Wave - Communicate and collaborate in real time. As we announced in August 2010, we are not continuing active development of Google Wave as a stand-alone product.
Google Wave will be shut down in April 2012. This page details the implication of the turn down process for Google Wave. Online worlds to be AI incubators. Online worlds such as Second Life will soon become training grounds for artificial intelligences.
Researchers at US firm Novamente have created software that learns by controlling avatars in virtual worlds. Initially the AIs will be embodied in pets that will get smarter by interacting with the avatars controlled by their human owners. Novamente said it eventually aimed to create more sophisticated avatars such as talking parrots and even babies. Newsbeat - Groove Armada launch album with PS3 gig.