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I've been thinking about building a browser extension that turns clickbait headlines into factual titles.

"Why is SendGrid emailing me about supporting ICE?" becomes "Phishing Campaign Targets SendGrid Users via Compromised Accounts and Politically Charged Bait"

I think it would be more time than I'd like to commit though.

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I like this idea. Also a split-window view that uses AI to fact-check and de-bias content, or at least point out bias. Perhaps color coded.

I've been pleasantly surprised how well AI does describing bias, no matter the bias, which gives me hope.

I tried to vibe code it about a year ago(a firefox extension), worked surprisingly good. Basically for a small set of web sites I frequent, just rewrite titles or remove links all together if a title is a click-bait or ragebait.

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