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Bearly.ai Barely Gets Anything Right

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I was excited to hear on Mac Geek Gab that a new free AI application could summarize web pages or even suggest new paragraphs of content to get over writers block.  I downloaded Bearly.ai and installed it. Then I went to the suggested web article on protons by copying it's URL and pasting it into the Bearly.ai app.  Presto! In a few seconds it did a fairly good job of summarizing a complex scientific article in layman's language. So I tried it on a few of my own Blogger posts to see how it would do.  Oops! First, I used it to do an Executive Summary of my post on how to photograph the solar eclipse in 2024 based on my learnings, prep and great results in 2017.  I had used a Nikon d300 camera and lens exclusively and wrote about it. BUT bearly.ai summarized that I recommended taking "wild shots" of the eclipse and that I had used a Canon 5d.  Nothing could be further from the facts. My article talked about the careful preparation, planning and practice ahead of time to