NELL: Never-Ending Language Learning

Read the Web
Browse the Knowledge Base!

Can computers learn to read? We think so. "Read the Web" is a research project that attempts to create a computer system that learns over time to read the web. Since January 2010, our computer system called NELL (Never-Ending Language Learner) has been running continuously, attempting to perform two tasks each day:

So far, NELL has accumulated over 50 million candidate beliefs by reading the web, and it is considering these at different levels of confidence. NELL has high confidence in 2,810,379 of these beliefs — these are displayed on this website. It is not perfect, but NELL is learning. You can track NELL's progress below or @cmunell on Twitter, browse and download its knowledge base, read more about our technical approach, or join the discussion group.

Recently-Learned Facts Follow NELL on Twitter

instance iteration date learned confidence
potato_wedges is a food 1111 06-jul-2018 98.3  
ames_hotels is a tourist attraction 1111 06-jul-2018 94.6  
n30101 is a ZIP code 1111 06-jul-2018 99.6  
john_l__esposito is an author in the scientific field of machine learning 1111 06-jul-2018 99.9  
stomach_flu_viruses is a virus 1111 06-jul-2018 98.8  
cbc is a company in the economic sector of media 1114 25-aug-2018 99.8  
thomas has been charged with murder 1116 12-sep-2018 100.0  
eve and eden are family members 1111 06-jul-2018 100.0  
climbing is a sport taught in the country __america 1116 12-sep-2018 99.9  
rep_ is a person who has residence in the geopolitical location arizona 1112 24-jul-2018 96.9