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AI can save you time by summarizing long Terms of Service pages.
ChatGPT and Perplexity offered the clearest and most helpful summaries.
Summary quality varies, and some AIs give you more detail than others.
Have you ever actually tried to read an entire Terms of Service (ToS) page on your average website? Tis not a job for the faint of heart, especially for those of us who didn't spend three years in law school. And even if the ToS is written in relatively plain language, many of them are so long and convoluted that reading them would truly be a time-consuming and onerous chore.
Despite all the obstacles, you're expected to familiarize yourself with the Terms of Service to at least be able to use the site properly and avoid any misunderstandings or infractions. Plus, many ToS pages are important, most notably those that discuss issues of security and privacy.
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Well, instead of you struggling to decipher a lengthy ToS page, why not call in the cavalry? And by that I mean your friendly, neighborhood AI. Most AI tools can analyze and summarize all kinds of data, including web pages.
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