IDC infobrief: How advances in AI changed the game for search and knowledge discovery

Generative AI (GenAI) is changing how forward-looking organizations approach search, knowledge management, and other forms of knowledge discovery. Search is foundational for helping organizations discover, analyze, and utilize key data. However, with ever-increasing amounts of data, legacy search systems can struggle to help users quickly find what they need and avoid wasting time.

Modern search systems have made great leaps in the accuracy, relevancy, and usefulness of results thanks to AI-based capabilities such as natural language processing, machine learning-based relevancy, and vector (aka semantic) search. Elastic commissioned International Data Corporation (IDC) on a recent infobrief which discusses how combinations of GenAI and search technologies have the potential to take knowledge discovery to the next level.

Highlights

• By the numbers: the true cost of outdated search technology and the rich benefits of Search AI
• The move to AI-first: the tools and techniques that power generative AI and hybrid search (the best of keyword-based and semantic search)
• Essential guidance for building modern search with your proprietary data

Additional resources

• Building search in the age of generative AI: A blueprint for success
• Semantic search excellence: Getting started with AI
• How Elastic customers are building the next wave of AI search experiences