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    Instagram puts AI to work burying offensive comments

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    Swapna Krishna
    Swapna Krishna
    06.29.2017

    Earlier this month, Facebook announced that it had begun using a language AI called DeepText on its platform. Language is complex, and in order to better understand intent (an important part of flagging hate speech, for example), any computer program needs to figure out how humans use language. Now, Instagram, which is owned by Facebook, has announced that it's begun using DeepText to eliminate comments that violate Instagram's Community Guidelines.

  • Facebook to introduce AI that understands everything you post

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    Brittany Vincent
    Brittany Vincent
    06.01.2016

    Facebook's latest artificial intelligence system is known as "DeepText," and it has some pretty serious implications as far as privacy goes. The social network is interested in implementing the system that can help analyze thousands of posts per second across 20 different languages, all with near-human accuracy.