<nodes> <node id="69927">  <title><![CDATA[Teaching A Computer To Have A Conversation Just Got Easier]]></title>  <uid>27556</uid>  <summary><![CDATA[]]></summary>  <body><![CDATA[<p>It has become easier to teach computers to talk. Undergrad Karthik Narayan and Charles Isbell (<em>Interactive Computing</em>) have developed new natural language generation (NLG) systems, allowing programs to use language templates more efficiently. <em>Source: North Carolina State University</em></p><p>&nbsp;</p>]]></body>  <author>Michaelanne Dye</author>  <status>1</status>  <created>1315566096</created>  <gmt_created>2011-09-09 11:01:36</gmt_created>  <changed>1475893506</changed>  <gmt_changed>2016-10-08 02:25:06</gmt_changed>  <promote>0</promote>  <sticky>0</sticky>  <teaser><![CDATA[]]></teaser>  <type>hgTechInTheNews</type>  <publication><![CDATA[Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund]]></publication>  <article_dateline>2011-09-09T00:00:00-04:00</article_dateline>  <iso_article_dateline>2011-09-09T00:00:00-04:00</iso_article_dateline>  <gmt_article_dateline>2011-09-09T00:00:00-04:00</gmt_article_dateline>  <article_url><![CDATA[http://web.ncsu.edu/abstract/technology/wms-natural-language/]]></article_url>  <media>      </media>  <hg_media>      </hg_media>  <files>      </files>  <groups>          <group id="47223"><![CDATA[College of Computing]]></group>          <group id="50876"><![CDATA[School of Interactive Computing]]></group>      </groups>  <categories>      </categories>  <keywords>          <keyword tid="2556"><![CDATA[artificial intelligence]]></keyword>          <keyword tid="10664"><![CDATA[charles isbell]]></keyword>      </keywords>  <core_research_areas>      </core_research_areas>  <news_room_topics>      </news_room_topics>    <userdata>      <![CDATA[]]>  </userdata></node></nodes>