Microsoft researchers dream big
C|Net | at | by Mike
What if your computer could read the newspaper for you and tell you just what you needed to know? What about 1,000 newspapers? Researchers at Microsoft think computers can do just that. Someday.
Microsoft research is looking into creating software that can read the whole article--and dozens of others on the same topic--and come up with an accurate summary. In theory the research could be extended to even allow the summary to mimic a particular style--giving, say, a Wall Street Journal-style summary of Jennifer Lopez' wedding to Marc Anthony.