Brave Search Introduces AI Chat for Follow-Up Queries, Enhancing User Experience

Brave Search Will Now Answer Your Follow-Up Queries Using AI

The search feature on Brave is similar to Google's AI Overviews Brave rolled out a new artificial intelligence (AI) feature for Brave Search on Thursday. Earlier this year, the San Francisco-based software company introduced 'Answer with AI' to its search engine, a feature that shows AI-generated summaries for searched queries. Now, it has added an extension to this feature dubbed AI chat mode, which allows users to ask follow-up questions in a chat-like interface. This feature is currently available to all users on Brave's search engine. In a blog post, the software company detailed its new AI feature. The feature is available on Brave Search, a privacy-focused search engine which was released in 2022. Earlier this year, the company introduced an AI summary feature which is similar to Google's AI Overviews and shows intelligent summaries of the searched query. However, unlike AI Overviews, Brave will now allow users to enter the rabbit hole by asking AI as many follow-up queries as they like. The AI chat mode appears at the bottom of the 'Answer with AI' section as a thin text field. Once an additional query has been entered, a separate chat interface opens on top of the search page where the AI answers the query. Gadgets 360 staff members were able to test the feature and found that users can ask multiple follow-up queries. The interface is minimal with fast inference time and processing speed. The chatbot also shows all the reference websites from where the information was sourced on top of the response. Additionally, it also issues a warning asking users to verify critical facts. The AI chat mode also allows users to copy the response and leave feedback by either leaving a thumbs-up or thumbs-down remark. Further, users can open the searched query in a new tab and share the generated response by quickly copying the URL. Brave claims that the AI feature offers all the privacy protections of the search engine and does not profile the user or store the queries. The conversations with the AI are also not stored and kept private. The company stated that the AI chat mode feature is powered by both the company's internal LLM and third-party AI models. The data is sourced from Brave Search results to keep the responses grounded and reduce the risks of AI hallucination.

Brave Search adds AI chat for follow-up questions after your initial query | TechCrunch

Brave announced on Thursday that it's introducing an AI chat mode for follow-up questions based on initial queries on Brave Search. Earlier this year, the company launched "Answer with AI" summaries that appear above search results after you submit a query to give you an easy-to-read answer in response to a question. Now, the Answer with AI summaries will include a chat bar that lets you ask follow-up questions regarding your initial query. The new feature gives users access to an experience that's not available on Google, the largest search engine in the world. While Google does offer "AI Overviews," which are similar to Brave's "Answer with AI" summaries, the company does not offer a way for users to ask additional questions based on an initial query, as users instead have to complete an entirely new search when looking for more information. If you go to Brave Search and type in "christoper nolan films," you will get an AI-generated summary that gives you an overview of who Christoper Nolan is, and a list of some of his notable films. Starting today, you will now see a chat bar under the AI-generated summary that reads: "Ask a follow-up question." You could then enter a follow-up query, such as: "Which actors appear most in his films." The AI chatbot will then give you a list of actors that Nolan has frequently featured in his movies. Once you ask a follow-up question, you will enter a chat experience that offers sources along the way with each new question to highlight where the chatbot is getting the information. Brave says this new experience, which is powered by a combination of open and internal LLMs, eliminates the need for users to choose between chat-first or search-first tools. For instance, search engines are good at fetching images, links, and information, while AI chatbots are great for exploring topics through related questions based on context. Brave is now bringing these two types of tools together with its latest feature. Brave notes that your conversations with Answer with AI remain safe and private, as Brave Search does not store your queries or profile you. The company revealed that Brave Search serves more than 36 million queries per day and that its Answer with AI tool generates more than 11 million answers daily.