A Chrome extension to help you search for truth.
In a world rich in disinformation, friend love to send us articles on the web that, um, give us pause. Diogenes is a Chrome plugin that will let you visit a web page and click on Diogenes to ask it to analyze the page you are on. It will make a request to the Google Gemini API to analyze the page for logical and factual errors.
Note that the exact formatting of the response might vary depending on the response from the API.
Of course, because this is driven by an LLM, you should consider the results to a starting point, not a final guide. Generative can AI make mistakes.
- Analyze web pages for factual and logical errors
- Completely free to use
- No personal data is ever collected
- Open source with a fair license (MIT)
- Choose output in a variety of languages (only a subset for now)
- When possible, links are provided to reliable source material explaining factual errors (not shown in our example below, from an earlier version)
This project is licensed under the MIT license.
This has also been submitted to the Chrome store, but it often takes weeks to get a review.
- Clone the repository (see below if you just want to download the extension)
- Type
chrome://extensions/in your Google Chrome browser - Enable developer mode (should be in the top right corner)
- Click on "Load unpacked" (should be in the top left corner)
- Select the folder where you cloned the repository
- You should see the Diogenes icon in the top right corner of your browser
If you don't know how to clone a repository or you just want to download it, scroll to the top and click on the big, green "<> Code" button. From there, click on "Download Zip." Unzip the resulting file and continue to step 2 above.
When you first run the plugin, you will be asked to provide an API key. You can get one at ai.google.dev. Once you have the key, you can click on the Diogenes icon and paste the key in the input field. You will only need to do this once. This API is free to use, but there are limits. See "Billing" at the bottom of this document for more information.
This key is stored in your browser's local storage and is used to make requests. It is not shared with anyone.
You can replace or delete your key at any time.
The following screenshot shows an example of the output. Of course, in real life, you'd want to scroll down to see the full analysis of the argument. You can also read the full argument here.
To use this plugin, you need a Google API Key. You can get one at ai.google.dev. Once there, click the link which reads "Get API Key in Google AI Studio".
On the following page, click "Create API Key."
This key is free to use! No costs to you for this service. However, the number of requests you can make are limited. If you use this frequently, click the "Go to Billing" link at the bottom right of the page to set up payment.
If you lose your API key, you can revisit this page and either generate a new key, or click on your existing API key and click "Copy" in the popop which appears.