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Next-Generation CAPTCHA Exploits the Semantic Gap
captcha_fun writes "Researchers at Penn State have developed a patent-pending image-based CAPTCHA technology for next-generation computer authentication. A user is asked to pass two tests: (1) click the geometric center of an image within a composite image, and (2) annotate an image using a word selected from a list. These images shown to the users have fake colors, textures, and edges, based on a sequence of randomly-generated parameters. Computer vision and recognition algorithms, such as alipr, rely on original colors, textures, and shapes in order to interpret the semantic content of an image. Because of the endowed power of imagination, even without the correct color, texture, and shape information, humans can still pass the tests with ease. Until computers can 'imagine' what is missing from an image, robotic programs will be unable to pass these tests. The system is called IMAGINATION and you can try it out." This sounds promising given how broken current CAPTCHA technology is.
It's already spotted that I am a computer and it won't even load.
Why don't we take a note from TV and have the user sing the missing lyrics of a classic hit. Even if they don't pass, it will make for much more fun around the computer, especially at the office.
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Will code for new sig.
They might have a good captcha but it's already broken: they are unable to serve it as fast as required, which prevents legitimate users from accessing a real server content... No user on any site would wait so long just to pass a captcha test.
This just reaffirms the article's conviction that the CAPTCHA is broken.
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I can already see how this is going to go.
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Sir, i take my hat off. Bravo!
Aha, the next AI micro-X-Prize has been announced!