summarization
noun
sum·ma·ri·za·tion
ˌsə-mə-rə-ˈzā-shən 
ˌsəm-rə-
1
: the act of summarizing
2
: summary
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what you wrote goes way beyond a summarization of the speech
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This includes summarization engines, translation services, and the proprietary Podcast Generation API.
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Time Staff, Time, 10 Nov. 2025
Citi has already rolled out AI tools like Citi Assist and Citi Stylist to about 180,000 of its approximately 229,000 employees to help streamline planning, document summarization, and HR and finance queries.
—Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2025
From doing small tasks like summarization to generating images on the device, the new hardware allows larger and more powerful models to be run right on the laptop, without offloading them to a more powerful server in the cloud.
—PC Magazine, 18 Oct. 2025
Across sectors, organizations are now embedding AI into core workflows, not just for summarization or chat, but for tasks like customer service, fraud detection, regulatory analysis, code review and complex decision-making.
—Mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 26 Sep. 2025
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Time Staff, Time, 10 Nov. 2025
Citi has already rolled out AI tools like Citi Assist and Citi Stylist to about 180,000 of its approximately 229,000 employees to help streamline planning, document summarization, and HR and finance queries.
—Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2025
From doing small tasks like summarization to generating images on the device, the new hardware allows larger and more powerful models to be run right on the laptop, without offloading them to a more powerful server in the cloud.
—PC Magazine, 18 Oct. 2025
Across sectors, organizations are now embedding AI into core workflows, not just for summarization or chat, but for tasks like customer service, fraud detection, regulatory analysis, code review and complex decision-making.
—Mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 26 Sep. 2025
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“Summarization.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/summarization. Accessed 30 Nov. 2025.
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summarization
noun
sum·ma·ri·za·tion
ˌsəm-(ə-)rə-ˈzā-shən
1
: the act of summarizing
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