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Condensing News Newsblaster at Work
Condensing News There's an interesting article on Wired about The Push for News Returns. Essentially, it's about smart programs that can find multiple information sources and summarise them into a consistent paragraph. The short time-line of such projects is discussed, as well as some of the many benefits. However, some issues are raised in the objectivity of the posts -- keeping in mind that subjective "weblogs" are very popular at the moment. There are some measly technical details, but you'll have to read between the lines, or check out the home-pages for more information. In my mind, the task is split into two parts; locating and grouping the articles, and then paraphrasing them. The first part can be achieved by scanning source sites for links (much like Google's News Search is doing), and then grouping them by keywords. The second part is a bit more tricky as it requires good semantics, a good understanding of vocabulary, and a fairly consequent "english sentence" template to express all the information. No doubt I'll be experimenting with all this in the near future! | Alex J. Champandard 934 posts. Wednesday 03 April, 21:33 Reply
Computer Scribe Hits the Web Another interesting article on the topic over on BBC News -- Computer Scribe Hits the Web. Interesting how opposing stories aren't handled correctly, and the lack of subjectivity is the key argument of journalists. | Alex J. Champandard 934 posts. Monday 15 April, 16:42 Reply