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From Goodreads’ founder, Smashing debuts its AI-powered app for online readers


Smashing, a new app curating the best of the web from Goodreads co-founder Otis Chandler, is now available to the public. Like Goodreads, the app aims to

There are a good handful of AI prompts available at launch, notes Chandler, and not all will make sense to use on every news story or piece of content. For instance, there’s a silly “make it funny” prompt, and others that can simplify the story, display a timeline, or introduce “unconventional” takes that may involve thinking outside the box, helping you weigh ideas you hadn’t considered yet. The app also leverages AI to surface content from around the web and then match it to an individual reader based on what articles they tend to read, what subtopics they like, and what’s already popular in the community, as determined by upvotes and downvotes.

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