AI Search Transparency Critiqued: Should Underlying Indexes Be Public?
iamtrask · x · 2026-07-31
Developer Simon Willison points out that both Anthropic and OpenAI lean heavily on web search for their products, yet they obscure the underlying search indexes they use. AI researcher Trask adds that the present state of AI is already effectively network-sourced. This sparks discussion on the transparency and retrieval mechanisms of AI search tools.
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