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I tried to solve this problem by making AI rank the stories by significance and rewriting the news titles in a boring, factual style. I think it worked quite w

I tried to solve this problem by making AI rank the stories by significance and rewriting the news titles in a boring, factual style. I think it worked quite well, there's only about 10 headlines a day (out of 15k+) that get a significance rating higher than of 5.5 out of 10. It also helps avoiding the overfocus on western issues and actually learn what's happening around the world. https://www.newsminimalist.com/ https://www.newsminimalist.com/

j_bum 2y ago
I love the idea of this tool, but there are serious issues with using LLMs to summarize articles and text. Re: Apple’s Notification Summary Debacle For example, this headline with a score > 5 is flatly incorrect. “China launches innovative flying robot to explore Moon's south pole for water resources” Every article listed in the summary says the launch is planned for 2026.
- yakhinvadim 2y ago
  Thanks! Good point. I think there will always be some hallucinations until they're solved on a model level, but I'll also try to nudge AI now to be more precise with the headlines.
josefresco 2y ago
Neat! Sounds similar to another app I've used: https://www.boringreport.org https://www.boringreport.org
starik36 2y ago
That's a pretty cool website! What prompt do you use to determine what is and isn't significant?
- yakhinvadim 2y ago
  Can't share the full prompt, but I share methodology on the about page: https://www.newsminimalist.com/about https://www.newsminimalist.com/about
  - floydnoel 2y ago
    why can't you?
WaitWaitWha 2y ago
Can I make the significance my choice? To me a news site curates news that impacts me directly or things I can do something about. This could be in a scale too. 10 is water main is broken on my street, while 0 is a car crash on the other side of the planet.
turbojet1321 2y ago
Thanks for newsminimalist - other than what comes up on HN it's the only news I read these days. It's usually just enough to keep me in touch without any of the outrage.
mcjiggerlog 2y ago
I did the same too, but by ingesting Wikipedia's current event portal. The result is a decent balance of world events, but without the sensationalism. https://detoxed.news/ https://detoxed.news/ https://github.com/tom-james-watson/detoxed.news/ https://github.com/tom-james-watson/detoxed.news/

j_bum 2y ago

I love the idea of this tool, but there are serious issues with using LLMs to summarize articles and text. Re: Apple’s Notification Summary Debacle For example, this headline with a score > 5 is flatly incorrect. “China launches innovative flying robot to explore Moon's south pole for water resources” Every article listed in the summary says the launch is planned for 2026.

yakhinvadim 2y ago
Thanks! Good point. I think there will always be some hallucinations until they're solved on a model level, but I'll also try to nudge AI now to be more precise with the headlines.

josefresco 2y ago

Neat! Sounds similar to another app I've used: https://www.boringreport.org https://www.boringreport.org

starik36 2y ago

That's a pretty cool website! What prompt do you use to determine what is and isn't significant?

yakhinvadim 2y ago
Can't share the full prompt, but I share methodology on the about page: https://www.newsminimalist.com/about https://www.newsminimalist.com/about
- floydnoel 2y ago
  why can't you?

WaitWaitWha 2y ago

Can I make the significance my choice? To me a news site curates news that impacts me directly or things I can do something about. This could be in a scale too. 10 is water main is broken on my street, while 0 is a car crash on the other side of the planet.

turbojet1321 2y ago

Thanks for newsminimalist - other than what comes up on HN it's the only news I read these days. It's usually just enough to keep me in touch without any of the outrage.

mcjiggerlog 2y ago

I did the same too, but by ingesting Wikipedia's current event portal. The result is a decent balance of world events, but without the sensationalism. https://detoxed.news/ https://detoxed.news/ https://github.com/tom-james-watson/detoxed.news/ https://github.com/tom-james-watson/detoxed.news/