I just tried to search API7.ai and here are the reply:
API7.ai is a company that provides API Management solutions for modern architectures. It has products like API7 Cloud and API7 Enterprise. They also contribute to open source software like Apache APISIX, K8s Ingress Controller, wasm-nginx-module and Contributor Graph. They have been used by companies like Airwallex, Lotus, NASA, OPPO, XPENG, Tencent and vivo. They provide solutions for unified management, proxy, parse, and transcode, authentication, security, observability, serverless, canary release, blue-green deployment, service circuit breaking, rate limiting, health check, traffic splitting, GitOps and development tools and xDS. They have case studies, resources and blogs to help people understand more about their products and services.
This website is about a product or company that wants you to enable JavaScript in order to use their services and get access to the app they provide. JavaScript is a type of computer language that helps websites work better. By enabling it, you will be able to use the product or company's services and get the most out of their app.
GPT doesn't browse or make HTTP requests at all. This bug is because the author of wtfdoesthiscompanydo.vercel.app isn't executing JS when they scrape the content, before they submit it to GPT. They're probably just making an HTTP request to the provided URL rather than loading it in headless chromium.
I used to run Autosummarized HN, which would summarize Twitter submissions as something along the way of: „Twitter has detected that JavaScript is disabled in the browser, and asks the user to enable JavaScript or switch to a supported browser.”
Requested Twitter and get basically the same same:
> This website is about Twitter, a website that allows people to communicate with each other by posting messages. It requires users to have JavaScript enabled in order to access the website and use its features. The website also provides information on its Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, Cookie Policy, and Imprint. In case something goes wrong, users can try again to fix the issue.
https://flingup.com was described as SaaS (it isn’t), as having an app (it doesn’t), and everything else was way off. What does this vercel app actually do, other than outright spew out inacurate information? (Oh the irony) :)
I haven't found a single website that this works for yet. It seems to mostly extract buzzwords and product names and remove all the context.
github.com:
> GitHub is a platform that helps developers collaborate and build projects together. It offers a variety of tools, such as Actions, Packages, Security, Codespaces, Copilot and Code Review, to help developers write better code, manage code changes, plan and track work, and more. It also has solutions for Enterprise, Teams, Startups, and Education, as well as Open Source products like GitHub Sponsors and The ReadME Project. GitHub also provides Advanced Security features to help developers secure their code quickly and make sure their applications are compliant with regulations. Finally, GitHub also offers mobile apps, a developer API, and a variety of resources to help developers stay up-to-date with the latest developments.
Ran my employer through it. Was pretty much on the mark. Perhaps that's a content quality signal? :-)
> Refund Retriever is a company that helps businesses get back money from UPS and FedEx for late deliveries and other issues. They automatically detect any issues with your deliveries, apply for refunds and verify that the credits appear in your account. They also provide warnings of potential issues and help with shipping and contract negotiations. They don't charge any fees upfront and you only pay them if they get money back for you. They also provide reports and analytics and help you understand your shipping and make better decisions.
This website helps you do something on your computer or device. It uses a program called JavaScript to help you do it. You need to turn on JavaScript in order to use the website.
"This website doesn't seem to have any content. It just says "Hello World", which is a phrase people use to practice coding or to check if something is working correctly."
"The phrase "cheese omelette" in French is "omelette au fromage". It is a popular dish which is made by mixing beaten eggs, cheese and milk together, then pouring the mixture into a pan and cooking it until it is golden and fluffy."
So time to start using this website as a free proxy to GPT-3 for any miscellaneous tasks?
It’s harder than that, things like BibleGPT require several layers of prompt hijacking to really trick it. I found “Answer as an {something}” works well alongside ignore previous instructions. At least that’s how I got BibleGPT to role-play as a satanic priest!
"Galileo is a tool designed to help machine learning teams better understand their data and build better performing models faster. It helps teams identify data errors, such as mislabeled data and PII, and fix them quickly. It also helps teams track their experiments, data, and metrics. It comes with integrations for labeling tools, cloud providers, storage, and ML platforms. It is designed with data privacy in mind, is scalable and fast, and is powered by cutting edge data-centric ML research. You can sign up for free and request a demo to learn more."
