Jun 19, 2015 11:51:00

It turned out that Twitter is developing a new function "Project Lightning" that summarizes topical events with photos and videos

ByCosett

Dick · Costro CEO resigns on July 1Although Twitter is just about to be revealed, the company added a new feature "Project LightningTo be under developmentBuzzFeed NewsRevealed.

This Is Twitter's Top Secret Project Lightning - BuzzFeed News
http://www.buzzfeed.com/mathonan/twitters-top-secret-project-lightning-revealed#.lnOnpb8j6

"Project Lightning" is a new function that analyzes events that show excitement on Twitter and introduces the event on the main content of rich content such as photos and movies. Users logged into Twitter and those who are not logged in will be able to browse and events organized by Project Lightning can be embedded on the web and other applications so that they will play a big role in the next version of Twitter It is thought that "will become."

About this new feature, Twitter Kevin Weil has commented that "Project Lightning will be a totally new way to enjoy Twitter," acknowledging that the company is working on Project Lightning. However, it seems that this new feature will be released a few months ahead, and details about that are still unknown so far.

But on Twitter's mobile app, buttons for accessing Project Lightning will be added at the bottom of the home screen, and if you tap it you can see pictures and movies about various events on Twitter , That's why. Events are changing patterns from time to time, such as Grammy Awards, NBA Final, World Cup etc. Also, BuzzFeed News is looking at Project Lightning that it may be a useful function when a disaster such as the Nepal earthquake occurs.

In fact, "It's around all interesting things and may display the latest events, breaking news, sports, awards ceremonies etc. Cultural events and user's location such as user's location information etc. This is surprising content, "Weil comments.

Also, unlike the regular timeline, Project Lightning will display photos and movies on the full screen of the mobile application. Furthermore, the content gathered on Project Lightning is not only content on Twitter,VineYaPERISCOPEIt seems that it will become a function that displays the above contents collectively.

In addition, we are working on the development of technology called hyperparameter optimization method "Whetlab"We also revealed that we purchased to advance machine learning efforts.