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Advancing the search frontier with AI agents

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White, Ryen W.·2024·Communications of the ACM

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Dek : AI agents are extending the capabilities of traditional search engines to help users tackle complex tasks.

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  1. Belkin, N.J. Anomalous states of knowledge as a basis for information retrieval. Canadian J. of Information Science 5, 1 (1980), 133-143.
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Authors
White, R. W.
Affiliations
Microsoft (United States) (US)
Corresponding author
White, Ryen W.
Venue
Communications of the ACM
Published
2024-08-26
Volume
67
Issue
9
Pages
54-65
ISSN
  • 0001-0782 (ISSN-L)
  • 1557-7317
OpenAlex
W4401933721
Cited by
55
References
38
Citations by year
2026: 23 · 2025: 27 · 2024: 5
FWCI
20.74
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
Communications of the ACM (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Information Retrieval and Search Behavior
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Recommender Systems and Techniques
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Artificial Intelligence Applications
Keywords
AI agents, search engines, large language models

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