We’re excited to share several powerful AI updates which were released over the last two months that make Discover even smarter and more intuitive:

The AI Assistant is now available directly within the Bookmarks section, making it easier to summarize, explore, and interact with saved resources.

A new AI Search Feature Snippet is now available. This option is useful for administrators who prefer to keep keyword search as the primary search method. It allows them to display their own results from their own resources at the top, while still including the highly relevant and powerful AI Search results within the page.

Our spell check engine has been completely rebuilt with AI capabilities and now recognizes and corrects spelling across multiple languages. Administrators no longer need to set a predefined language. This is especially useful for multilingual institutions where, for example, the interface is in Spanish but users search in both English and Spanish.

The new autosuggest engine delivers more relevant and context-aware results than ever, helping patrons find what they need faster. Like the new spell check, it no longer requires a preset language and automatically detects the language of each query. Search suggestions are optimized across multiple domains, including Medical, Engineering, and General Academic.

We’ve upgraded our AI-powered features to provide users with deeper insights, more relevant results, and a more intuitive search experience.

The previous AI Summarize feature has been replaced with the new AI Assistant, a dropdown menu in the Discover results action bar that offers multiple AI-driven options.

When users select 2–10 articles, even across pages, additional AI analysis options become available:

All findings include full references to their source articles. The AI results screen supports comparison, feedback, and a streamlined reading experience.

The PICO widget now supports an AI Search mode, which translates structured PICO(T) inputs into natural language queries before running the search.

This results in more relevant, readable, and context-aware outputs—especially valuable for clinical researchers.

Users can switch between Boolean and AI Search (if both are enabled) and admins can configure available modes via the Widget Settings panel.

Our AI Search engine has been smart enough to understand when recency matters—applying different levels of recency ranking based on the context of the query. Whether your patrons are exploring foundational knowledge or seeking the latest medical research, the engine adapts accordingly.

Now, we’re taking it one step further by enhancing the Search Suggestions feature snippet to reflect that same intelligence.

When a user runs a search, the Search Suggestions box now includes suggestions that reflect recency-sensitive phrasing when relevant. For example, when searching about ongoing medical or scientific topics like COVID-19 vaccines, the system may suggest:

“Recent advancements in COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness”

“Trends in COVID-19 vaccine efficacy research”

“COVID-19 vaccines and booster shot effectiveness”

These suggestions are context-aware and designed to gently guide users toward the most relevant, up-to-date content.

We’re excited to introduce a new AI-powered enhancement to our search capabilities: Context-Aware Recency Boosting.

Until now, our AI search engine applied a general "recency boost," prioritizing newer articles over older ones, even though our AI Index contains valuable content spanning over 10 years. This worked well for many queries, ensuring patrons had access to up-to-date information. However, we recognize that not all searches benefit from a one-size-fits-all approach.

With this new update, our AI dynamically adjusts the recency boost based on the context of the search query, optimizing the balance between relevance and publication date. Here’s how it works:

: For queries that focus on foundational knowledge or historical perspectives—like "Keynes’ theory of consumption" or "history of carbon capture technology"—the AI turns off the recency boost entirely. This ensures that older, highly relevant articles are included in the results.

: For most queries, especially in fields like medicine, technology, or general research, we maintain our default strategy. This applies a moderate recency boost, favoring newer articles while still including older ones if they are highly relevant.

: For queries explicitly seeking the latest advancements—like "latest innovations in carbon capture technology"—the AI applies a stronger recency boost, prioritizing articles from the past 1-2 years.

This novel approach makes the search algorithm smarter and more in tune with what your patrons are looking for.

We’ve made several key updates to our AI suite:

We are excited to introduce the Discover AI Results widget, designed to enhance your portal pages with AI-powered search results.

Display AI-generated search results directly on your portal pages by adding this new widget. Use natural language to create your queries, showcasing and promoting the use of natural language in search among your patrons.

Combine the regular Discover Results and the new Discover AI Results side by side on the same page. You can also place multiple Discover AI Results widgets on a single page for a comprehensive search experience.

Tailor the widget to display only items that have Full Text available, are Peer Reviewed, and/or are Open Access.

Since the launch of our AI suite, featuring AI Search and AI Summarize, we've made significant strides to enhance its functionality and performance.

We've broadened our AI index to encompass a wider array of sources, making it truly multi disciplinary. Additionally, we've upgraded the AI models to improve linguistic understanding and provide better multilingual support.

You now have the flexibility to choose how many AI Search results to display to your patrons. Instead of being limited to 4 items, you can now show anywhere between 4 and 10 results. The AI-generated summary will be based on all relevant results from the AI Search.

Our basic filters—Show full text only, Show peer-reviewed only, Show subscribed content only, and Show Open Access only—are now applied to AI Search results as well.

To assist your users, we've added signposting for natural language search. When they perform a regular search, a help bubble will guide them, explaining that they can now use natural language for more intuitive searching. We have also added such a help bubble pointing to the new Summarize button.

For our API customers, we've expanded support to include AI Search and AI Summarize in our API.

Today we've launched our AI powered Search Suggestions, which can be easily added via the Marketplace.

The related searches that are being suggested guide your patrons towards broader topics, mirroring the intuitive related search experience they're familiar with on major platforms.

Today we have released our Scite integration which you can easily add from the marketplace.

The Scite integration allows you to add the Scite badge to your search results:

We have also developed a Scite widget which can be customized and added to your Resolvers and Record Details screens: