The Prompt API

Post by an5ragchoudhary » Tue, Apr 28, 2026, 12:12 PM UTC

bfeist wrote: post #112

haberman wrote: post #16

This API seems perfect for an idea I've had for a while: a de-snarkifier for social media. Social media can be intellectually stimulating and educational, but it's also easy to get sucked into ideological sniping and flamewars, even if you didn't go looking for it. The emotional and intellectual energy spent flaming strangers on the Internet is a complete waste of human capital. With an API like this, I assume you co…

I would love an app like this. I am a frequent user of https://www.boringreport.org/ for news, which does something like what you’re describing but for news articles.

Post by NobleLie » Tue, Apr 28, 2026, 6:40 PM UTC

jychang wrote: post #50

netcan wrote: post #39

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I think it's an interesting idea to explore. But... It's the type of idea that is unpredictable as it comes into contact with reality. If it works, it probably works very differently from the initial idea of how it will work.

Yeah, I 100% agree with the caution in this comment. I see the merit in such a proposal. It's the linguistic equivalent to boiling the food you consume, instead of eating it raw with all the associated bad stuff. The problem is, as you said, that this plan is unlikely to be as rosy as it's portrayed and probably has a lot of drawbacks in real life. Interesting to think about and explore, though.

Post by 2ndorderthought » Wed, Apr 29, 2026, 10:40 AM UTC

kbx wrote: post #143

2ndorderthought wrote: post #97

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Is it actually privacy preserving? Chrome mostly exists to extract all the information from a user it can without immediately getting a lawsuit of greater penalty than what is gained through ads, military contracts, etc. Android isn't too far off either. I would welcome any alternative to this. I can see applications for this being things like "while device is at rest and charging summarize all of the users recent te…

Hey, I'm the Chrome PM for the built-in AI APIs. I wanted to jump in on the privacy concern mentioned here. It’s a totally valid question, and transparency is the only way this can work. On-device processing is an important core design goal of these APIs. There are NO logs of the input / output interactions sent to any server, not even for training purposes. The only metrics we have are on performance, stability, and…

Post by userbinator » Sat, May 09, 2026, 11:43 PM UTC

kbx wrote: post #143

2ndorderthought wrote: post #97

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is it actually privacy preserving? Chrome mostly exists to extract all the information from a user it can without immediately getting a lawsuit of greater penalty than what is gained through ads, military contracts, etc. Android isn't too far off either. I would welcome any alternative to this. I can see applications for this being things like "while device is at rest and charging summarize all of the users recent te…

Hey, I'm the Chrome PM for the built-in AI APIs. I wanted to jump in on the privacy concern mentioned here. It’s a totally valid question, and transparency is the only way this can work. On-device processing is an important core design goal of these APIs. There are NO logs of the input / output interactions sent to any server, not even for training purposes. The only metrics we have are on performance, stability, and…