Company claims CAPTCHA-breaking AI breakthrough
Start-up Vicarious claims to have developed an algorithm that can break CAPTCHAs
A start-up has claimed a breakthrough in artificial intelligence (AI) with the development of software that can "break" CAPTCHA tests. This, it claims, can fool websites into thinking that it is human...
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