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Automate your weekly tech news summary with OpenAI and Gmail

This Latenode automation fetches the latest tech news from popular RSS feeds, uses OpenAI's language model to summarize and personalize the content, and delivers a weekly newsletter directly to the user's Gmail inbox.

It automates the process of curating relevant technology news, distilling it into a concise and tailored update that saves the user time and ensures they stay informed on the topics that matter most to them.

Updated Apr 6, 2026Est. run: 26sEst. cost: $0.0703
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What this template does

  • Fetches the latest tech news from popular RSS feeds
  • Leverages OpenAI's language model to summarize and personalize the content
  • Delivers a weekly newsletter directly to the user's Gmail inbox
  • Automates the process of curating relevant technology news
  • Distills news into a concise and tailored update for the user

How it works

1
Trigger

Set Tech News RSS Feeds

Configure the list of RSS feed URLs to monitor for the latest tech news articles.

2
Action

Read RSS News Feeds

Fetch the latest articles from the configured RSS feeds.

3
Action

Set and Normalize Fields

Extract and normalize article metadata (title, content, date, link) from the fetched RSS articles.

4
Action

Store News Articles

Save the fetched and normalized news articles in a vector database for later retrieval and summarization.

5
Trigger

Get News Articles

Retrieve the stored news articles from the vector database for summarization.

6
AI

Embeddings OpenAI

Generate embeddings of the retrieved news articles using OpenAI's language model.

7
AI

News Reader AI

Summarize the most relevant tech news from the past 7 days, prioritizing the user's topics of interest based on the article embeddings.

8
Action

Convert Response to Email-Friendly Format

Convert the news summary text generated by the AI into an HTML format suitable for inclusion in an email newsletter.

9
Action

Send Newsletter

Send the personalized weekly tech newsletter to the user's email address.

Setup guide

1

Add OpenAI Credential

1. In the Latenode Credentials panel, add a new credential for OpenAI. Enter your OpenAI API key.

2

Configure RSS News Feeds

1. Add a new RSS node to your Latenode workflow. 2. In the node settings, enter the URLs of the RSS feeds you want to monitor, such as Engadget, Ars Technica, The Verge, Wired, MIT Technology Review, and TechCrunch.

3

Set Up News Article Storage

1. Add a new In-Memory Vector Store node to your workflow. 2. Configure the node to store the news article data, including title, content, date, and link.

4

Personalize the News Summary

1. Add a new OpenAI GPT Chat node to your workflow. 2. In the node settings, configure the model to use for summarizing the news articles. 3. (Optional) Add a field to allow the user to specify their topics of interest, which the language model will use to prioritize the most relevant news stories.

5

Connect to Gmail

1. Add a new Gmail node to your workflow. 2. In the node settings, enter the email address where you want to send the weekly tech newsletter.

Requirements

Create RSS feed URLs for top technology news sites (e.g. TechCrunch, Wired, The Verge)
Obtain an OpenAI API key to access the GPT language model for summarization and personalization
Set up a Gmail account and create an API key/access token to send emails programmatically
Configure Latenode workspace with RSS, OpenAI, and Gmail integration nodes

FAQ

Common questions about this template

Each run uses credits on your Latenode plan. We charge for processing time (1 credit = 30 seconds). Your actual cost depends on your plan and how long the run takes. See pricing plans for plans and how credits work.
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