AI News Digest

Problem

Keeping up with AI news takes an hour a day across scattered sources. I wanted one short briefing every morning instead.

Constraints

• Must run fully unattended on schedule
• Must stay short enough to read in minutes
• Sources must be real — no invented headlines

Approach

1. Scheduled agent researches overnight and curates the signal
2. Writes a concise digest with links to originals
3. Delivers to Telegram at 6am JST daily

Key decisions

• Scheduled agent over manual curation

  Consistency beats inspiration for a daily habit.

• Links to originals in every item

  Trust comes from verifiable sources, not summaries alone.

What failed first

First versions were too long and read like raw research dumps. Cutting to a fixed format with a hard length budget made it actually readable.

Result

Delivers every morning to Telegram, running unattended.

Lessons

• Scheduling, reliability, and cost teach more than model choice.
• A digest lives or dies on editing, not collecting.

Links

• Case study →