Robots are people too: Google algorithm passes 'human' test

By Mahesh Sharma
Updated April 23 2014 - 3:08pm, first published April 22 2014 - 12:21pm
Street smarts: How a computer can identify different numbers from Google Street View images. Photo: Screenshot
Street smarts: How a computer can identify different numbers from Google Street View images. Photo: Screenshot

Google researchers have developed technology that nearly perfectly deciphers the distorted combinations of numbers and letters commonly used on the internet to test whether or not someone is human.