Perplexity AI Alibaba Unveils Google with Revolutionary Pricing
May 29, 2025
Discover Alibaba's groundbreaking Zero Search technology, which leverages AI to generate search results without traditional engines, cutting training costs and reshaping information retrieval. Explore how platforms like Twitter and Reddit are challenging Google's dominance in information sharing. Delve into the impact of emerging language models on real-time access to content and what that means for creators. This discussion sheds light on the future of search in the digital age.
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ZeroSearch Simulates Google
- Alibaba's ZeroSearch lets AI models simulate Google search results for training without using real external search APIs.
- This approach generates multiple synthetic documents to find the best answer, improving quality and cutting costs dramatically.
Synthetic Data Replaces APIs
- ZeroSearch replaces expensive Google Search APIs with synthetic data from a large language model.
- This method reduces training costs by avoiding the need to repeatedly query actual search engines.
Smaller Models Outperform Google
- ZeroSearch often matches or outperforms Google-based models despite a smaller parameter count.
- A 7 billion parameter model matched Google, while a 14 billion parameter model outperformed it.