The company behind the AP’s ‘robot journalists’ is opening up its technology for everyone
Technology is already being used by companies like the Associated Press and Yahoo to auto-generate data-heavy articles about quarterly earnings, college sports, and even fantasy football recaps. Today, the company is unveiling a public-facing version of its Wordsmith platform for anyone to use. You can sign up for access to the beta, with general availability […]
Google founder defends accident records of self-driving cars
SAN FRANCISCO – Google co-founder Sergey Brin says he sees little reason to release the accident reports involving the Internet company’s self-driving cars because he believes there’s nothing new in documents withheld to protect the privacy of other motorists. Brin, who oversees Google’s fleet of self-driving cars, outlined his rationale Wednesday during a sometimes-testy exchange […]