Question: I'm looking for a tool that helps me quickly understand the main points of a webpage without having to read the entire article.

If you want a tool to get a quick handle on what's in a webpage, Gist AI is a great option. This free Chrome extension uses ChatGPT's technology to summarize web pages, YouTube videos and local PDFs. It has a "read more" option to see the full text, and YouTube video navigation, too. That makes it a good option for students or pros who need to quickly digest long documents.

Another option is Briefy, an AI system that converts long documents into summarized documents in formats like paragraphs, mind maps and tables. Briefy can handle multilingual documents and lets you ask follow-up questions to dig deeper into the summarized material. It's available as Chrome and Safari extensions and as a Gmail extension, and there are several pricing tiers depending on how much you need to use it.

If you want a more interactive reading experience, try Converse, an AI-powered reading companion that can provide detailed summaries, ask questions about a document and even generate images. With features like social sharing and organization of content, Converse lets you read up to 80% faster and understand complex documents better. It's good for students, professionals and anyone who wants to get more out of reading.

Last, Linfo offers AI-powered information gathering with the ability to extract information from articles and YouTube videos. It can present information in a structured format with main points, subheadings and bullet points, and can convert website information into downloadable mind maps. It's good for academics and researchers who need to quickly and accurately digest information.