This Computer Algorithm Can Spot Drunk Tweets

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Typing out semi-illegible tweets while you stumble around trying to find your Uber is the go-to end to a late night out in 2016. However, those sloshed tweets could actually be used for some good, thanks to this machine learning-based algorithm.

A group of computer scientists from the University of Rochester has developed a machine-learning algorithm that they've trained to detect inebriated tweets. Their study was recently published in the journal arXiv.