What to Know about YESEO
Thank you for discovering the YESEO app! Here are some quick facts to get you on your way to enjoy using the YESEO app in your workspace today.
Did you know the YESEO app is free?!
That's right, it's free! It's been installed in over 500 workspaces. So long as you have a Slack workspace, you can install it and use it today. It does not require an email, login or any personal information to sign up. It's as easy as hitting "Add to Slack".
👀 See what newsrooms have to say about how they use YESEO.
Visit YESEO in the Slack App Directory.
YESEO is a 2024 Online Journalism Awards finalist for Excellence in AI Innovation
- 🎙 Learn how WNIJ in Illinois used YESEO to get their highest trafficked story in over a year
- 📰 Learn how Richland Source in Ohio uses it to fill in metadata keywords and improve their SEO score in their CMS
- 📺 Learn how Griffin Media created a Slack workspace to try YESEO and is thriving
- 🎓 Find out how the Knight Center accomodates English, Spanish and Portuguese stories with YESEO
- 🇨🇦 Learn how Glacier Media gained as small newsrooms they support grew more confident in getting their stories ready
YESEO's goal is to continue to learn its users' stories and how to help them even more.
You can also read all of Ryan Restivo's RJI Fellowship articles detailing the process to make this project come to life as part of his work with the Reynolds Journalism Institute at the University of Missouri.
What can I read to understand more about YESEO?
YESEO is working hard to tell the stories of its users. Ryan Restivo is also out there telling the story of YESEO across Podcasts, Newsletters from the News Product Alliance to the National Press Club Journalism Institute to name a few. YESEO also shares its insights like in the Generative AI in the Newsroom project through Northwestern University. Ryan Restivo shared new developments with the International Journalists' Network including YESEO's recent addition to the Slack App Directory. Ryan Restivo presented a Lightning Talk in June at Media Party 2023 in Chicago. Check out all our Press.
What does YESEO do?
It works to reduce the time to come up with a relevant headline, keywords to use and gives you the right information at the right time to get your work seen and read. YESEO uses the power of natural language processing to give insights to act on. We learned that the headline is the most impactful thing you as a journalist have power over to get your work read.
YESEO supports over 11 language models?!
Yes! If you write in English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, German, Finnish, Norwegian or Swedish then you can use the YESEO app to break down your stories. The experience returns in English, but the model that breaks down the story selects the language when the data is sent, you don't have to do anything and you'll get the proper model. Learn more here.
How do you use it?
It has two main commands (/analyze and /prep). Using them is as easy as copy and paste. Learn more here.
I want to learn more, who can I talk to?
Set up time to chat! or e-mail Ryan at ryan[at]yeseo.app with your questions.
Frequently Asked Questions
These are some questions we have received from users regarding our app and want to make sure your know the answers to them before downloading. If you have anything else you want to ask, reach out to us.
How much does it cost?
It’s free. We do not ask for your email address, make you create a login or give us a credit card, all you have to do is click "Add to Slack" and you should be able to install it in your workspace. We are an educational tool working to help the news industry understand and implement SEO best practices.
Does your app use GPT?
Yes! We introduced a feature where GPT attempts to supply text based on the stories users enter to help them create engaging headlines and descriptions. We see these as a useful training resource, knowing that organizations’ style guides may clash with the headline suggestions, a user can take an idea generated by the service and incorporate it into their work.
I input a story to the app that hasn't been published yet, how are you protecting my data?
Any not published story entered into the app is inaccessible to all users other than the user who entered it. The user who entered it may share it to another user, but that will only be able to be done in their workspace. We have worked to protect that any and all data from these stories cannot be touched by any other user in any other workspace. Data that is produced from this command is stored separately.
Are the AI models learning from my data when I get GPT suggestions?
No! OpenAI’s API policy explicitly states that data is not used to train the model from their API unless the API user opts in. We have no plans to opt in. You can also read the official documentation here.
What sort of information are you collecting on me when I use the app?
We can only collect data that Slack gives us. We are collecting data for analytics purposes on command usage, text entered and button clicks. That data includes usernames, workspace names, channel names. We do not collect any user’s personal information in their profile.
I am having issues. How can I get help?
Reach out to us at support@yeseo.app and we will work with you as soon as possible to make sure your experience is great. Email us here.
I like this bot, do you do custom integrations?
If you want features beyond the current stack, we are working on more and a possible paid tier, contact us at support@yeseo.app to learn more. As part of the RJI Fellowship project, Ryan has already improved other apps for Slack he made before, so other custom integrations could be made upon request. Learn more about past projects, here.
Will you sell my data?
No, we have no plans to sell anyones data. We take data storage seriously and secure all requests made to the app so only the application knows how to find the proper data.
Do you have a privacy policy?
Yes, find it at yeseo.app/privacy or click here.
Slack requires any app that uses AI to have a disclaimer, do you have one?
Yes! YESEO utilizes artificial intelligence (AI) to generate data. They are meant to assist users and we cannot guarantee the accuracy of responses generated by AI. Users should use their best judgment on responses generated by the use of AI. YESEO is not responsible for any inaccuracies in responses provided by the app.