News agency Reuters is using artificial intelligence ( AI ) to automatically identify relevant news stories . The company 's research and development team has created a system called Reuters Twitter , which uses Twitter to track news events as they happen . The system automatically selects the most relevant and writes a headline and comment , which are then sent around the company 's global distribution channels . The system analyses around 12 million tweets a day , half of which come from accounts curated by the journalists , and half of which are randomly sampled . The company claims the system has worked well in tests , generating accurate alerts quickly .
News agency Reuters is using artificial intelligence (AI) to automatically identify breaking news stories. The company's research and development team has created a system called Reuters Tracer, which uses Twitter to monitor news events as they happen. The system automatically selects the most relevant and writes a headline and summary, which are then sent around the company's global distribution channels. The software analyses around 12 million tweets a day, half of which come from accounts curated by Reuters journalists, and half of which are randomly sampled. The company claims the system has worked well in tests, generating accurate alerts quickly.