Curio co-founders Govind Balakrishnan and Srikant Chakravarti unveiled their latest AI app at the 2024 South by Southwest Festival.
Named after the Spanish and Portuguese word for “river,” Rio acts as your own news anchor, helping you navigate the news and provide trusted information about the topics and stories that interest you. Helps you find information.
Every day, Rio provides concise daily news briefings that you can read and listen to, with headlines from the world's most trusted newspapers and magazines, including The Washington Post, Bloomberg, The Wall Street Journal, and the Financial Times.
The more you chat with Rio, the more the AI learns about your preferences and interests. But unlike other AIs, Rio doesn't drive users into an echo chamber of similar content. Instead, find relevant news that deepens your understanding and encourages you to dig deeper into complex topics.
Fake news is on the rise and some AIs are being swayed by dubious sources, but Rio is different. We don't fabricate information and only rely on content from the world's most trusted news sources.
Rio always respects the integrity of our publisher partners and will never use their content for LLM training without their explicit consent.
Co-founder Govind Balakrishnan said: “We rolled out an early version of Rio as a feature in the Curio app last May, and the response was incredible. People asked our AI over 20,000 questions. It’s time for us to have our own app.”
Co-founder Srikanth Chakravarty added: While you can scan AI sites and find answers quickly, it's a bit of a gamble to trust them blindly.
“Trusted knowledge is hard to come by. Only the lucky few have access to fact-checked and verified information. Rio guides you through the news, turning knowledge into daily headlines from trusted sources. Change it. Checking the news with Rio makes me feel fulfilled instead of depressed.”
Rio is free for early users. To gain access, you must invite or join the waiting list at rionews.ai.
