The Monitio content enrichment pipeline is based in different AI technologies: topics classification, named entities recognition and disambiguation, single and multi-document summarization, translation, clustering of articles in stories, and transcription of video and audio content. When the Monitio project started, most of the key features were available only in less than 5 languages. Currently, all the features are available in more than 30 languages, the same as the number of languages in Deutsche Welle’s monitoring use case. This was one of the big accomplishments of the project. The two other ones were the curation models that can learn and improve automatically with user feedback and the fact checking tools that derive from the research made by the University of Cambridge in the scope of the project.
Monitio will contribute to a more integrated common European market by bringing together knowledge and information from different countries and cultures that form the European Union. From the beginning, the EU, unlike other global economic powers where the culture is more monolithic, has given high importance to the preservation of the identity of people and to the sharing of the uniqueness of each culture, not only around the world but also within its borders. Bringing to market an advanced multilingual platform that can process high volumes of content, learn, share information, yet keep the added value of each language addresses a major societal and economic issue in the EU. Monitio will contribute to further developing the Digital Single Market in the EU, as direct access to information through the implemented cross-language technologies in all EU languages opens new business opportunities, with more digitisation and innovation, for SMEs and start-ups, thus increasing competitiveness and economic growth at European level.
By directly handling the problem of content verification, Monitio will contribute to a more inclusive and secure society, by offering novel ways to monitor and fact check news against reliable sources.
