Yup, it is pretty much just a better frontend for existing search. I want to build my own index and ranking algorithm in the future, but sadly it's quite resource intensive so it will depend on financial viability a bit in terms of timeframe.

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RadiozRadioz 14 hours ago | parent | next [-]

So it's not a search engine, it's a frontend for a search engine.

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dangus 13 hours ago | parent | next [-]

You can just turn off the AI feature in Brave search so it’s sort of extra pointless.

It’s possibly worth pointing out that the about page doesn’t offer any indicator that this is an actual nonprofit entity from a legal standpoint, so at this point I have to assume it’s just a sole proprietorship that is pinky promising to become a non-profit.

In that sense I’m quite happy “donating” to Kagi to provide a stable and supported product from a company with employees.

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UnmappedStack 13 hours ago | parent [-]

That's fair enough. For the record I do intend to apply for a non-profit official entity. I would say it still has a role as opposed to Brave considering the lack of advertising though.

	▲	dangus 11 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I certainly assume your heart is in the right place. I felt like it was worth warning people to do research before making donations.

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UnmappedStack 13 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Sure, would've made for a chunky post title tho :P

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Fnoord 13 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

There's tons of these frontends, including SearXNG and proprietary (but very good) Kagi. Kagi are working on their own index; this will be their meat.

I am convinced LLMs are the way forward for searching, with a caveat: what they summarize isn't very relevant (it is overrated). It just gives a (hopefully accurate) semantic context. What matters is the sources it directs to. These are your links normally on top of ypur search query.

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riedel 11 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

openwebsearch.eu wants to build an open index. But despite the funding it is still quite sparse.

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sjs382 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

How is it better?

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