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Cutthroat News
A news site that publishes two AI-written digest editions a day, condensed from many feeds with every sentence linked to sources; readers choose topics and depth.
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Edition No. 197 published 2026-10-26 07:00 UTC; Show HN 2026-08-12. (checked 2026-10-25)
In RSS readers
Where it stands apart
- Do you need an account to use it? optional account (21% of 19 others)
- What does a reader put into it? nothing: the maker picks the sources (5% of 19 others)
- What decides which items you see first? AI or a personal algorithm (5% of 19 others)
- What's the most AI does to what you read? (pick the first that applies) AI picks, ranks, rewrites, or cuts what you see (11% of 18 others)
- Where do you mainly read the article itself? as an AI-condensed version first (16% of 19 others)
What it shares with most of the community
- Is it actively maintained? active (95% of 19 others)
- How is the main thing licensed? proprietary or closed source (58% of 19 others)
- Who is it for? non-developers (79% of 19 others)
- How does it mainly sync your reading between devices or apps? its own account, or the platform's cloud (iCloud, Chrome sync) (68% of 19 others)
- Can you move your subscriptions in and out with OPML? not applicable (no subscriptions) (60% of 15 others)
- Where do you mainly use it? website or web app run by the maker (53% of 19 others)
- Is reading private, or shared with other readers? private (63% of 19 others)
- Does the maker collect analytics on how you read? no, it says it collects none (50% of 18 others)
Not documented
The public sources we read don't say:
- What does a regular reader pay?
Nearest neighbors
- BoredReading 73% of 15 shared answers match
- Lectura 67% of 15 shared answers match
- Sifted 63% of 16 shared answers match
Every answer
| Question | Answer | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Is it actively maintained? | active | source 2026-10-26 |
| How is the main thing licensed? | proprietary or closed source | source 2026-10-26 |
| How is it mainly sustained? | individual side project, no revenue One maker 'and the models I keep on a short leash'; no pricing seen. | source 2026-10-26 |
| Can it run entirely on your own device or infrastructure, without the maker's servers? | no, it needs the maker's servers | source 2026-10-26 |
| Do you need an account to use it? | stands apart optional account Default editions without login; log in to customize topics. | source 2026-10-26 |
| Who is it for? | non-developers | source 2026-10-26 |
| Which shared standard or format does it mainly build on? | RSS, Atom, or JSON Feed Digests are condensed from feeds fetched behind the scenes. | source 2026-10-26 |
| What does a reader put into it? | stands apart nothing: the maker picks the sources You pick topics and depth, not sources. | source 2026-10-26 |
| What decides which items you see first? | stands apart AI or a personal algorithm | source 2026-10-26 |
| What's the most AI does to what you read? (pick the first that applies) | stands apart AI picks, ranks, rewrites, or cuts what you see 'Our editorial office is assisted by AI and can make mistakes.' | source 2026-10-26 |
| How does it mainly sync your reading between devices or apps? | its own account, or the platform's cloud (iCloud, Chrome sync) | source 2026-10-26 |
| Can you move your subscriptions in and out with OPML? | not applicable (no subscriptions) | source 2026-10-26 |
| Where do you mainly use it? | website or web app run by the maker | source 2026-10-26 |
| What does a regular reader pay? | Not documented No pricing seen. | source 2026-10-26 |
| Is reading private, or shared with other readers? | private | source 2026-10-26 |
| Does the maker collect analytics on how you read? | no, it says it collects none 'No tracking'; one session cookie when logged in. | source 2026-10-26 |
| Where do you mainly read the article itself? | stands apart as an AI-condensed version first 'A digest, not a feed'; everything links to its source. | source 2026-10-26 |
Sources
This page was derived from:
- Hacker News · news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49269702 · collected 2026-10-26
- Web page · cutthroat.news/ · read 2026-10-25
- Web page · cutthroat.news/about · collected 2026-10-26
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