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Dive into the world of search technology with Josep M. Pujol, Chief of Search at Brave, in our latest episode of the Cognitive Revolution. Discover the inner workings of Brave's search engine, the balance of user data privacy and AI-powered enhancements, and the impact on real-time search at scale. Learn how Brave's evolving search infrastructure can serve as a benchmark for AI developers, and explore a simple Google collab notebook for making API calls to Brave. For AI enthusiasts and industry insiders alike, this episode offers a rare glimpse into the challenges and triumphs of developing cutting-edge search solutions.

Google collab notebook : https://colab.research.google.com/drive/1AxQD-bDePl1l90A_gwvfAGXBIl92ERKy#scrollTo=WrhGZsvbxZy8

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CHAPTERS:

(00:00:00) Introduction

(00:05:46) Brave

(00:07:52) How Brave collects data

(00:11:42) Record unlinkability

(00:13:55) How Brave builds its index

(00:16:36) PageRank

(00:21:06) Sponsors: Oracle | Brave

(00:23:14) Brave Search

(00:25:43) Hardware improvements

(00:28:33) Language models

(00:31:16) The importance of combining techniques

(00:34:17) The importance of data

(00:38:48) Sponsors: Squad | Omneky

(00:40:34) Ensemble approach

(00:48:36) Evaluating the quality of search results

(00:52:49) The summarizer

(01:04:15) Brave Searchs Business Model

(01:09:20) Brave Users

(01:11:21) Brave Search API

(01:17:28) Brave Search Summarizer