What is SolarXiv?
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SolarXiv is a Google Chrome plug-in that helps you quickly understand the content of arXiv papers. With just a click, it summarizes the paper and provides key insights, saving you time and helping you quickly grasp the main ideas and concepts.
Whether you're a researcher, student, or just curious about a particular topic, SolarXiv makes it easy to stay informed and up-to-date on the latest developments in your field.
It will also support follow-up questions.
You receive 100 free summaries per day. If you need more, get your API key from https://console.upstage.ai. Enter your API key in the extension options for it to work properly.
User reviews
- Incredibly useful for reviewing papers
- Allows quick grasp of overall context
- Makes questions easy to ask
- Support for ChatGPT
- Good results and affordability
- Doesn't remember the paper after the first prompt
- Limited to arxiv.org
- Lacks the ability to use GPT-4
- Only allows questions after initial prompt
- Issues with using whole paper or just abstract
- Uninstalling because of limited usage scope
- Desire for support of more websites
- Frustration with developer responsiveness
- Requests for additional features
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Risk impact
SolarXiv requires very minimum permissions.
Risk likelihood
SolarXiv is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this extension.
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