A Chrome side panel for reading
Read the article.
See the shape
around it.
RLC sits in Chrome’s side panel. It sums up the article, maps the discussion around it where there is one, and answers your questions.
ArticleDiscussionAsk RLCHistory
The RLC side panel beside the sky shows, in turn: the article in brief, a question asked of RLC with its answer, the shape of the reader discussion (its tone and key themes) and History. Each constellation stands for one of them.
New this week
Read RLC in your language. Ask in it too.
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Eight languages
The article in brief, the discussion analysis and RLC’s answers, in English, 日本語, 한국어, 简体中文, 繁體中文, Español, Português or Русский. One tap on the language buttons switches the whole panel.
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Ask in your language
Type your question in any of these languages. RLC finds the evidence in the English article and its discussion, answers from it, and shows the answer in your language.
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Translated on your computer
Chrome’s built-in translator turns RLC’s English into your language on your own device. “Show original” is always one click away, and names and headlines stay exactly as the newspaper published them.
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Four newspapers
The Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post and Bloomberg. RLC reads the reader discussion on the first three; Bloomberg articles get the article in brief.
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Spotlight vs crowd
Set the themes of the most-liked comments beside the rest of the discussion, and see what is argued further in but never reaches the top.
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Fault lines
Each main disagreement as Point / Counterpoint: the sides readers take, and where in the discussion each side shows up. Arguments, not headcounts.
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Journalist profiles
Where a newspaper identifies its journalist, follow the byline to what they have covered across the newspapers RLC reads.
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A panel for every tab
Each tab keeps its own article and its own analysis. Switch tabs and the panel follows; nothing mixes.
Try it
The real side panel, on real articles, in eight languages
This is RLC’s own panel code showing what it produced for one article from each newspaper. Tap a language button at the top of the panel to read the summary, the discussion analysis and the answers in that language. On the Article surface, the questions were asked in Japanese, Spanish, Korean, Portuguese, Chinese and English. Tap a side, switch surfaces on the rail, follow a byline to the journalist’s profile.
Real RLC output from 17–20 October 2026, translated by Chrome’s on-device translator. Reader comments are summarised, never quoted; no commenter is named.
Coming soon to RLC
In the side panel
One side panel. Four ways to read.
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Article
One reading becomes clearer.
The article in brief. It works on its own, with or without a discussion.
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Discussion
Reactions become a shape.
Tone, key themes, disagreements and less common views — where the article has a reader discussion.
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Ask RLC
Follow the question that matters to you.
Answers grounded in the article and, when shown, its discussion.
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History
Return to a field you explored.
Articles and questions you have already opened in RLC.
The Discussion surface
Each shape stands for a section of the panel.
Where an article has a reader discussion, RLC reads all of it and lays it out in the same order every time. Comments are paraphrased; RLC never shows individual comments or who wrote them.
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Key themes
The topics readers keep returning to.
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Leading views vs the wider discussion
What the most prominent comments say, set against what the rest of the discussion adds or changes.
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What the discussion adds
Facts, context and experience from readers that go beyond what the article itself says.
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Main disagreements
The points readers genuinely contest — with each other, or with the article.
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Less common perspectives
Substantive views held by only a few readers, that you would otherwise miss.
The company
AI is the engine. Understanding is the product.
RLC is an AI company building tools that help readers understand articles and the conversations around them.
RLC uses AI to read the article you choose and, where there is one, the discussion beneath it — then organises what it finds into something you can take in at a glance. It does not rate truth or score anyone’s politics. It shows you the shape of what was said, and leaves the judgement to you.
Principles
Built to be trusted with your reading.
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Only what you choose
RLC reads an article only when you ask it to, and only on supported publications. Your publisher sign-in never leaves your browser.
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Readers, not names
Discussion insights are paraphrased. RLC never shows individual comments or who wrote them.
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Shown, not scored
No bias ratings and no truth scores. The article and its discussion are analysed separately, so each can be read on its own terms.
How it works
Six steps, one side panel.
Checked against the real extension. Readable even if you ignore the stars.
See the full walkthrough-
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Open an article
On a supported publication you already read in Chrome.
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Open RLC in the side panel
One click. It sits beside the page, not on top of it.
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Read the article in brief
Article analysis works on its own.
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Where there is one, the discussion
Tone, key themes, disagreements, less common views.
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Ask RLC your own question
Grounded in the article and, when shown, its discussion.
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Return from History
Articles and questions you have already explored.
Get RLC
See the shape around what you read.
RLC is a Chrome extension. Add it from the Chrome Web Store.