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British computer boffin wins $250,000 Turing Award

Professor Les Valiant has received $250,000 prize money for his life's work, leading to machines which can almost ‘think' and can beat humans at complex intellectual tasks. His research has created complex mathematical algorithms which allow computers to ‘learn', leading to email spam filters, speech recognition software and stock market …

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