If the story is about IBM releasing earnings, the algorithm will look at language and grammatical structure to assess how positive or negative it is and give it a score that combines sentiment, relevance, novelty and whether it is breaking news or a followup.

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Lieberman's students Birago Jones and Karthik Dinakar are working on an algorithm that would automatically detect bullying language.

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