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CAPTCHA Busted? Company Claims To Have Broken Protection System

Posted by samzenpus on from the spell-this dept.

sciencehabit writes "A software company called Vicarious claims to have created a computer algorithm that can solve CAPTCHA with greater than 90% accuracy. If true, the advance would represent a major breakthrough in artificial intelligence. It would also mean that the internet will have to start looking for a new security system. The problem, however, is that Vicarious has provided little evidence for its claims, though some well-known scientists are behind the work."

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  1. In other news... by Cyfun · · Score: 5, Funny

    I cured cancer, stopped global warming, and found the last missing episodes of Doctor Who.

    Just take my word for it.

    --
    In Soviet Russia, dot slashes YOU!
  2. Better than humans by Manfre · · Score: 5, Funny

    I wish I could get CAPTCHAs right 90% of the time.

  3. Re:90% by hobarrera · · Score: 5, Funny

    And that's their undoing.
    Show the user 10 captchas:
    If none match -> It's an old bot
    If some match -> It's human
    It over 90% match -> It's this new algorithm.

    There, solved!

  4. Re:90% by jythie · · Score: 5, Funny

    And thus began the arms race where eventually the only way to use the internet requires buying an up to date bot plugin for your browser... ^_^