I put GNOMI AI to the test to find news – does it work?
AI news aggregator GNOMI promises personalized multilingual updates – but does it actually deliver?
How do you like your news in the morning? I like mine with a strong shot of caffeine.
News aggregators might sound like a niche field, but when you think about it they’re already omnipresent, especially with your Google feed, which knows you pretty well, more or less.
Then there are other options like Feedly and Inoreader, which are great, but come with lots of scrolling, as they’re Really Simple Syndication (RSS) – a web-feed format – with AI used as an add-on.
As a colleague made me aware of a news-aggregating AI agent called GNOMI (which launched in May 2024), I figured it might be best to give it a whirl and see how it compared to its more senior counterparts.
Testing GNOMI’s news AI agent
I began by letting it know that I wanted stories on cutting-edge tech, social media trends, and news from the UFO/UAP community.
My beautifully prepared “Wednesday curated selection” started off with a batch of 42 articles, given the broader title of “The impact of social media on the 2024 US presidential election campaigns.”
That wouldn’t normally be something that’d pique my curiosity. But perhaps it’s not dead and buried and would provide some new findings, I thought.
When I clicked on it, I found stories about Democratic candidate Gavin Newsom surging ahead in a 2028 primary poll, an article about how Iceland has largely managed to avoid misinformation, and a piece about the upcoming election in Cameroon.
Quite a dynamic medley, but a misleading and unappealing categorization title.
Much better was the batch of articles about Spotify launching its messaging service for mobile users.
It featured 40+ bang-up-to-date articles from around the world on the topic, and that lean specificity is exactly what I’d use this tool for, so kudos where kudos is due.
Another gripe is the over-saturation of news about Google.
Whether about its AI-powered search experience, detecting fraudulent ad traffic, new password protection feature on Android, or the new Google Photos interface, the dominance of one company in what’s supposed to be a curation is a bit off-putting.
Chatting with the GNOMI agent
As you’d often find with ChatGPT, it can be productive to narrow down the specifics of a particular cause – even if hallucinations are still common.
I was mightily impressed when I asked GNOMI, “What’s the latest with the SpaceX rocket launch?” and within a couple of seconds, it provided me with a concise overview of the successful launch, a substantial table about the launch details, and all the technical information, complete with a sharp summary.
As a bonus experiment, I casually asked the agent to predict who was likely to win the men's basketball game between Great Britain and Lithuania that day.
It scraped the web, including sources from Russia and Spain, and offered up a comprehensive bulleted overview of deciding factors like current form and previous head-to-heads, resulting in a projected 85% likelihood for Lithuania to win.
ChatGPT, meanwhile, when asked the same question, got more street-smart about it and approached the bookmakers.
It gave three varying forecasts and then its “personal take” of 88–90% for Lithuania.
So, for now I’d say the “chat with Gnomi” function is highly efficient and accurate, whereas the glass ceiling for the news curation facility is still a long way upwards.
