ToSS (Terms of Service Summarizer)

Inspiration

Nobody really reads the terms and conditions before accepting it. It's important for people to know what conditions they are agreeing to before signing off. In an effort to decrease misinformation among consumers and companies, we built ToSS.

What it does

ToSS looks at a website's terms and conditions and returns potentially malicious terms and fine print which consumers could potentially miss. Using the OpenAI API, GPT analyzes an agreement and extracts the more obscure conditions.

How we built it

Primarily we used JavaScript and implemented the OpenAI API with a Node.js server. To create the website, we also used HTML and CSS.

Challenges we ran into

We ran into a couple challenges. One of the most prominent challenges was working with the API. The API expires over time, so we had to test other group member's API keys. Another challenge we ran into was integrating everything into one cohesive project. The API and Node.js server were implemented separately and bringing them together was quite challenging.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We are proud of implementing the API successfully and developing a nice frontend website. Also the team synergy and chemistry were really good; we worked well as a team.