1. What The Gist is
The Gist is a free, daily email newsletter operated by The Brooklyn App Company ("we," "us," "our"). Each morning, The Gist synthesizes information from hundreds of newsletters, news sites, and social feeds into one personalized email for each subscriber ("you").
The Gist is AI-assisted. The editorial voice, source curation, and sensibility are human-directed, but the content generation and personalization are powered by artificial intelligence. Think of it as a publication with one editor and a very fast research assistant.
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3. The service
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12. Changes to these terms
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13. Governing law
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16. Contact
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