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Computer scientist Richard Socher conceived of You.com while a PhD student at Stanford University, but shelved the concept between 2009 and 2014 due to Google’s dominance. With the development of prompt engineering — the method of creating inputs for generative AI tools to produce desired outputs — and advances in natural language processing, Socher and co-founder Bryan McCann realized that search could evolve to provide summary answers, and Google…

Palo Alto-based startup You.com today announced the launch of Custom Assistant, a breakthrough feature that allows users to create personalized AI assistants using top language models (LLMs) like GPT-4o, Llama3, and Claude3, all within a single interface. This major leap forward for conversational AI aims to make powerful language models more accessible and adaptable to individual needs. “This launch puts this technology in the hands of every user, allowing them to train AI for their own applications,” said You.com founder…