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Show HN: Attabit – AI powered news

#1

Post by gordondavidf »

Hi HN! I built a GPT powered tool that searches for today's top news, creates article summaries with GPT4, and will even read those summaries aloud while scrolling down the page for you (just click 'Play Audio').

I instruct GPT4 to be as neutral (politically) as possible and to not cover tragedies with no historical significance.

What you get is a news site that heavily respects your time.

I've had a lot of fun building this for friends and family. I can imagine a future where we all have a personal version of this, searching for news we care about and eventually going beyond just aggregation and moving on to custom reporting.

Check it out and let me know your thoughts? Thanks.

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#2

Post by unraveller »

I like the design. Little jitter trying to scroll though. I just wish you could filter by news source. It would be cool if you could filter by types of stories which have a certain bend, like "show me only those stories which are highly similar to the types of stories the org used to run from 1970-2015. Or always temper this source with that one for balance.

There ain't much point in hiding the clickbait title from your view if you are still going to read the summarized thoughts of a clickbait specialist. It's a problem that extends further than the title, the stench of it remains.

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Post by gordondavidf »

unraveller wrote: post #2

I like the design. Little jitter trying to scroll though. I just wish you could filter by news source. It would be cool if you could filter by types of stories which have a certain bend, like "show me only those stories which are highly similar to the types of stories the org used to run from 1970-2015. Or always temper this source with that one for balance. There ain't much point in hiding the clickbait title from y…

Thanks for the notes and for checking it out.

Right now it obviously just covers existing news articles but the future (of this or something like this) is for each news story to be a reporting on what's happening separate from what any individual news source says. Maybe it checks multiple news sources, their primary sources, social media etc. Ideally it would do the work to determine what is happening and what is relevant for you -- many searches around the internet per story.

Not sure how to pull this off but 10 years from now I feel like that would be the norm? And it would personalize it to anything you want in any tone you want. You want honest news in the style of a pirate? Arrr-here ye go.

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#4

Post by unshavedyak »

Looks cool! Very early impression is that i like it.

- I'd appreciate some ways to exhaust the list, though. Ie being able to just listen to yesterdays news and get a start-to-finish experience.

- I love the playback. Feels very natural, sounds good.

- The length of each post feels great. Just slightly longer than reading titles on something like Reddit or w/e, but not so long that i'm feeling much - if any - cost in reading/listening to posts.

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#5

Post by unshavedyak »

unshavedyak wrote: post #4

Looks cool! Very early impression is that i like it. - I'd appreciate some ways to exhaust the list, though. Ie being able to just listen to yesterdays news and get a start-to-finish experience. - I love the playback. Feels very natural, sounds good. - The length of each post feels great. Just slightly longer than reading titles on something like Reddit or w/e, but not so long that i'm feeling much - if any - cost in…

I think it would be also really cool to see a "More depth" link, which gives more information on the subject. More stats, contributing factors, etc.

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Post by unshavedyak »

unshavedyak wrote: post #5
unshavedyak wrote: post #4

Looks cool! Very early impression is that i like it. - I'd appreciate some ways to exhaust the list, though. Ie being able to just listen to yesterdays news and get a start-to-finish experience. - I love the playback. Feels very natural, sounds good. - The length of each post feels great. Just slightly longer than reading titles on something like Reddit or w/e, but not so long that i'm feeling much - if any - cost in…

I think it would be also really cool to see a "More depth" link, which gives more information on the subject. More stats, contributing factors, etc.

And finally, assuming this page updates throughout the day, it would be nice if the page kept track of read/listened posts. A "Resume" button along with the play, would be really handy.

I'll keep giving it a try tomorrow/etc, but i like it! Nice job!

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#9

Post by illegalmemory »

I recently made something similar. I started with the same foundation you currently have (aim to make "neutral" and "de-sensationalized") but ultimately narrowed my focus exclusively to Developer news (since I couldn't achieve desired results). There were always something amiss.
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