# Facebook Is Developing A Tool To Summarize News Articles - Host: [buzzfeednews.com](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/hosts/buzzfeednews.com/) - Saved: December 20, 2020 (2020-12-21T01:57:03Z) - Record: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/159c4f027daf/ - JSON: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/159c4f027daf.json ## What Jamie wrote Okay, wait a second. So, Facebook, who already should not be trusted to decide which content you want to see, is now suggesting that in addition to determining what you will see they will also summarize it so you don't have to read the whole thing? > During Tuesday’s meeting, the company also unveiled an AI assistant tool called “TLDR,” which could summarize news articles in bullet points so that a user wouldn’t have to read the full piece. Named after the online acronym for “too long, didn’t read,” the tool supposedly could also provide audio narration, as well as a vocal assistant to answer. You have to be kidding me. This reaction is perfect. > “I feel sometimes like there is someone in FB HQ whose job is trying to come up with new ways of completely destroying any semblance of intelligence in America,” tweeted WNYC editor-in-chief Audrey Cooper. My reaction to Facebook's TL;DR? How about WTF! ## Facts - Kind: [Page](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/kinds/page/) ## Same host - [Clearview AI’s Facial Recognition App Is Violating Apple’s Rules](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/88d03d408757/) (buzzfeednews.com, March 2, 2020) - [Whistleblower Says Facebook Ignored Global Political Manipulation](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/ab9f293c34ce/) (buzzfeednews.com, September 20, 2020) - [Friends And Family Members Of QAnon Believers Are Going Through A "Surreal Goddamn Nightmare"](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/9f6b61543f9a/) (buzzfeednews.com, September 20, 2020) - [A Home Security Tech Hacked Into Cameras To Watch People Undressing And Having Sex, Prosecutors Say](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/86c7d83b69c6/) (buzzfeednews.com, January 27, 2021) - [Facebook Is Building An Instagram For Kids](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/438118d094eb/) (buzzfeednews.com, March 25, 2021) ## Saved the same week - [SPS Commerce Acquires Data Masons | SPS Commerce, Inc.](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/3a872084a623/) (investors.spscommerce.com, December 19, 2020) - [xkcd: 2020 Election Map](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/53054f427847/) (xkcd.com, December 19, 2020) - [The Hustle Is Dead to Me — MacSparky](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/afb849835f26/) (macsparky.com, December 19, 2020) - [384 Ways to Help | by MacKenzie Scott | Dec, 2020 | Medium](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/02e3a3ccd8e4/) (mackenzie-scott.medium.com, December 19, 2020) - [The Observer Effect – Tobi Lütke](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/48f757c4ed48/) (theobservereffect.org, December 20, 2020) ## Elsewhere - Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanmac/facebook-news-article-summary-tools-brain-reader