Microsoft to open-source AI development platform based on Minecraft

Microsoft has decided to open-source a platform used by its researchers to test artificial-intelligence projects.The AIX platform, which is already being used by Microsoft Research and is available under a private beta to select academic researchers, allows researchers to use the unstructured play in the Minecraft  game as a testing ground for their AI research.AIX will also be made available this summer under an open-source license.The announcement comes at a time when Google DeepMind is g