Probably not my place to post news of this magnitude, but since nobody else has done so yet, I’m going to jump in and do it.
http://www.chatbots.org/chatbot/suzette/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loebner_Prize
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/10/24/1754216/Chatbot-Suzette-Wins-20th-Annual-Loebner-Prize-Fools-One-Judge
Congratulations Bruce!
Edit: here is another link to an interesting article about this year’s Loebner contest.
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn19643-prizewinning-chatbot-steers-the-conversation.html