Narrative Science's 'Robot Journalists' Now Tackling Real Estate
We’ve reported before on Narrative Science’s “robot journalists” that use computer algorithms to turn sports stats into news stories. Now, the company has turned its efforts to real estate pieces, providing monthly reports on 350 housing markets for trade publisher Hanley Wood.
The New York Times reports that Hanley Wood and Narrative Science worked for months to adapt the software for construction.
Here’s an example of a Narrative Science-produced piece about home sales in New York:
New home sales dipped year-over-year in May in the New York, NY market, but the percentage decline, which was less severe than in April 2011, seemed to be signaling market improvement.
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