Arc browser’s new AI-powered ‘pinch-to-summarize’ feature is clever, but often misses the mark
The Browser company’s Arc, a browser focused on a less cluttered web experience, launched a new feature in its mobile app Arc Search that uses AI to summarize web pages. The feature involves a clever “pinching” gesture that shows a neatly formatted summary with main points.
The feature has gotten attention because it presents a new dynamic to interact with AI, but there is also concern that it could impact traffic to news publishers, like ourselves.
We have seen other efforts to look at AI-powered summaries such as…