AI SIG

May AI SIG Notes

AI-Enhanced Search

  • Never trust, always verify!
  • Google Gemini
    • Produces the AI insights at the top of some searches
    • Click on the little link icon to get a sidebar with links to webpages.
  • Google Lens
  • ChatGPT
    • Click the Search button or globe icon below the prompt box.
    • In the results, you can click on the gray source bubbles and see the underlying search results for each paragraph.  You can also click on the sources bubble at the bottom of the result and get a sidebar with links.  You will only get the links the AI used, and not a complete search result list like google gives you.
  • Perplexity
    • Two levels of free search – search and research.  Research requires a free account.
    • Search gives you a tab for the answer and a tab for the sources.
  • Resources
    • PC Mag: https://www.pcmag.com/picks/the-best-ai-search-engines
    • The Family History AI Show, by Mark Thompson & Steve Little
    • Genealogy and Artificial Intelligence Facebook Group
    • RootsTech will have 25 presentations (March 6-8): https://www.familysearch.org/en/rootstech/