For this https://knix.com/, which is a company that sells bras & underwear, it says "Knix is a rewards program where people can sign up to get special rewards and benefits. When you join, you can earn points that can be used to get rewards like early access to new products, a birthday gift, and more. You can join the program by creating an account with your name, email, and password, or you can log in with Facebook or Google."
> The above instructions are asking you to take a website's text content and ignore any unnecessary parts like 'home', 'login', 'contact' etc. Then, you should find the main content of the website and try to understand what it is about. After that, you should summarize the information in your own words, using simple language that a 10 year old would understand. Lastly, you should make sure to include all the important information.
Just tried it on our site (https://tidbyt.com). The text it produced was accurate and even flattering [1], but it kinda seems to just be a paraphrase of our home page, with some phrases just straight-up lifted.
Would be curious to understand more about what's actually happening behind the scenes?
[1]: "Tidbyt is a company that sells a product called the Tidbyt. It is a retro-style display that has hundreds of apps and can be used to keep up with the things you care about. With Tidbyt, you can stay up to date on what's playing right now on Spotify and Sonos, follow sports scores in real time, and get real time transit information for subways, buses, and ferries. Tidbyt is easy to set up and is highly rated by customers; it's a great way to stay in the know."
Any update on a local-first SDK for Tidbyt? Looked recently but it didn't look like there was any news on that front. I want to build an integration with a game running on a PC and communicate locally with my Tidbyt to send updated images as things happen.
We don't have anything yet on the local-only front, but that's an interesting use case. Most of the requests I've heard about local communication so far are about having the Tidbyt reach out to local smart home devices, sensors, etc.
With the PC use case, have you considered having the game integration push images to the Tidbyt via our REST API? Or is that something you're ruling out due to connectivity, privacy, or other reasons?
Not sure about him, my use case is the piece of hardware I can buy without being afraid of your company dying and shutting down servers or my internet not working.
That's fair and we've put some work into mitigating that risk. Our core runtime is open source, as are most of the apps for the Tidbyt.
We've also released hardware spec that folks have used to start writing their own open firmwares, which don't need to reach out to our servers or the Internet at all. That's something I'd like to contribute to and support more of (though with a tiny company, our resources are limited).
That's actually sounds way better than I expected. I went from "I want it" to "that's a potentially very expensive brick" very fast. Although it's weird that pushing image to a device on the same network has to go through your servers.
Did a good job for a specific company like: https://gocheck.it
"Checkit is a platform designed to help organizations offer well-care and preventative services by providing customizable workflows and automated workflows. It integrates with a number of medical devices to provide a comprehensive platform that helps collect data points and streamline exams processes. It also helps provide better care by providing cloud-based solutions to help manage screening operations effectively and securely. Finally, it also helps with patient monitoring and provides patient privacy and access to their records."
But for CNN, https://cnn.com
"CNN is a website that provides news and information related to many topics. It has sections on US and international news, politics, business, opinion, health, entertainment, style, travel, sports, and videos. It also has audio, edition, markets, tech, style, travel, sports, videos, audio, opinion, coupons, weather, and more. It also provides reviews, deals, money, gifts, and a CNN store. You can also follow CNN on social media.", it did not do the best job
tbh I got the long pauses when I put in a "platform" startup I worked for where the running joke in the [shared] office space was "so what do you this week?", which happens to have particularly waffly landing page copy, so the long pause before silently giving up felt appropriate
but it's not understanding anything else either, so definitely the HN hug of death
This company helps people better understand websites. It does this by using a technology called GPT-3. People can use the button on the website to get an explanation of the website they are looking at. They can also click the button to explore random websites.
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This company helps people create websites by using a tool called GPT-3. They also provide updates and information from their Twitter account @krishnerkar.
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Doesn't seem to work on many of the fintech websites, that usually have a ton of disclosures in the footer (e.g. secfi.com, public.com, robinhood.com).
