as in summary
a short statement of the main points
what you wrote goes way beyond a summarization of the speech
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Recent Examples of summarization
Across sectors, organizations are now embedding AI into core workflows, not just for summarization or chat, but for tasks like customer service, fraud detection, regulatory analysis, code review and complex decision-making.
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Mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 26 Sep. 2025
In a December 2023 Slate editorial, security researcher Bruce Schneier warned that AI models could enable unprecedented mass spying by automating the analysis and summarization of vast conversation datasets.
—Benj Edwards, ArsTechnica, 17 Sep. 2025
Small LLMs can supply this, and are an excellent choice for tasks such as text summarization and edge applications.
—Dina Genkina, IEEE Spectrum, 10 Sep. 2025
For example, documentation summarization for onboarding new engineers, sales enablement tools that auto-tailor pitches based on CRM signals or auto-tagging of product feedback to inform roadmap prioritization.
—Agur Jõgi, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
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summary
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Structure information summary Overall, the population in this region resides in structures that are highly resistant to earthquake shaking, though some vulnerable structures exist.—
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The Sill reports that appointments with their human plant specialists have increased 30% as people tire of advice from chatbot service agents, influencers, and AI summaries.—
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“Summarization.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/summarization. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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