Game Web site gets users to help make computers smarter

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This image of a web page provided by Carnegie Mellon University shows the portal to www.gwap.com which launches on Wednesday May 14 2008. The site is made up of five simple games that are each designed to help computers with tasks they cant automatic ...
This image of a web page provided by Carnegie Mellon University shows the portal to www.gwap.com, which launches on Wednesday, May 14, 2008. The site is made up of five simple games that are each designed to help computers with tasks they can't automatically do. The tasks include improving computer searches for images or audio clips. (AP Photo/Carnegie Mellon University)

(AP) -- Carnegie Mellon University researchers hope Web surfers will spend their free time playing Internet-based games to help other people's and businesses' computers get smarter.


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