Personality Forge News

I'm pleased to announce Animus Ex Machina, a blog of bot quotes from The Personality Forge that I'll be updating regularly. If you'd like to contribute, post your hilarious and impressive quotes in Great Quotes, and I'll go through them to find quotes to include.

I've added a page for The Personality Forge on Facebook. Click here to view it and become a fan - a great way to connect with other Personality Forge users.

I am excited to announce the next step in The Personality Forge's evolution. The project is underway to translate the AI Engine from PHP to C++, to run as an ultra-fast compiled core. If all goes well, this will enable it to run blazingly fast in high traffic situations, and also enable it to more easily be used in other applications, including robotics.

I've just completed a redesign that makes the site more open and accessible, both to users and search engines. Much of the underlying code has been updated. I've removed the old frames structure, login requirements, and reduced the number of pop-up windows used while maintaining all the Forge's existing features for botmasters.

I've just finished making improvements to the import functionality. I created a primary upload step, and then significantly reduced the number of database calls and memory overhead used during the process, so that it's much faster and more dependable, especially with our larger and more advanced bots.

Congratulations to Psimagus, whose bot Brother Jerome has made the finals of the 2008 Loebner Prize. This year the Loebner Prize made changes to the rules that opened the door for Personality Forge AI to compete. We're working hard to get the offline PF Robotics Edition ready for the final competition which is at Reading University in the UK on October 12th.

Congratulations to Patti Roberts, Peter Cole, Michael Bowers, Heather McKeen and users Eugene Meltzner and Lady Orchid for their success in the 2008 Chatterbox Challenge. Patti Roberts took 1st Place for the second year in a row with her bot Bildgesmythe. Peter Cole's Brother Jerome took 2nd place again (previously in 2006), Michael's Love Agent took 4th, Heather's Julie Tinkerbell took 9th place, Eugene's Fizzy Schizoid took 11th, and Lady Orchid's chat bot took 12th. Great job, guys!

We've reached the goal of the new Xserve fund drive, thanks to the many generous donations by Personality Forge users. The Personality Forge is running on a dedicated internet connection on a state-of-the-art Xserve. Thanks to all who helped make this possible.

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