{"id":2082,"date":"2016-01-28T12:30:26","date_gmt":"2016-01-28T12:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/?p=2082"},"modified":"2016-08-04T13:08:46","modified_gmt":"2016-08-04T12:08:46","slug":"kwiziq-a-i-upgraded-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/kwiziq-a-i-upgraded-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Kwiziq A.I. upgraded today!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/files\/french\/blog\/2016\/01\/kwizbot-algo-upgrade.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-2086 size-medium\" src=\"\/files\/french\/blog\/2016\/01\/kwizbot-algo-upgrade-300x252.png\" alt=\"KwizBot algorithm upgrade\" width=\"300\" height=\"252\" srcset=\"\/files\/french\/blog\/2016\/01\/kwizbot-algo-upgrade-300x252.png 300w, \/files\/french\/blog\/2016\/01\/kwizbot-algo-upgrade-190x160.png 190w, \/files\/french\/blog\/2016\/01\/kwizbot-algo-upgrade-160x135.png 160w, \/files\/french\/blog\/2016\/01\/kwizbot-algo-upgrade-80x67.png 80w, \/files\/french\/blog\/2016\/01\/kwizbot-algo-upgrade.png 327w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>After several months of behind-the-scenes artificial brain surgery, <a href=\"\/blog\/meet-kwizbot\/\">KwizBot<\/a> today gets a new brain to help you improve your French even faster than before. 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