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Emory University team wins Alexa Prize Grand Challenge 3

$500,000. That's what Emory University just won for building the best conversational AI socialbot in Amazon's Alexa Prize competition.

Reporting by Amazon Science 1 min brief
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Academic institutions are competing at the highest levels of conversational AI development, with substantial prize money validating the commercial potential of socialbot technology for voice assistants.

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  1. $500,000 prize amount

  2. Alexa Prize Grand Challenge 3

  3. Emora socialbot winner

  4. Emory University team

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Publisher excerpt: Team awarded $500,000 prize for performance of its Emora socialbot.
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