The day we presented our Best of The Beat Business Awards, on January 20 th, I was at my desk working like a madwoman to try to finish up guests lists, etc. I rely on my computer more than most; it’s ...

Researchers from the University of Illinois are developing a computer system capable of communicating with humans through the medium of jazz, playing improvised pieces in real time. The project forms ...

Forget the Men Who Stare At Goats - the latest project undertaken by US defence research is even stranger: teaching computers to play jazz. If the plan works, it could lead one day to a robotic jazz ...

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Jazz-playing computers and robots could soon yield clues about how to help people collaborate with machines, researchers say. The new project, called MUSICA (short for Musical Improvising ...