Open-source tool The AI Times turns RSS into a daily printed morning paper
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Developer vsairamkumarred has open-sourced The AI Times: it turns RSS subscriptions and news prompts into a personal newspaper, sends it by email on a daily schedule, and automatically prints it to a Wi-Fi printer. The project supports OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, Groq, Ollama, or offline mode, and connects to printers via Wi-Fi/AirPrint/IPP. According to the project description, using it requires keeping a computer or small home server powered on; printing can be paused when away from home and resumed upon return. These features and conditions all come from the project's own description and have not yet been independently verified.
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The AI Times is a self-hosted project that turns RSS feeds into a personalized morning newspaper, emails it at 6:00, and AirPrints it to a Wi-Fi printer at 6:05, with a pause/resume option for when you're away. It uses Python agents for news gathering, morning delivery and printing, plus a Next.js app for composing dense A4 layouts with daily puzzles, and supports BYOK news prompts via OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, Groq, Ollama or an offline desk. The code is on GitHub under the MIT license.
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