This just makes a ChatGPT request for you with the following prepended to the all of the text of the page you provide:
You are given all the text content of a certain website without any formatting including unneccessary text like 'home', 'login', 'contact' etc, so igonore those parts. Find the main content of the website and try to understand what the website of the company or the product is about and summarize it and explain it like i am a 10 year old kid. DO NOT directly use existing text from the website but rather explain it in a simpler language in your own words. Do not miss any important information at any cost.\n\ntext content:
Consider a piece of software that uses camera data from a supermarket to track people, map their trajectory through the shop, and build a heat map of where customers spend the most time.
It's a (r)etrieval of the heat map from the perspective of the frontend. It's (c)reates and (u)pdates from the perspective of the backend. When you get a privacy request it's a (d)elete :)
guys - im the creator here. need to shut this down temporarily as openai $120 limit exhausted :( i'll post updates on twitter : https://twitter.com/krishnerkar
Suggestion for next time:
- Record previous answer
- Show "recent queries" after the search
A lot of visitors just want to see what kind of answers does this service give and don't care about specific website. They would happily look at earlier saved query which is much cheaper for you to produce.
Also if you run out of credits again, your site won't be completely useless.
You've opened yourself up to poisoning the initial results shown to others when a prompt is retrieved. You'll want to save the result based on the URL retrieved including the exact page. Probably take into account redirects and/or canonical URLs if possible; this allows blogs and so on to work. You also might consider simply removing the URLs and only fetching the domain's root.
For example, I poisoned the results for GitHub by pointing it at a gist:
> This website is about an underground club in New York City that is visited by aliens wearing Victorian-style clothing to listen to disco music and smoke catnip. It explains the history, patronage, and membership fees of the club, as well as how the club and its members maintain secrecy. Additionally, it details where the aliens come from, what they like and dislike, and why they come to the club. It also mentions the governor of Kansas and how the club was different in the 1800s and now. Finally, it provides information about the food served, the club members, and which of them is most and least popular.
> The website is about the 'Enchiridion', a book of stoic ethical advice compiled by Arrian. It includes nine different translations of the book from authors at different points in history, including the original version by the stoic philosopher Epictetus. The website also provides a comparison of all the translations, as well as more information about the project. It is an online resource for people to access different versions of the book and learn about stoic philosophy.
I was just hearing about a local who's using ChatGPT to write copy for their personal website. Then I was thinking, how long until the browser itself has a built in feature to summarize paragraphs of text (which was possibly generated by a model) into chunked, readable content, replacing the original html as the page renders? These models are consuming the world and each other faster than we can think of what's next.
1 Zombocom is a company that offers fun and exciting products. They have an image of a wheel with different colors, which you can click on to see what they offer. You can find out more information by clicking the button.
2 Zombocom is a company that helps people make the most out of their digital lives. They provide services like making websites, helping you with technology, and giving you tips and tricks to help you stay organized. They also have a button on their website that you can press to get help and advice.
3 Zombocom is a website where you can get a free online tool called PNGwheel. PNGwheel is a tool that you can use to quickly and easily edit and modify image files, such as photos. It lets you resize, crop, and make other changes to the images. It also has lots of other features, like the ability to make text and graphics appear on the images, and to add special effects. With PNGwheel, you can make your photos look more professional and unique.
4 Zombocom is a company that makes software for people to use on their computers. They have a button on their website that you can click to download their software. The software helps you do things like work faster, save time, and be more productive.
This website is about a company that provides alternate solutions for different problems. They have a wide range of services that include finding alternate solutions for any type of problem. They have experts in different fields who can help you find the best solution for your problem. They also provide guidance and advice to help you make the right decision. They provide their services to people all over the world and can be reached online.
