Build an AI News Aggregator with Gemini

📋 What You'll Need

Python 3.8+
pip install feedparser google-generativeai requests
A Gemini API key (free at aistudio.google.com)

Fetch headlines from RSS feeds

feedparser reads any RSS feed — BBC, Reuters, TechCrunch, anything.

import feedparser

FEEDS = [
    "http://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/rss.xml",
    "https://techcrunch.com/feed/",
    "https://feeds.reuters.com/reuters/topNews",
]

headlines = []
for url in FEEDS:
    feed = feedparser.parse(url)
    for entry in feed.entries[:5]:  # top 5 per source
        headlines.append({
            "title":   entry.title,
            "summary": getattr(entry, "summary", ""),
            "source":  feed.feed.title,
        })

print(f"Fetched {len(headlines)} headlines")
for h in headlines[:3]:
    print(f"  [{h['source']}] {h['title']}")

Fetched 15 headlines
  [BBC News] UK inflation falls to 2.3% in April
  [TechCrunch] Google announces Gemini 2.0 at I/O
  [Reuters] Oil prices rise amid supply concerns

Send to Gemini for clustering and summary

Ask Gemini to group related stories and write a briefing.

import google.generativeai as genai
from datetime import date

genai.configure(api_key="YOUR_GEMINI_API_KEY")
model = genai.GenerativeModel("gemini-1.5-flash")

headlines_text = "\n".join(
    f"- [{h['source']}] {h['title']}: {h['summary'][:100]}"
    for h in headlines
)

prompt = f"""
You are a news editor. Today is {date.today()}.
Below are today's top headlines from multiple sources.

{headlines_text}

Write a structured daily briefing with:
1. Three thematic sections (group related stories together, give each a bold heading)
2. Under each heading, 2-3 bullet points summarising the key news
3. A one-sentence "Bottom line" at the end

Be concise and objective.
"""

briefing = model.generate_content(prompt).text
print(briefing)

**Economy & Markets**
• UK inflation dropped to 2.3% in April, the lowest since 2021, raising hopes of an interest rate cut.
• Oil prices climbed 1.4% as OPEC+ signalled potential supply cuts heading into summer.

**Technology**
• Google unveiled Gemini 2.0 at I/O with major improvements to reasoning and multimodal tasks.
• Apple reportedly delaying its AI features in the EU due to regulatory concerns.

**World News**
• Peace talks resumed in the Middle East with US envoys meeting regional leaders.

**Bottom line:** Markets are cautiously optimistic on inflation while Big Tech dominates headlines ahead of the AI summer.

Save the briefing to a file

Write the output to a dated markdown file.

from pathlib import Path
from datetime import date

filename = f"briefing_{date.today()}.md"
Path(filename).write_text(f"# Daily Briefing — {date.today()}\n\n{briefing}", encoding="utf-8")
print(f"Saved to {filename}")

Saved to briefing_2025-08-08.md

💡 Tip: Schedule this with cron (Linux/Mac) or Task Scheduler (Windows) to run every morning and email the briefing to yourself automatically.

🎉 You Did It!

Your AI news aggregator curates and summarises the day's news in seconds. Customise the RSS feeds for any niche — tech, finance, sport, anything.

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📰 Build an AI News Aggregator with Gemini

🎯 What You'll Build

📋 What You'll Need

Fetch headlines from RSS feeds

Send to Gemini for clustering and summary

Save the briefing to a file

🎉 You Did It!

📰 Build an AI News Aggregator with Gemini

🎯 What You'll Build

📋 What You'll Need

Fetch headlines from RSS feeds

Send to Gemini for clustering and summary

Save the briefing to a file

🎉 You Did It!

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