Description

“Weather The Times” is a Gioogle Chrome extension with Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) that filters which New York Times articles you can read based on your local weather. By dynamically fetching real-time weather data and conducting sentiment analysis of articles, “Weather The Times” nudges your news diet to match the mood of the skies above: On sunny days, only lighthearted and uplifting stories are accessible such as lifestyle, food, and travel. On rainy or stormy days, the extension restricts access to more serious and somber news about world events, crises, and politics. Articles that don’t fit the current weather mood are visually blurred and overlaid with poetic messages explaining their temporary inaccessibility. This tool is a poetic critique of how external forces, like the environment or algorithmic curation, shape our information consumption, questioning our passive relationship to news and the emotional filters that color our perception of the world.

Download the Extension from The Website: http://www.weatherthetimes.com