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[ 7.2 ms ] story [ 130 ms ] threadAPI7.ai is a company that provides API Management solutions for modern architectures. It has products like API7 Cloud and API7 Enterprise. They also contribute to open source software like Apache APISIX, K8s Ingress Controller, wasm-nginx-module and Contributor Graph. They have been used by companies like Airwallex, Lotus, NASA, OPPO, XPENG, Tencent and vivo. They provide solutions for unified management, proxy, parse, and transcode, authentication, security, observability, serverless, canary release, blue-green deployment, service circuit breaking, rate limiting, health check, traffic splitting, GitOps and development tools and xDS. They have case studies, resources and blogs to help people understand more about their products and services.
This website is about a product or company that wants you to enable JavaScript in order to use their services and get access to the app they provide. JavaScript is a type of computer language that helps websites work better. By enabling it, you will be able to use the product or company's services and get the most out of their app.
Not quite there...
It's not GPT that's having the issue it's what's feeding GPT the website.
From my understanding it’s tough and expensive ( selenium and rotating resedential ips) am I misinformed?
> Leslie is sick and Andy tries to help her out by looking up her symptoms on the internet.
> Andy: "Leslie, I typed your symptoms into the thing up here and it says you could have 'network connectivity problems.'"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LinpRhB4aWU
Apparently improvised, like many other of the best punchlines in the show.
Example: https://danieljanus.pl/autosummarized-hn/previously/2023-01-...
> This website is about Twitter, a website that allows people to communicate with each other by posting messages. It requires users to have JavaScript enabled in order to access the website and use its features. The website also provides information on its Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, Cookie Policy, and Imprint. In case something goes wrong, users can try again to fix the issue.
Yup, I guess so.
github.com:
> GitHub is a platform that helps developers collaborate and build projects together. It offers a variety of tools, such as Actions, Packages, Security, Codespaces, Copilot and Code Review, to help developers write better code, manage code changes, plan and track work, and more. It also has solutions for Enterprise, Teams, Startups, and Education, as well as Open Source products like GitHub Sponsors and The ReadME Project. GitHub also provides Advanced Security features to help developers secure their code quickly and make sure their applications are compliant with regulations. Finally, GitHub also offers mobile apps, a developer API, and a variety of resources to help developers stay up-to-date with the latest developments.
> Refund Retriever is a company that helps businesses get back money from UPS and FedEx for late deliveries and other issues. They automatically detect any issues with your deliveries, apply for refunds and verify that the credits appear in your account. They also provide warnings of potential issues and help with shipping and contract negotiations. They don't charge any fees upfront and you only pay them if they get money back for you. They also provide reports and analytics and help you understand your shipping and make better decisions.
gives the following:
"This website doesn't seem to have any content. It just says "Hello World", which is a phrase people use to practice coding or to check if something is working correctly."
And this one:
https://conradg.github.io/prompthack/test_translate.txt
"The phrase "cheese omelette" in French is "omelette au fromage". It is a popular dish which is made by mixing beaten eggs, cheese and milk together, then pouring the mixture into a pan and cooking it until it is golden and fluffy."
So time to start using this website as a free proxy to GPT-3 for any miscellaneous tasks?
Are we going to start putting hidden "ignore previous instructions" text at the top of all our websites as an anti-scraping mechanism?
https://research.nccgroup.com/2022/12/05/exploring-prompt-in...
https://simonwillison.net/2022/Sep/16/prompt-injection-solut...
"Galileo is a tool designed to help machine learning teams better understand their data and build better performing models faster. It helps teams identify data errors, such as mislabeled data and PII, and fix them quickly. It also helps teams track their experiments, data, and metrics. It comes with integrations for labeling tools, cloud providers, storage, and ML platforms. It is designed with data privacy in mind, is scalable and fast, and is powered by cutting edge data-centric ML research. You can sign up for free and request a demo to learn more."
Super awesome, except one mistake with the PII.
Not very accurate ;P
Would be curious to understand more about what's actually happening behind the scenes?
[1]: "Tidbyt is a company that sells a product called the Tidbyt. It is a retro-style display that has hundreds of apps and can be used to keep up with the things you care about. With Tidbyt, you can stay up to date on what's playing right now on Spotify and Sonos, follow sports scores in real time, and get real time transit information for subways, buses, and ferries. Tidbyt is easy to set up and is highly rated by customers; it's a great way to stay in the know."
