How BRIEF Works

1 Source Collection

We pull from 20+ vetted news sources across categories: technology, local Montreal news, finance, geopolitics, and science. Each source is manually selected for editorial quality and assigned a reliability score based on their track record.

2 Intelligent Curation

Our AI scores each article based on relevance to your interests, source reliability, and recency. It then removes duplicates, keeping only the most reliable version of each story. The result: 10-15 essential stories instead of hundreds of repetitive headlines.

• Cross-reference bonus when multiple sources report the same story
• High-priority keywords boost relevant articles
• Recency weighting favors breaking news
• Deduplication keeps the most reliable source

3 Personalized Briefing

JARVIS (your AI assistant) synthesizes the day's news into a conversational briefing. This isn't a newsreader — it's a brilliant friend who read everything and is catching you up over coffee. Expect insights, opinions, and dry British wit.

• Conversational TL;DR, not headline recitation
• Connects related stories and adds context
• Skips obvious explanations for topics you know
• Time-aware greetings and sign-offs

4 Neural Voice Synthesis

The briefing is converted to speech using XTTS v2, a state-of-the-art neural TTS model running locally on GPU. The result is natural, expressive speech with a warm British accent — fitting for your AI assistant.

5 Trust & Transparency

Every article shows its source and reliability score. You can always click through to read the original. We don't inject ads, sponsored content, or affiliate links. BRIEF exists to serve you, not advertisers.

• 90%+ reliability: Primary sources, wire services, peer-reviewed
• 80-89% reliability: Established outlets with editorial standards
• Below 80%: Included for coverage, but flagged for caution