Responsible AI Product Decisions: Building Audio Brevity

Creating Audio Brevity has presented unique challenges in respecting both podcast creators and users.

One key decision was to deliberately highlight sponsors in the summaries, ensuring I preserve the podcast's funding model rather than inadvertently bypassing it.

I've taken a nuanced approach to AI transparency. While the app clearly indicates AI-generated content, it doesn't rely on AI as a marketing gimmick.

The summarization prompts are carefully crafted to provide context without direct quotes. For example, you'll see "Sam discussed AI workplace implementation" rather than specific details like "Sam uses ChatGPT for prospecting emails." (Though our Ask feature can provide those specifics when requested.) The goal is to guide users to the original content, not replace it.

These strategic product decisions continue to evolve as Audio Brevity grows. The upcoming Advanced Insights feature, which enables cross-podcast questioning, presents new challenges. It's pushing the boundaries of AI product development as I balance information accessibility with accuracy, always maintaining of Audio Brevity's core principle: point to the source, don't replace it.

How do you think I've done? Anywhere I've gone too far one way or another?