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Why “Sorry, I don’t know” is sometimes the best answer: The Washington Post’s technology chief on its first AI chatbot
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Dec. 3, 2009, 6 p.m.

Links on Twitter: Trouble in the White House press pool, Dallas Morning News blurs edit and sales, YouTube slims down

Indy Star sold 1,157 four-day Thanksgiving subscriptions. Converted more than 200 customers to longer plan. http://tr.im/Gybu »

Church, meet state. Dallas Morning News sports and entertainment editors reporting to business-minded GMs. http://tr.im/Gx9O »

NY Times reporter finds TPM and Huffington Post in the White House press pool “troubling”http://tr.im/GwPk »

YouTube’s “Feather” feature strips down the site’s interface, and tosses out tools, to speed up playback. http://tr.im/GvPi »

Comcast gets 350 million views per month through video on demand. That’s TV. Not web. http://tr.im/GvIs »

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