Summarising sources

 Purpose

This application of generative AI helps you to parse and understand sources such as webpages, articles, and other documents.

 Acknowledge

Please check and follow your local guidelines about whether this use of generative AI is permitted. If it is permitted and if you use this prompt in the process of creating work for assessment, you may need to acknowledge the use of AI.

 Intellectual property

Ensure that you have the rights to use generative AI on sources in this way. Some publishers restrict the use of their material in generative AI tools. Make sure you are using AI responsibly.

 Prompt

Note: The following prompts were tested in Microsoft Edge Browser with the Copilot sidebar

Links to an external site.

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Summarise the main themes in this report.

What are the main takeaways from this article?

Explain what <term> means in the context of this page.

Can you give me some background information about the main topics in this report?

 Explanation

These prompts ask the sidebar to leverage 'context clues' and read the content from the current tab that is displayed. Copilot in Edge browser can access various document types

Links to an external site.

 to answer these prompts.

 Examples

The screenshot below shows Copilot in Edge summarising a PDF from the internet.