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#search Turning trees into local reporters https://notes.alongtheray.com/turning-trees-into-local-reporters Turning Raleigh Trees into Hyperlocal News Reporters by calishat.com → How it works: when you ask a tree for local news, the program checks to find May-27-2024 11:04:07 -0400
May 27, 2024 updated May 27, 2024
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Turning trees into local reporters

Turning Raleigh Trees into Hyperlocal News Reporters by calishat.com →

How it works: when you ask a tree for local news, the program checks to find streets nearby. It then uses a news API to check WRAL, WTVD, and WNCN for mentions of those streets in the last 90 days. Finally, it bundles that information into a ChatGPT prompt and generates a summary (while links to the news articles used for the summary appear beneath.)

She will also be giving these trees the ability to give local restaurant recommendations and a heads up on nearby construction.

What wonderful and brilliant ideas. Great for local news websites.

Mosey on over to her site for other clever ideas and ways of massaging search engines and RSS tools.

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