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Computers Summarize the News

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the replaced-by-a-very-small-shell-script dept.

oily_ants writes "I get sick and tired of reading the same story on different web sites. That's why I like slashdot so much. Good (??) summaries of all of the stuff out there on the net. Now there is a project at Columbia University by the nlp group that attempts to generate computer summaries of all of those news articles on different web sites. The project is called Newsblaster and the summaries are excellent. You can read about the project on regular news sites like Online Journalism Review or USA Today."

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  1. Bold Article by FortKnox · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Its bold of slashdot to have an article about technology that may put them out of business. Why not go ahead and put up other articles that are just as bold? ;-)

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    Good quote, too many chars. Seriously, the slashdot 120 char limit sucks!
  2. Re:Slashdot has something they don't have by EricKrout.com · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    What are you talking about? It's well-known that the comments aren't worth shit according to the people who run this site.

    (Go ahead, fanboys, mod me down. You know it's true.)

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  3. What Will Google Do Next? by lazarus · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    WOW! Web, Images, Groups, Directory, and now News. What's next on the web that needs to be categorized? How about:
    • warez.google.com
    • porn.google.com
    • ogg.google.com
    • divx.google.com
    We should have a poll! Ah crap, I guess they probably won't do any of that. Instead we'll probably get:
    • recipes.google.com
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    I am not interested in articles about life extension advancements.