A great example of this type of “classic” answer engine is WolframAlpha. Founded in 2009, it was one of the first, and most well-respected, mainstream answer engines.

What is a Search Engine? All search engines start with a "search box", which is sometimes the main focus of the site, e.g. google.com, dmoz.org, ...

Semantics = theory of meaning, yet most define semantic search with a focus on intent. “Meaning” is not the same as “intention.” Learn more. Since 2013, Google has been gradually ...

Google’s new Bard chatbot looks and works like a search engine, but it’s not a good one, and Google says you shouldn’t use it like one. Chatbots like Bard, Bing, and ChatGPT have a long way ...

If we can learn one thing by watching the computer’s challenge of people on the “Jeopardy!” show, it’s that the company has developed a new kind of search engine, writes John Dvorak.

The possibility that A.I.-powered search engines could replace Google traffic — or spur Google to put similar features into its search engine, as it has started doing with its “search ...