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Sources, AI-written summaries, newsletters, account, events, regulation, cookies: everything you need to know about Le Petit Récap, in a few lines.
Le Petit Récap
- What is Le Petit Récap?
- Le Petit Récap follows artificial intelligence news around the clock and summarises it in a few lines, with a link to the source of every story. You can read it on the site, in the morning edition and in the Friday edition.About Le Petit Récap
- Who publishes Le Petit Récap?
- The site is published by an individual acting in a non-professional capacity. Their contact details and those of the host are in the legal notice.Legal notice
- Is Le Petit Récap free?
- Yes: the site, the morning edition, the Friday edition and the RSS feed are free, with no targeted advertising. Le Petit Récap does not sell subscribers' email addresses.
- Is Le Petit Récap independent?
- Le Petit Récap is not tied to any of the companies it covers. No article is sponsored, and no source pays to appear in the feed or to rank higher in it.Our method
The news and its sources
- Where does the news come from?
- From more than forty public sources, in French and English: the official blogs of AI labs (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google DeepMind, Mistral AI, Hugging Face…), research, the specialist press, expert newsletters and institutions such as the CNIL or the European Commission. The full list is public.Our sources
- How often is the news updated?
- The feed is updated every 30 minutes, day and night. Only articles published less than 48 hours ago are summarised. The events calendar is refreshed every day.
- How is an article selected?
- Every new article goes through the same criteria: it is recent, it is about AI (for general-interest media), it is not a duplicate, and no single source can add more than 8 per run, so that none dominates the feed. The list of sources is maintained by hand: AI does not choose it.Our method
- What is the relevance score out of 10 for?
- Every article gets a score from 1 to 10 based on its reach, novelty and concrete impact. It orders "Today's essentials" and is used to pick the articles in the morning edition.
- Are the summaries written by AI?
- Yes. A language model reads the excerpt published by the source and writes the title, the summary, the "In brief" points, the "What it changes" sentence for each industry concerned, the category and the relevance score. Another model writes the editorial of the morning edition and the Friday edition, from articles already published.
- Can I rely on the summaries?
- Summaries are not proofread one by one by a person: they go through automatic checks before publication, but they may contain errors or inaccuracies. Each summary cites its source and links to the original article, which prevails: check it before making any decision.
- How are articles classified?
- Each article gets one of 9 categories (research, tools, agents, business, ethics and regulation, hardware…) and, where relevant, up to 3 of the 18 industries, from health to video games. The companies mentioned (OpenAI, Anthropic, Mistral AI, Nvidia…) also have their own page.See the sectors
- Do you reproduce the text of articles?
- No. We show the title, the link and a summary that we write ourselves. An article page is read only if the site's robots.txt and its text and data mining reservation allow it, solely to write that summary: the text is neither kept nor republished.How we collect
- How do I report an error in a summary?
- Write to contact@lepetitrecap.fr with the link to the article page. We check with the source, then correct or remove the summary.Report an error
- Can a publisher ask for its content to be removed?
- Yes. An author or publisher who no longer wants their content to be used writes to contact@lepetitrecap.fr: the source is removed from collection and the content concerned is unpublished within 72 hours. Sources that refuse reuse of their content (robots.txt, text and data mining, terms of use) are not followed.Legal notice
Your account
- What is an account for?
- A free account keeps your favorite articles on all your devices, remembers the industries you follow, lets you manage your newsletter subscription and keeps your language and theme. It is not required to read the site or to receive the newsletters.
- How do I create an account?
- Enter your email address and a password of at least 8 characters (the name is optional). A confirmation email is sent: you must click its link before you can log in. The password is checked against known data leaks.Create an account
- I forgot my password. What should I do?
- On the login page, click "Forgot password?" and enter your email: if an account exists for that address, a link lets you choose a new password.Reset my password
- How do I save an article as a favorite?
- While logged in, tap an article's star: it joins your list, which you find under "My favorites" on all your devices.
