Barnes TechThere are a million different stories about all the new AI tools based on large language models (LLMs) and all the things they are able to do, ChatGPT being the most popular one recently.
I have been using AI tools a lot more recently, as I’ve written before but I wanted to call out a couple of specific apps I use a lot and how they have implemented these models in extremely useful ways.
For me, one of the most immediately useful things these models seem to do quite well is being able to summarize documents, articles, etc. and even provide the ability to ask questions about the document. Two reading apps I use a TON have implemented AI, and it nearly immediately became invaluable to me.
First, the “read later” app that I use is called Reader, by Readwise.
Readwise Reader: The first read-it-later app built for power readers.
I think it’s an excellent app, and I also use Readwise to highlight and clip things that I read, and their reader app is really well integrated with that. I also sync those highlights to Notion, which is also great. Reader has a feature called “ghost reader” which allows you to “ask the document a question”, “summarize the document”, “generate thought-provoking questions”, or “generate Q&A pairs based on your highlights.”
I frequently use the first two options, and they have been great for me. I have tried the other options and they do a surprisingly good job, I just don’t have the need for them quite as often.
Another reading app I use is called Artifact, and they just launched some summarization tools as well.
Artifact is a personalized news app that I have found to be very good, and they just added AI powered summaries as well.
They added some funny options as well, including a Gen Z mode and a Summarize this article in Emoji. Both made me laugh pretty hard when I was trying them out.