How I Built a Daily AI News Digest with ChatGPT + Zapier

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How I Built a Daily AI News Digest with ChatGPT + Zapier

 

Step 1 — Capture the Firehose with Google Alerts

I started with Google Alerts. By creating alerts for keywords like OpenAI, ChatGPT, Anthropic, Claude, Gemini, Midjourney, AI regulation, and even niche ones like fire service AI, I set up a daily feed of headlines.

Pro tip: Use quotes "like this" for exact phrases and -words to exclude spammy stuff like stock tickers or “prompt packs.”

All those alerts are delivered by email.

Step 2 — Tame the Inbox with Gmail Filters

Next, I created a Gmail filter:

  • From: googlealerts-noreply@google.com

  • Apply label: AI-Recap

  • Skip inbox: so my main email stays clean

Now all AI alerts are corralled into one tidy folder.

Step 3 — Add Brains with Zapier + ChatGPT

This is where the magic happens. I built a Zap that:

  1. Trigger: New email with label AI-Recap.

  2. Formatter: Extracts the article links from the email body.

  3. ChatGPT Action: Sends the link to GPT-4o with this prompt:

You are Lucy, my AI research assistant.
Summarize the article in 3–5 sentences, extract 2–3 key takeaways for small business/automation,
and suggest one blog or social post angle. Format in Markdown.

Now instead of raw links, I get structured summaries.

Step 3.3 — Store It in a Content Bank (Google Docs)

Every summary gets appended to a Google Doc called AI Daily Recap Archive. Each entry looks like:

️ [Date]

Summary: …
Key Takeaways:
– …
– …
Blog Angle: …
—

That means I’m building a searchable library of AI news I can repurpose for:

  • Blog posts

  • LinkedIn content

  • Newsletters

  • YouTube scripts

Step 3.4 — Release the Digest

Finally, I added Digest by Zapier:

  • It collects summaries all day.

  • At a set time (6pm daily), it releases them as a batch.

  • The digest is emailed to me in a newsletter-style HTML format.

So instead of 20 scattered emails, I get one clean recap.

This is just one example of what’s possible when you connect AI with automation. If you want your own digest, report builder, or content pipeline set up, check out AskLucy.us.

 

 

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