Moving on from 16-bit computers or giant calculators, a working AI chatbot has been created in vanilla Minecraft using redstone, Command Blocks and some form of black magic.

Minecraft: Education Edition can now teach kids how to code with the new Code Builder tool and the 'Agent', an in-game robot. Mojang will add Command Blocks in Education Edition later this year.

Players interested in automating their commands in Minecraft will have to use Command Blocks, but they’ll need to update their settings to add them into the game.

Tired of digging all those blocks in Minecraft? Help could be at hand from an artificial intelligence assistant that can dig and build on command. Facebook researchers are developing the assistant ...