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# The Washington Post is also using AI for comments
- URL: https://onemanandhisblog.com/2017/06/washington-post-modbot-comments-ai/
- Published: 2017-06-23T13:35:19.000Z
- Updated: 2017-06-23T13:35:19.000Z
- Author: Adam Tinworth
- Tags: artificial intelligence, comments, community management, community strategy, washington post

Looks like the [“AI for comments” trend is on the match](https://www.washingtonpost.com/pr/wp/2017/06/22/the-washington-post-leverages-artificial-intelligence-in-comment-moderation/?utm%5Fterm=.0026b5192c45&ref=onemanandhisblog.com):

> The *Washington Post* has launched ModBot, a software application that utilizes artificial intelligence to moderate comments. The proprietary technology uses machine learning to automatically filter comments that require human moderating, flag stories that require real-time monitoring, and approve or delete comments based on The Post’s discussion policy. The technology evaluates comments using an algorithm that has been trained by The Post’s years-long history of human-moderated comments.

Note that it’s a *proprietary* technology. Interesting how the Post seems to be investing in serious tech under Bezos ownership. That doesn’t mean that there’s no collaboration going on, though:

> Later this summer, The Post will pair ModBot with Talk, the comment management and moderation software developed by The Coral Project, a collaboration between The Post, The New York Times, and Mozilla funded by a grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.

Great to see innovation in reader interaction, rather than withdrawal from it.