ELIV - Explain Like I'm 5

AI powered assistant to explain. Highlight text; get a simple explanation.
What is ELIV - Explain Like I'm 5?
ELIV - Explain Like I'm 5 is a Chrome extension that utilizes AI to provide simple explanations for highlighted text. It can decode technical work and provide information about companies/products.

Extension stats

Users: 209 ▼ -1
Rating: 3.80 (5)
Version: 1.4 (Last updated: 2024-07-17)
Creation date: 2022-12-06
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • activeTab
  • contextMenus
Size: 10.24K

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Extension summary

Simple assistant to explain text. Simply highlight the text you want to understand, and a small box will appear with an explanation, generated by an AI (GPT3).

It's useful to decode technical work. eg. highlighting => "Real-Time Recommendation System With Collisionless Embedding Table" show => "The Real-Time Recommendation System with Collisionless Embedding Table is a new way of recommendation that doesn't require a new model or algorithm. It uses the wisdom of the community to provide information that is both relevant and useful."

It's also useful to have information about company, product, ... eg. highlighting => "CarperAI" show => "CarperAI is a company that creates artificial intelligence for humans."

User reviews

Cool, it works!
by Ms R, 2024-07-18

Also not working for me. Clicking ELIV when highlighting text does nothing
by Nicholas Luzes, 2023-03-28

Doesn't work for me. Maybe API link broken?
by Alex Wagner, 2023-03-23
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Extension safety

Risk impact

ELIV - Explain Like I'm 5 requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

ELIV - Explain Like I'm 5 has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

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