# Automatic Text Simplification of News Articles in the Context of Public Broadcasting

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2212.13317 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/2212.13317/

## Key facts

- No citing papers in the map yet (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- Builds on 16 of its 29 references that are in the map.
- First posted on arXiv 26 Dec 2022.

## Builds on (most cited first, 16 of 16)

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## Abstract (arXiv)

This report summarizes the work carried out by the authors during the Twelfth Montreal Industrial Problem Solving Workshop, held at Universit'e de Montr'eal in August 2022. The team tackled a problem submitted by CBC/Radio-Canada on the theme of Automatic Text Simplification (ATS).