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The Definition of the Word “Captcha” (2000)

    Luis von Ahn, Manuel Blum, Nicholas J. Hopper, and John Langford coined the term CAPTCHA (Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart), flipping the original Turing test on its head to use automated image degradation to protect websites from malicious bots.

    Part of the 30 AI Roots Facts: The Era of Supercomputing & Deep Learning Seeds (1996–2000) archive. HistoricallyVerified

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