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August 07, 2024 / 00:52

This episode discusses the news reporter widget, a new software that summarizes news articles and translates them into audio. Tim, the CFO, shares his experience with the widget and its implications for journalism.

The conversation begins with Tim explaining the functionality of the news reporter widget, which compiles news stories from various sources and reads them aloud in an AI voice. He highlights its presence on his home screen and plays a sample news story.

Tim humorously critiques the nature of the news being summarized, referring to it as "nothing news" and expressing his frustration with the content he has to read daily. He mentions the widget's similarity to Spotify DJ but for news.

The discussion raises questions about the ethics of using AI to summarize journalism without proper attribution, emphasizing the potential impact on the industry.

TLDR

Tim discusses the news reporter widget that summarizes news articles into audio, raising ethical concerns about AI in journalism.

Episode

0:52

00:00:00

can we talk about the news reporter widget there is one interesting new piece of software called the news

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reporter widget you might see it on my home screen here it is uh circle with eight bars it is summarizing a bunch of

00:00:12

new news articles from various sources then it translates them to audio and reads them to you in an AI voice and I'm

00:00:20

going to play please my latest news story from today Wednesday July 31st okay welcome to nothing news where the

00:00:28

only thing we're not short on is bad news I'm Tim the CFO and I'm stuck reading this stuff out every day guess

00:00:34

that's what I get for investing in nothing it's a real nothing Venture this is Spotify DJ but for the news for NPR

00:00:41

is it just going to like summarize a bunch of stories that were written by actual journalists and then not quote or

00:00:48

reference anything corre sick

Episode Highlights

Introducing the News Reporter Widget
A new software that summarizes news articles and reads them in an AI voice.
“It translates them to audio and reads them to you in an AI voice.”
@ 00m 15s
August 07, 2024
Welcome to Nothing News
Tim introduces his show, highlighting the abundance of bad news.
“The only thing we're not short on is bad news.”
@ 00m 25s
August 07, 2024

Episode Quotes

I'm stuck reading this stuff out every day.
AI News Reporters coming soon to a phone near you #mkbhd #smartphone #waveformpodcast
It's a real nothing Venture.
AI News Reporters coming soon to a phone near you #mkbhd #smartphone #waveformpodcast

Key Moments

AI Voice Reading00:15
Nothing News Introduction00:25