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November 21 news, during today's 2024 World Internet Conference Wuzhen Summit, Zhou Yuan, founder, chairman and CEO of Zhihu, talked about the difficulties of AI search at the moment. Zhou Yuan said: "I think one of the difficulties is what I said just now, essentially consumers are not yet fully accustomed to. But I also said just now that the speed may be very fast. If we rewind back to maybe 12 years, that is, when WeChat came out with the voice, we would think that the street was full of people holding the phone, not so holding the phone, we would think it was very strange, right? How can someone talk like that? But its...

On October 31, Zhihu Daily announced that Zhihu AI search product Zhihu Direct Answer officially launched the "professional search" function, introducing Wipu, Zhihu Selected and other professional content sources, covering more than 50 million Chinese and English literature data, and it is the first product in China to provide a one-stop solution for AI search and genuine thesis libraries. According to the introduction, "Professional Search" aims to provide professionals and academic researchers with a more in-depth and efficient way to obtain knowledge. Compared with the general AI search, it has been upgraded in three major aspects: professional data source, document upload and interactive experience, which will provide a more in-depth and efficient way of knowledge acquisition for professionals and academic researchers....

Under the wave of AI technology, content creators have also ushered in innovation. However, many creators who tried to use AI to generate content in batches encountered the embarrassing situation of having their accounts blocked or restricted. Those who work in self-media know that answering questions on Zhihu is an effective way to obtain traffic, but in the past without AI assistance, creators relied on manual keyword mining, writing answers, publishing and data statistics. Creators who need to answer questions need to have professional knowledge and experience, with high learning costs and low efficiency, and it is also difficult to guarantee the quality of content. When AI just emerged, many people tried to use AI+RPA directly...

Recently, Zhihu founder Zhou Yuan announced the launch of a new AI product "Zhihu Direct Answer" at the 10th Yan Club New Knowledge Youth Conference. This product marks another innovation of Zhihu in the field of large-scale model application, aiming to improve the efficiency and quality of Q&A through AI technology. "Zhihu Direct Answer" is based on Zhihu's rich Q&A data and provides two ways to generate answers: brief and in-depth, supporting users to quickly find the content or experts they need. The product has been launched on the PC side and can be accessed through the "zhida.ai" domain name. It not only shortens the distance between users and high-quality answers, but also enhances the circulation of community creators' content. …