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A better AI article summarizer other than Microsoft Copilot?
Good news. There's this open-source tool called Summarize that might be exactly if you're looking for a best AI to summarize long articles. It's not just another browser extension that sends your data to some random server. It actually runs locally on your machine through a small background service called a daemon. That means your articles, your PDFs, even your private documents stay on your computer. No cloud, no privacy concerns, no "we'll train our AI on your data" nonsense.
How do you use it?
- Install the CLI tool first by opening a terminal and typing npm i -g @steipete/summarize
- Install the Chrome extension from the Chrome Web Store
- Open the Side Panel in your browser
- Run summarize daemon install --token <TOKEN> in your terminal
- That's it. Now whenever you open an article, just click the extension and it summarizes instantly
The CLI-only way (no extension needed):
Just type summarize "https//example,com/article" in your terminal and it spits out a summary right there. Perfect if you're already comfortable with command line stuff.
If you want the best AI to summarize long articles on Windows 10 and you don't mind five minutes of setup, Summarize is hard to beat. It's free, it respects your privacy, and it handles almost any type of content you can throw at it. Plus, once the extension is running in your sidebar, it's literally one click away whenever you need it.