Introducing Sheldon
- Sheldon finds news & information on any topic and breaks it down into bullet points
- It also provides background and context behind news stories which is often missed
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Sheldon gets the most important information for you from all these sources. You can also add your own!
How It Works
Get the most important info on any topic
You can give specific topics like "SpaceX" or broader ones like "Geopolitics" and watch it summarize the most important bits for you.
- Enter your topics
Add your list of topics you care about, and share a source. It can be a Reddit Forum, YouTube Channel, or even a link to your favorite magazine.
- Sheldon Analyzes and Adds Context
Sheldon analyzes everything it finds on the internet and breaks it down into bullet point summaries. It also adds knowledge to news stories which help you understand the context behind them better.
- Check your email or dashboard
Sheldon will send the most important news or info it finds on your topics each morning, and if you don’t want to clutter your inbox, you can just check your dashboard.
Frequently asked questions
- How does Sheldon help prevent bias?
For US Political News, Sheldon is given a range of news sources labeled with its corresponding political lean (Left, or Right). Sheldon will try to search across sources from both sides of the spectrum, and present you summaries from each side.
- How accurate is Sheldon's analysis and sumamries?
Sheldon is powered by a large language model, and therefore does have the potential to make errors in its analysis. Sheldon is a great tool to break news down, or get the tldr version of a topic, but it should not be a replacement for reading the full article and evaluating multiple sources.
- How was Sheldon Built?
Sheldon uses APIs from common websites like Reddit, YouTube, and New York Times to aggregate articles on a topic. It then uses the Llama2 language model to summarize the articles into bullet points. It's prompted to use general knowledge from the internet to add context to the summaries.