in California.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' 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