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OpenBrief: A local-first AI reading desk for clearer, more thoughtful summaries

A developer built OpenBrief, a local-first AI reading tool that converts pasted articles and technical notes into three summary outputs while explicitly cautioning users against blindly trusting AI-generated answers. The public demo runs on a labeled fallback, with real local inference available through Ollama using the llama3.2:3b model.

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I built OpenBrief for a friend who regularly reads long articles, research summaries, and technical notes but does not always have time to process everything carefully.

OpenBrief turns pasted reading into three useful outputs:

I wanted it to be more than a tool that simply makes text shorter. The goal is to help someone understand what they read while also reminding them not to blindly trust an AI-generated answer.

Try the live demo here:

https://botpranav-01.github.io/OpenBrief/

Click Load example, then click Build my brief.

The public demo works with a clearly labeled demo fallback. For real local AI inference, install Ollama and run:

bash
ollama run llama3.2:3b

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