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On October 31st, it was reported that Zhihu‘s AI search product Zhida.AI has launched the ‘Professional Search’ feature, introducing professional content sources such as Weipu and Zhihu Selected, covering over 50 million Chinese and English literature data. At the same time, Zhida.AI’s ‘Professional Search’ supports file uploads and parsing of extremely long documents, and provides functions such as single-article in-depth reading and designated source Q&A to better cater to the productivity scenarios of professionals. The launch of this feature makes Zhida.AI the first domestic product to provide an AI search with a legitimate academic paper library one-stop solution.
Zhihu introduced that its platform’s hundreds of millions of users cover various industries with professional backgrounds, accumulating a huge demand for questions, queries, and discussions on professional literature. Data shows that topics related to papers on the platform have accumulated over 16 billion views, with discussions in fields like science and technology being particularly valuable. Zhida.AI was launched in June this year; building upon community-based professional discussions and high-quality curated content introduction from platforms like VIP(Weipu) totaling over 50 million Chinese-English legitimate literature data.
In terms of model capabilities, Zhihu Zhida.AI stated that its professional search utilizes various cutting-edge technologies. It not only achieves collaborative work among multiple intelligent agents, supports functions such as information retrieval, content analysis, mathematical calculations, but also combines the powerful reasoning ability of large language models to deeply analyze users’ context and questions, recalling diverse and high-quality content from multiple perspectives and levels. In addition, professional search has made breakthroughs in several technical modules such as mind chain prompt words engineering, intelligent document parsing, dynamic resource scheduling.
Industry insiders pointed out that the professional search function is the most significant upgrade since the launch of Zhihu Zhida.AI platform. This signifies that Zhihu is entering a stage of deepening search capabilities with more professionalism and practicality in AI search track. Especially at a time when many AI search products are still striving to overcome ‘illusions,’ Zhihu Zhida.AI has become a productivity tool for professionals and knowledge workers through its AI capabilities.
Additionally, Zhihu has also launched a new membership service called ‘Knowledge Member,’ covering knowledge columns, e-books, magazines, academic journals, and other knowledge content. This time the Chinese literature database of Zhihu Zhida.AI professional search upgrade is synchronized and integrated into ‘Knowledge Member.’ Users can conduct content searches and consumption through two different scenarios and paths – professional search and Knowledge Member.
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