Perplexity announced on Tuesday the launch of its enterprise-level API service "Sonar", allowing businesses and developers to integrate its generative AI search capabilities into their own applications. The service is available in two versions: the basic Sonar and the advanced Sonar Pro, and it supports customers in customizing the information sources of the AI search engine. Unlike traditional AI models that rely solely on training data, Perplexity emphasizes that Sonar can connect to the internet in real-time and obtain information from reliable sources, thereby providing more factual and authoritative results.

Recently, Mita AI Search officially launched its brand new 'Reading Mode' feature, addressing the inconvenience users face when reading PDF documents on mobile devices. This feature has been meticulously developed over the past six months and is now available to users. Since the launch of 'Library Search', Mita AI Search has helped users conveniently find a wealth of valuable PDF documents. However, these documents often suffer from messy formatting and readability issues when viewed on mobile. To improve this situation, the Mita AI Search team began development six months ago.

360 Group recently announced the official launch of HarmonyOS native versions for its Nano AI Search and 360 AI Office applications, marking an important step in the company’s AI application strategy. As a multimodal content creation engine known in the industry as 'Search Engine 3.0', Nano AI Search has shown impressive performance since its launch in November 2024. Data shows that the application surpassed 1 million visits on its first day, and by December 2024, the visit count reached 359 million, ranking fourth in the 'AI Product Rankings · Global Overall List', becoming the only one in the TOP 10.

Baidu Search has undergone a significant update, recently launching the 'AI Search' entry on its Web homepage. This feature is a comprehensive upgrade based on the previous Baidu Search AI Partner, marking another breakthrough for Baidu in the field of intelligent search. This desktop AI search engine, built on the Wenxin Large Model, has achieved deep integration with the Baidu ecosystem. By consolidating various content platforms such as Baidu Search Engine, Baidu Health, Baidu Legal, Baidu Wenku, and Baidu Education, 'AI Search' can provide users with more reliable and authoritative search results.

Recently, Baidu introduced a new search engine entry 'AI Search' (Chat.baidu.com) on its web homepage, marking an upgrade in the company's search services. This new platform is based on Baidu's Wenxin large model and integrates multiple content ecosystems such as Baidu Search, Baidu Health, Baidu Law, Baidu Wenku, and Baidu Education, aiming to provide ad-free, reliable, and authoritative search results.

Lenovo announced a partnership with Volcano Engine to integrate the Doubao large model into its AI desktop assistant Ruyi (AI Stick), launching three new features: AI Search, AI Writing, and AI Chat. This marks an important step for Ruyi in providing personalized AI services. The AI Search feature, characterized by its clean and intelligent design, offers users a more precise and efficient search experience, ensuring that every click yields reliable and useful results. AI Writing provides robust assistance for users' creations, whether it's in-depth articles, personal blogs, marketing copy, or...

iFlytek Open Platform recently announced a significant upgrade to its Spark browser plugin, further enhancing users' browsing experience and work efficiency. The Spark plugin is a browser extension that integrates iFlytek Spark V4.0 capabilities, compatible with mainstream browsers like Chrome and Edge while occupying minimal memory. It offers practical features such as AI search, web summarization, and highlighted text collection.

In 2024, with the rise of AI-generated search results, many websites are experiencing a sharp decline in organic traffic. In response to this trend, Austrian startup Otterly has developed a tool focused on AI Search Visibility Optimization to help businesses and advertising agencies enhance their presence in generative search results. With Google launching AI Overviews in May, search engine users can...

In a recent round of financing, Silicon Valley startup Perplexity reached a valuation of $9 billion, tripling its previous valuation. The funding amount was $500 million, marking Perplexity's rapid development in the artificial intelligence search engine sector and strong investor interest. Established in 2020, the company focuses on developing AI-based search engines aimed at enhancing user search experiences. Its technology enables users to obtain information more efficiently, especially in

At the 2024 Volcano Engine FORCE Power Conference in Winter, ByteDance also launched the Global AI Search on Volcano Engine. This service integrates contextual search recommendations, enterprise private domain information integration, and connected Q&A services, closely aligning enterprise information, business needs, and user demands to help businesses achieve more precise recommendations and broader information discovery.

Shanghai Mita Network Technology Co., Ltd. recently announced significant enhancements to its AI Mita academic search functionality, with data volume increasing sevenfold. This update upgrades the indexing from abstracts to full texts, covering tens of millions of Open Access papers, including approximately 40% of SCI papers and top journal articles from 'Nature', 'Science', and more. This upgrade allows users to comprehensively search and access academic resources, improving research and learning efficiency.

The Sogou Input Method version 12.0 has recently undergone a smart upgrade, introducing a series of new features. The key highlights of this update include AI search, AI quick check, AI companion, magic gestures, and a brand-new visual design. In terms of AI search, version 12.0 of the Sogou Input Method, in collaboration with Tencent's Hunyuan Large Model, enables a feature that allows users to search while typing. Users can quickly obtain search results by simply clicking the magnifying glass icon, significantly improving search efficiency. Additionally, PC users can swiftly gather information through the 'equal sign for word selection' feature, enhancing productivity.

On November 21, at the 2024 World Internet Conference in Wuzhen, Zhou Yuan, founder, chairman, and CEO of Zhihu, shared his views on the changes brought by AI search. He believes that AI search is currently still in its early stages, and both domestically and globally, its user coverage and application scenarios need further expansion and improvement. Zhou pointed out that the industry often compares AI search with traditional search, yet traditional search has already addressed a wide range of mature problems.

Zhou Hongyi, the founder of 360, recently announced that the company plans to launch a brand new search product this month, which will further expand 360's footprint in the field of artificial intelligence applications. Zhou pointed out that 360 AI Search, as one of the largest native AI applications in China, has proven that search is a direct and simple way for users to access and use AI technology. Based on this successful experience, the 360 team is committed to innovating on the existing foundation to create a more accessible and user-friendly AI tool.