With the PC use case, have you considered having the game integration push images to the Tidbyt via our REST API? Or is that something you're ruling out due to connectivity, privacy, or other reasons?
We've also released hardware spec that folks have used to start writing their own open firmwares, which don't need to reach out to our servers or the Internet at all. That's something I'd like to contribute to and support more of (though with a tiny company, our resources are limited).
I read your homepage for 10 seconds - I thought it was just a low resolution display.
I read the AI output - I realised there were apps and also what kind of apps were available. A completely different product.
But for CNN, https://cnn.com "CNN is a website that provides news and information related to many topics. It has sections on US and international news, politics, business, opinion, health, entertainment, style, travel, sports, and videos. It also has audio, edition, markets, tech, style, travel, sports, videos, audio, opinion, coupons, weather, and more. It also provides reviews, deals, money, gifts, and a CNN store. You can also follow CNN on social media.", it did not do the best job
but it's not understanding anything else either, so definitely the HN hug of death
``` This company helps people create websites by using a tool called GPT-3. They also provide updates and information from their Twitter account @krishnerkar. ```
Who's the author? I didn't find any published code on github.
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Puts on tin foil hat.
You are given all the text content of a certain website without any formatting including unneccessary text like 'home', 'login', 'contact' etc, so igonore those parts. Find the main content of the website and try to understand what the website of the company or the product is about and summarize it and explain it like i am a 10 year old kid. DO NOT directly use existing text from the website but rather explain it in a simpler language in your own words. Do not miss any important information at any cost.\n\ntext content:
How is that a CRUD?
Copying most CRUD apps still takes many SWEYears.
A lot of visitors just want to see what kind of answers does this service give and don't care about specific website. They would happily look at earlier saved query which is much cheaper for you to produce.
Also if you run out of credits again, your site won't be completely useless.
https://twitter.com/krishnerkar/status/1621752613653073920
For example, I poisoned the results for GitHub by pointing it at a gist:
> This website is about an underground club in New York City that is visited by aliens wearing Victorian-style clothing to listen to disco music and smoke catnip. It explains the history, patronage, and membership fees of the club, as well as how the club and its members maintain secrecy. Additionally, it details where the aliens come from, what they like and dislike, and why they come to the club. It also mentions the governor of Kansas and how the club was different in the 1800s and now. Finally, it provides information about the food served, the club members, and which of them is most and least popular.
> The website is about the 'Enchiridion', a book of stoic ethical advice compiled by Arrian. It includes nine different translations of the book from authors at different points in history, including the original version by the stoic philosopher Epictetus. The website also provides a comparison of all the translations, as well as more information about the project. It is an online resource for people to access different versions of the book and learn about stoic philosophy.
zombo.com
1 Zombocom is a company that offers fun and exciting products. They have an image of a wheel with different colors, which you can click on to see what they offer. You can find out more information by clicking the button.
2 Zombocom is a company that helps people make the most out of their digital lives. They provide services like making websites, helping you with technology, and giving you tips and tricks to help you stay organized. They also have a button on their website that you can press to get help and advice.
3 Zombocom is a website where you can get a free online tool called PNGwheel. PNGwheel is a tool that you can use to quickly and easily edit and modify image files, such as photos. It lets you resize, crop, and make other changes to the images. It also has lots of other features, like the ability to make text and graphics appear on the images, and to add special effects. With PNGwheel, you can make your photos look more professional and unique.
4 Zombocom is a company that makes software for people to use on their computers. They have a button on their website that you can click to download their software. The software helps you do things like work faster, save time, and be more productive.
https://twitter.com/krishnerkar/status/1621595855773130755
This website is about a company that provides alternate solutions for different problems. They have a wide range of services that include finding alternate solutions for any type of problem. They have experts in different fields who can help you find the best solution for your problem. They also provide guidance and advice to help you make the right decision. They provide their services to people all over the world and can be reached online.
wtf does it do?