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
the_family_handyman_magazine is a newspaper 1111 06-jul-2018 100.0  
marek_koterski is an African person 1111 06-jul-2018 100.0  
stephen_birch_aquarium_museum is an aquarium 1111 06-jul-2018 100.0  
catholic_credit_union is a bank 1111 06-jul-2018 100.0  
n6_mg_24_hours is an archaeon 1111 06-jul-2018 92.3  
haugesund is a city located in the country norway 1116 12-sep-2018 93.8  
short_skirts is a clothing item to go with dresses 1111 06-jul-2018 98.4  
ross held the position of king 1115 03-sep-2018 100.0  
biz_stone is a top member of facebook 1116 12-sep-2018 98.4  
garcia is a politician who holds the office of president 1111 06-jul-2018 93.8