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
headset_two_way_radio is an item often found in a bedroom 1111 06-jul-2018 99.9  
times_internet is a political blog 1111 06-jul-2018 100.0  
wac_gear is a sports team 1111 06-jul-2018 100.0  
president_the_last_time is a profession 1111 06-jul-2018 90.0  
wqxq is a radio station 1111 06-jul-2018 96.9  
ellen has husband william 1116 12-sep-2018 93.8  
jamey_carroll is an athlete that flied out to position center 1111 06-jul-2018 100.0  
henry_ford is the CEO of ford 1116 12-sep-2018 100.0  
colum_lynch is a journalist that writes for the publication post 1113 15-aug-2018 93.8  
four is the number of people injured in the event dubai_bus_crash_kills_15_asian_workers 1116 12-sep-2018 100.0