Twitter brings IBM’s AI machine Watson on board to fight abuse – Telegraph.co.uk

Twitter is employing the help of artificial intelligence to crack down on abuse on its platform amid a furore over social media companies failing to police hate speech online.

The social media giant is teaming up with IBM to use its Watson AI technology to track and stem abusive messages.

Watson can understand natural language, intonation and glean information from images. Famed for beating two of the most successful contestants on the popularJeopardygame show, it has recently been put to the task of fighting cyber crime and profiling people for targeted advertising. Now, it will be analysing millions of Twitter posts a second to scan for hate speech.

"We have had some abuse on the platform. We've talked very publicly in the past few months and said our number one priority is to stop the abuse," said Chris Moody, vice president of data strategy at Twitter, as he announced Twitter is partnering with IBM.

"Watson is really good at understanding nuances in language and intention," said Moody. "What we want to do is be able to identify abuse patterns early and stop this behaviourbefore it starts."

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Twitter brings IBM's AI machine Watson on board to fight abuse - Telegraph.co.uk