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

Brave announced Thursday that it is launching an AI chat mode for follow-up questions based on initial queries on Brave Search. Earlier this year, the company introduced “Answer with AI” summaries, which appear above search results after submitting a query to give you an easy-to-read answer to a question. Now Answer with AI summaries include a chat bar where you can ask follow-up questions to your initial query.

The new feature gives users access to an experience not available on Google, the world’s largest search engine. While Google offers “AI summaries” that are similar to Brave’s “Answers with AI” summaries, the company does not offer users the ability to ask additional questions based on an initial query, requiring users to perform an entirely new search instead You are looking for more information.

If you go to Brave Search and type in “Christopher Nolan movies,” you’ll get an AI-generated summary that gives you an overview of who Christopher Nolan is and a list of some of his notable films. Starting today, below the AI-generated summary, you’ll see a chat bar that says “Ask a follow-up question.”

You can then enter a follow-up query, e.g. B. “Which actors appear in his films most often?” The AI ​​chatbot will then give you a list of actors that Nolan has frequently appeared in his films.

Once you ask a follow-up question, you’ll enter a chat experience that, with each new question, displays sources that clarify where the chatbot is getting the information from.

Brave says this new experience, based on a combination of open and internal LLMs, eliminates the need for users to choose between chat-first or search-first tools. For example, search engines are good at retrieving images, links, and information, while AI chatbots are great at exploring topics through related questions based on context. Brave now brings these two types of tools together with its latest feature.

Brave notes that with Answer with AI, your conversations remain secure and private because Brave Search does not store your queries or profile you.

The company said Brave Search processes more than 36 million queries per day and that its Answer with AI tool generates more than 11 million answers daily.