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New wave Artificial intelligence-powered technologies have almost completely taken over the digital applications and services we use every day, from Photo editors to Fitness trackers. There’s also a notable AI app available for podcasts as well. It’s called silence.
At the heart of Huxe is Daily Digest, a kind of personal productivity podcast tailored to your tastes and requirements, generated from the sources you choose. Connect your calendar and email account, and each morning you’ll get a quick audio summary to set you up for the day. The idea is that a 15-minute podcast can replace a longer amount of time spent trying to figure out what’s going on in your inbox and schedule.
Huxe’s audio focus is no surprise, as the team behind the app previously worked on Google NotebookLM, a search tool that has its own podcast style Audio overviews feature. Huxe is similar, but draws information from emails and calendar entries.
There’s more to Huxe, too, including audio deep dives on any topic of your choice, plus news summaries. The app is currently completely free to use, and you can subscribe through the apps Android or iOS.
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Register interests with Huxe.
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To start taking advantage of Huxe’s custom audio production capabilities, you need to tell it a little about yourself. As you go through the setup process, which includes providing an email address and name, you’ll be asked to connect your email and calendar accounts. (Google and Outlook accounts are supported.)
You’ll also be asked to choose some topics that interest you from a list, which is generated based on what’s in your inbox and on your schedule — click Edit To make changes, and He adds To add interests that Huxe had not yet captured. You can select almost any topic you want, and Huxe will understand what you mean.
When you enter the application correctly, you are introduced to so-called live broadcasts, which are like radio stations for artificial intelligence-generated speech content: For me, these live broadcasts have titles like Big Tech Roundup, Today at Amnesty Internationaland Product dropsgiving you an idea of what to expect. You can also get audio summaries about specific companies, like Apple and Meta in my case.
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DeepCasts can be created with a single text prompt.
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Using the menu button in the upper right corner, you can change your account settings and edit your interests, as well as change the voices used for your daily digest hosts. via + (Plus) Located in the bottom right corner, you can create a DeepCast on the topic of your choice, as well as your own live stations.
I tried getting the app to give me a DeepCast about REM’s history, and it produced an insightful and relatively accurate (if a little generic) 15-minute clip in just a few seconds. As with Audio Overviews in NotebookLM, you’ll get two AI characters talking to each other about the topic at hand, podcast style.
As always with any app that connects to your email and calendar, you trust the developer’s ability to handle your data responsibly. The complete Huxe’s privacy policy is located hereAnd while it’s clear that a lot of data is recorded — which is what makes the daily briefing and other features work — the company says it won’t use any personally identifiable email or calendar data to train its AI models. According to the Privacy Policy, some of your data may still be shared with LLM and third-party audio compositing partners – each with their own privacy policies – that help Huxe create your podcasts. So, take a close look at what types of sensitive things are in your email inbox and calendar before handing out permissions.
Your daily briefing
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The daily brief combines emails, news and appointments.
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You can wait for Huxe to provide a summary each morning (you’ll receive a notification when it’s ready), or you can create a summary right away by tapping the play button in the middle of the app’s home screen. These briefings typically include a summary of what’s in your inbox, the latest news relevant to your interests, and the next events on your calendar.