Feeds, podcasts, and the AI tools that help you keep up
RSS Bandit has been a home for people who’d rather follow their sources directly than let a feed decide for them — first as an open-source reader built in 2003, now as a publication about the AI tools doing the same job differently.
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Browsing the web without a browser: what AI news agents do differently
The RSS Bandit pitch was never having to open a browser to keep up. AI agents are chasing the same idea from a different angle.
Feed reading never really disappeared — it just stopped being visible. AI is putting it back in front of people, whether they call it RSS or not.Read the full guide →
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RSS is not dead: how AI is reviving feed-based reading
Feed reading never really disappeared — it just stopped being visible. AI is putting it back in front of people, whether they call it RSS or not.
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AI feed readers: how they compare to classic RSS apps like RSS Bandit
A straight comparison of what changed, what didn’t, and where an AI reader still can’t match a dedicated feed client.
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How to summarize your RSS feeds automatically with AI
A practical walkthrough for cutting a crowded feed list down to what’s actually worth reading.
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The best AI tools for curating news and podcasts
Tools we’ve actually used for pulling signal out of a growing pile of sources, tested rather than guessed at.
From the archive · 2003–2018
RSS Bandit was released as open source in 2010. The code is still on GitHub.