Breakfast briefing: Could the internet harbour artificial life?

• Can computers become self-aware? That's the hypothesis of a gang of researchers in Silicon Valley who wants to pool resources to find out if it is possible to create artificial life on the net . According to the New York Times, the scheme - called EvoGrid - is being modelled after the Seti@Home project which used spare computing cycles on people's PCs to try and analyse from space. • After strong reactions to the previews of Google Wave earlier this year, more than 100,000 people will get invites to the system on Wednesday . If you're able to give it a test run, tell us what you think in the comments. • If you're looking for something to do, may I recommend listening to the latest episode of the Guardian's Tech Weekly podcast ? With all the excitement about gaming over the past week - Tokyo Games Show, Halo ODST, Nintendo Wii price cuts - we thought we'd chat to the people behind some of the biggest titles in the industry: so Charles and I speak to those who work on the Guitar Hero franchise and forthcoming Fifa 10 . You can follow our links and commentary each day through Twitter ( @guardiantech , or our personal accounts ) or by watching our Delicious feed

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Breakfast briefing: Could the internet harbour artificial life?

Artificial intelligence: Machines that make us look stupid

Machine intelligence is predicted to exceed that of humans as soon as 2030. Science fiction has given us a foretaste of what life will be like when they finally leave us behind.

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Artificial intelligence: Machines that make us look stupid