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AI Summarizer

AI summarizer for PDFs, articles and YouTube

Get the main ideas from a paper, article or video. Ask follow-up questions and return to the original source.

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Atlas workspace showing a horizon-view semantic map of 110 multi-agent learning research papers
Atlas PDF reader alongside the paper’s knowledge map and chat
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PDF summarizer for papers and reports

Upload a paper or report and get a summary of its main ideas. Understand what the document is about and where you want to read more closely.

Ask about a method, result or unfamiliar term to go beyond the summary.

Ask questions about your PDF

Article summarizer for web pages

Paste an article's URL to get a summary of its main points. Keep the article in your project so you can ask questions and return to it later.

Use Atlas as a website summarizer for articles and other publicly readable pages.

How to add an article

YouTube summarizer for lectures and interviews

Add a YouTube link to summarize a lecture, interview or presentation from its transcript. Review the main ideas and ask follow-up questions about what was said.

Keep the video alongside its summary in the same project as your papers and articles.

How to add a YouTube video

How to summarize a source with AI

Add your source and Atlas creates a summary. Use it to get oriented, then follow the ideas that interest you.

Add your source

Upload a PDF or paste an article or YouTube link.

Read the summary

Get an overview of the source's main ideas.

Ask a follow-up

Ask for an explanation of a detail, claim or method.

Go beyond the summary

When a point needs more explanation, ask Atlas. Explore a method, clarify a claim, or compare the source with another paper.

Questions to try

What is the source's central argument?

Which limitations should I keep in mind?

How does this finding compare with another source?

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