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Thomson Financial está usando computador para gerar notícias de mercado. Por Rodrigo Martin de Macedo A necessidade de notícias quase instantâneas levou a Thomson Financial a usar de um computador no intuito de automatizar a tarefa de jornalistas e escrever uma notícia em apenas 0,3 segundos. De acordo com o site Guardian Unlimited, a empresa já vem usando computadores para a redação de notícias desde março, e está tão satisfeita com o resultado que procura ampliar as tarefas automatizadas. Os softwares utilizados pela Thomson, que custam de US$ 150 a US$ 200 mil, seriam mais eficientes do que jornalistas humanos na tarefa de levar notícias rapidamente aos leitores e investidores e, segundo o site The Register, são capazes de comparar os resultados com entradas prévias no banco de dados, fazendo assim uma análise mais aprofundada. Matthew Burkley, da Thomson (thomson.com), afirmou que a questão não é a redução de custos, mas sim a entrega veloz de informação, que permite ao investidor tomar decisões mais rapidamente também. "Isto quer dizer que podemos livrar os repórteres para que eles tenham mais tempo para pensar", revelou. Para o futuro, a Thomson planeja deixar os artigos um pouco menos padronizados, através da inserção de alguns outros adjetivos no programa gerador de notícias. O artigo original do Finacial Times pode ser lido abaixo. --- clip --- Computers write news at Thomson Copyright The Financial Times Ltd 2006. "FT" and "Financial Times" are trademarks of The Financial Times Ltd. By Aline van Duyn in New York Published: August 17 2006 22:07 | Last updated: August 17 2006 23:32 First it was the typewriter, then the teleprinter. Now a US news service has found a way to replace human beings in the newsroom and is instead using computers to write some of its stories. Thomson Financial, the business information group, has been using computers to generate some stories since March and is so pleased with the results that it plans to expand the practice. The computers work so fast that an earnings story can be released within 0.3 seconds of the company making results public. By using previous results in Thomson’s database, the computer stories say whether a company has done better or worse than expected. "This is not about cost but about delivering information to our customers at a speed at which they can make an almost immediate trading decision," said Matthew Burkley, senior vice-president of strategy at Thomson Financial. "This means we can free up reporters so they have more time to think." Mr Burkley said the computer-generated stories had not made any mistakes. But he said they were very standardised. “We might try and write a few more adjectives into the program,” he said. Thomson started writing computer programs for different types of stories, at a cost of $150,000-$200,000 (79,623-106,190 pounds) per project, to try to catch up with rivals such as Reuters and Bloomberg. Thomson has also hired hundreds of specialist reporters to boost its news operations. Reuters said it automatically generated some stories, while Bloomberg said it did not. The desire for speed reflects the growth of automated trading. Many hedge funds want direct feeds that can be plugged into programs?and?used?for trading. Thomson’s automatic stories are being generated mostly in the US market. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2006 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/bb3ac0f6-2e15-11db-93ad-0000779e2340.html --- clip --- Publicado em: http://groups.google.com/group/soc.culture.brazil/browse_thread/thread/7a2a0427f3447017/e18c4658ea02e144 -- - c.a.t. http://catalisando.com Ótimo dia pra você. <*> Para assinar a lista onde se comenta: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Para enviar um comentário: [email protected] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goldenlist/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
