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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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Nov. 2, 2010, 6 p.m.

Links on Twitter: Is Patch Evil?, the future of Instapaper, Nielsen finds upswing in smartphone purchases

Coverage meets context: .@SunFoundation’s Sunlight Live starting tonight at 7 p.m. http://nie.mn/aQvgbM »

@webbmedia Saturday tweets go up tomorrow. We’ll tweet a link. »

Miss out on an #ONA10 session you really wanted to see? We’ve got ONA Rewind of Friday’s sessions http://nie.mn/aNQdU2 »

Going Gadget: Nielsen finds 41% of people who bought cell phones in last 6 months got smart phones http://nie.mn/aPjLvO »

RT @latimesbeck: We’ll be using @storify all day to bring you the best election comments and social media reaction. Join in at #latvote »

.@PBSMediaShift is hosting a daylong live chat on the election with an all-star cast of guests http://nie.mn/araUrR »

In which .@MarcoArment discusses growing Instapaper, why he’s shy on taking funding and lessons from Bruggers http://nie.mn/cSIce9 »

The Undesigned Web: Minimal, easily reformattable and controlled by readers http://nie.mn/9SP6Nt »

Election night in the newsroom: Here’s what some news orgs (old & new) have planned for today http://nie.mn/95W7oH »

A question of Evil? .@Webjournalist on why he asked "Is Patch Evil" at #ONA10, and what he thinks now http://nie.mn/9EgLLF »

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