News agency Reuters is using artificial intelligence ( AI ) to automatically identify relevant news stories . The system processes 12 million tweets every day, rejecting almost 80 percent of them as noise. 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 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 .