They differ from traditional ones because they understand what is asked and offer personalized answers. They are also able to follow the thread of a conversation.
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Searching for information is one of the most common uses of the Internet and, in fact, almost 62.5% of Internet users worldwide use the network for this purpose, according to the Statista website . Although traditional search engines such as Google or Bing are still the most popular, generative AI is transforming them, giving rise to new, faster and smarter tools. Their advantages? They understand natural language and answer any question asked in a personalized and more precise way; along the way, they learn from each one of them. These are the main possibilities of the best free search engines with AI.
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Bing
Microsoft’s search engine works as a mixed assistant: for any query, it returns the results in the traditional way, with a list and each of its sources of origin and, as a complement, it activates Copilot’s generative AI to provide a more precise response that appears on one side of the screen. If you continue ‘talking’ to Copilot and ask it more questions, it is able to recognize those that are part of the same conversation, and if the first answer does not fit what has been asked, it is also possible to edit the initial question.
It also allows you to upload images to ask about them, select only the traditional search mode, or tell the AI to stop answering at any time.
Perplexity
It is able to understand the context of the questions posed and generate precise and coherent answers, using the GPT-4 language model. In addition to using keywords for its searches, it offers reasoned and verified information, specifying the sources from which it has been obtained: websites , books, articles, etc. For each query, it displays additional questions related to that topic, and clicking on them provides more information to complete the answer. If requested, it also summarizes a text file or creates creative content such as poems or stories.
Andisearch
Its purpose is to provide summarized, precise and, above all, highly visual information. When you open the search engine, a chatbot appears introducing itself and you only have to type the query at the bottom of the screen to obtain different results. It uses generative AI, semantic search technology and updated data to find the most appropriate information, displaying it in a simple way: first, it highlights the answer it considers most relevant and reliable, and then it shows a summarized list with descriptions from other websites, videos or thumbnail images on the topic at hand.
It includes different modes for viewing responses (wall, mosaic, list, classic Google, simple list…), and allows you to choose between obtaining complete results or just images.
Enter
The most notable aspect of this search engine is that its interface is very similar to Google’s, which makes it easy to use. It offers three main functions: chat, which allows you to interact with the search engine through dialogues; explore, which displays information in a visual way similar to the social network Pinterest; and search, which provides quick answers with links to different sources and resources. Although it is free, it has different payment plans to increase the number of searches or access other generative AI models such as ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini.
You.com
In addition to being a search engine, it is a virtual assistant that works in a similar way to ChatGPT and provides very detailed answers with links to each of its sources. To start using it, you need to register with an email or a Google account, and then you just have to ‘talk’ to the bot. At the end of the answers, it suggests questions related to the query and relevant articles or news. It has different modes depending on the type of response desired: research, genius, creative… And it generates links to the conversations to share them on social networks such as X or Facebook, or on WhatsApp.
Although it is not yet available in Spain (it is expected to be available in the next few months), Gemini will be integrated into the Google search engine. This will lead to improvements in the popular search engine: descriptive and detailed responses to any query, summaries with the main keys to what has been queried, personalized responses depending on what is needed (more concise or more extensive), or the ability to ‘reason’ and respond precisely to complex questions.
It will also offer other functions such as the possibility of creating a weekly meal plan and even resolving different doubts or problems by consulting with a video: the new technology will be able to process the recordings uploaded by users to contextualize the question and offer the best answer.
