See my former entries Entry 1 and here Entry 2.
Perplexity.ai is the first of its kind LLM-powered answer engine that has established itself as the most accurate and useful research assistant for conversations and questions that require answers to be backed by facts and references.
You should all try perplexity.ai
It looks like this:
Maybe watch how they built it:
In this presentation, Aravind Srinivas, the founder and CEO, will go through the engineering challenges involved in getting there within the time and resource constraints and the opportunities that lie ahead in rethinking the most important software category of asking questions about anything and everything.
Chrome Extension/Plugin
https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/perplexity-ai-search/bnaffjbjpgiagpondjlnneblepbdchol
Update 13.11.2024
The german meta searchengine metaGER is also struggling to keep up with the innovationspeed in search engine-land. Here is a podcast depicting the current state.
Interesting Links from the Podcast:
Browser und Suchmaschine Brave https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brave_(Browser)
Suma e.V.https://suma-ev.de/
Open Search Foundation Projekt Open Websearch EU https://openwebsearch.eu/
Blogposts
- https://suma-ev.de/eine-aera-geht-zu-ende/
- https://suma-ev.de/eine-aera-ging-zu-ende-und-eine-neue-zeit-beginnt/
The SUMA-EV taking care of metaGER is a non-profit organization based in Hannover, Germany that advocates for free access to digital knowledge and operates the MetaGer search engine. Here are some key points about SUMA-EV:
Mission and Goals
SUMA-EV aims to ensure that digital knowledge remains freely accessible without control by governments or corporations [1][2]. Their core beliefs include:
- Protecting privacy and opposing user profiling
- Promoting transparency and open-source software
- Maintaining diversity in the search engine market to prevent monopolies
History and Organization
- Founded on July 5, 2004 in Hannover[2]
- Originally named „Gemeinnütziger Verein zur Förderung der Suchmaschinen-Technologie und des freien Wissenszugangs, SuMa-eV“
- Renamed to „SUMA-EV – Verein für freien Wissenszugang“ in 2009
- Current executive board members include Dominik Hebeler, Phil Höfer, Carsten Riel, and Manuela Branz[2][4]
Key Activities
Funding
SUMA-EV is funded through:
- Membership fees
- Donations
- Affiliate shopping programs
- Advertising links[2]
The organization continues to operate on a volunteer basis and welcomes donations, new members, and token purchases to support its mission of providing free access to digital knowledge[5].
Citations:
- https://suma-ev.de
- https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suma_e._V.
- https://www.religionen-entdecken.de/inhalt/der-suma-ev-verein-fuer-freien-wissenszugang
- https://metager.de/impressum
- https://wiki.aki-stuttgart.de/mediawiki/index.php/SUMA-EV
- https://openwebsearch.eu/partners/suma-ev/
- https://de.linkedin.com/company/suma-ev—verein-fuer-freien-wissenszugang
Why do I blog this? I am blown away by how much better search results are compared to Google and Qwant.