- How do I follow an industry?
- Open an industry page and click "Follow" (you need to be logged in). Articles from the industries you follow come first in your morning edition.Choose my sectors
- Can I edit my account details?
- Your name can be corrected in the Profile tab, and the Security tab lets you change your password or close all open sessions. The email address, however, cannot be changed: it is your account identifier. For any request about it, write to contact@lepetitrecap.fr.Contact us
- How do I leave Le Petit Récap and delete my account?
- In the Data tab of your account, the "Leave Le Petit Récap" button opens a page that asks why you are leaving, then deactivates the account: you can no longer log in and the emails stop. Your favorites and preferences are kept, but inaccessible. To reactivate your account or to have your data permanently erased (right to erasure), write to contact@lepetitrecap.fr: you get a reply within one month at most.
- Can I get my data back?
- Yes. The Data tab of your account lets you download a JSON file with your profile, favorites, followed industries and the status of your newsletter subscription.My account
Events and regulation
- What events are in the calendar?
- Conferences, webinars, meetups and hackathons on artificial intelligence, in France, across Europe and online, collected every day from confs.tech, dev.events and Luma. Registration always happens with the organiser.See the calendar
- How do I filter events?
- By format (in person, online or hybrid), country, city, event type and price. You can display results as a list or on a map, and add an event to Google Calendar, Outlook or Apple Calendar.
- Which texts does the Regulation page cover?
- The AI Act, the GDPR, CNIL guidance and other texts that govern AI, explained simply. Each one shows its impact level (info, important or critical), its zone (European Union or France), what it changes and the recommended action, with a link to the official source.See the regulation
- How can I keep track of regulatory deadlines?
- The Regulation page lists the upcoming deadlines with a countdown and lets you add them to your calendar. This information is provided for information only and is not legal, financial or professional advice.
Data, cookies and privacy
- What personal data do you collect?
- Only what you send us: your email address for the newsletter, your account details, your favorites, the industries you follow and your messages to the contact address. It is neither sold nor rented. A subscriber's address is erased 30 days after they unsubscribe.Privacy policy
- Does the site use cookies?
- Only strictly necessary storage: your language, your theme, your cookie choice and, if you log in, your session. There are no advertising cookies and no social network trackers. You can review your choice at any time with "Manage cookies" at the bottom of the page.Cookie settings
- How do you measure audience?
- With your consent, we use Vercel Web Analytics: page views, country and device type, with no cookie, no storage in your browser and no personal identifier. Without consent, the tool is not loaded. An anonymous measure of page display speed, also cookie-free, runs without your consent.
- How do I exercise my rights (GDPR)?
- With an account, you can download your data and correct your name from your account, or deactivate the account. For any other request (copy of your data, permanent erasure, objection), write to contact@lepetitrecap.fr from the address concerned: you get a reply within one month at most. You can also complain to the CNIL.Contact us
Using the site
- How do I search for a topic?
- Use the search bar on the home page: type at least two letters (a topic, a tool, a model, a company) to find the articles that mention it.Search
- Is there a dark theme?
- Yes. The theme button in the header switches between light and dark. Your choice is remembered on the device.
- Is the site available in English?
- Yes. Every page exists in French and English (addresses under /en), and the language selector is in the header. An article that is not yet translated links to its French version. You can also receive the emails in English.
- Is there an RSS feed?
- Yes: the RSS feed contains the 50 latest articles, with their summary and source, in a French and an English version. Add it to Feedly, Inoreader or your reader.Open the RSS feed
- What is the glossary for?
- It explains the words of AI (LLM, RAG, token, agent…) simply, with a short definition, a concrete example and the news that mentions them.See the glossary
- What is the AI news barometer?
- Figures calculated on our own articles, over 7 or 30 days: most-cited companies, most active categories and industries, and change versus the previous period. They measure the attention of the news in the sources we follow, not a company's economic weight.See the barometer
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