SMRTR AIDec 3, 2024MIT Technology Review

The startup trying to turn the web into a database

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Exa has launched Websets, a generative search engine that turns the internet into a structured database. Using word embeddings to capture web page meanings, it provides more precise results for complex queries. With about a billion encoded pages, Websets can be slow but offers unique capabilities for power users seeking specific datasets or lists, despite having fewer indexed pages than Google.

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