Deployed: The AI Product Podcast Creating an AI-Powered News App with Particle Co-Founder Sara Beykpour
Nov 25, 2024
Sara Beykpour, Co-founder and CEO of Particle, discusses how her news app uses AI to revolutionize news consumption. She highlights the challenges of summarization and the importance of maintaining quality and trust in AI-generated content. Sara shares insights on prompt engineering and integrating user feedback into product development. The conversation also touches on evolving attitudes towards AI in journalism and how tech firms can collaborate with publishers to enhance reliability in news. A must-listen for anyone curious about AI's role in media!
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LLM Evaluations
- LLMs perform well on individual requests but can fail at scale.
- Multiple evaluations decrease hallucinations when scaling.
Particle's Origin
- Sara Beykpour and Marcel Posner considered news and its connection to current events.
- GPT 3.5's capabilities inspired them to explore AI applications in news delivery.
Using AI in News Apps
- Particle uses AI to summarize news stories from multiple sources.
- It provides summaries, key takeaways, and access to source material, enhancing news consumption.