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Early Monday morning, [[bp:Meowth346|Meowth346]] wrote a program to automatically update the front page news items. The program currently uses a moderately complex algorithm to select and prioritise articles, but it is expected to become even more complex to simulate a hand-picked front page.
Early Monday morning, [[bp:Meowth346|Meowth346]] wrote a program to automatically update the front page news items. The program currently uses a moderately complex algorithm to select and prioritise articles, but it is expected to become even more complex to simulate a hand-picked front page.


The program was put into live service Tuesday night, and made its first regular update at 8PM UTC.
The program was put into live service Tuesday night, and was scheduled to make its first regular update at 8PM UTC, however, there were complications and the scheduler failed to execute the program.  


It is hoped that the program will not become self-aware as more AI features are added to it.
It is hoped that the program will not become self-aware as more AI features are added to it.