Brave Summarizer takes on Bing and ChatGPT at the AI search results game
Summarizer displays accurate info for questions you ask it
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Hopping on the AI train,Braveis incorporating its own AI-powered search function to its web browser called Summarizer – similar to whatMicrosoftrecently did toBing.
The new feature “provides concise and to-the-point answers at the top of Brave Search results”. For example, if you want to learn about the chemical spill in East Palestine, Ohio,Summarizer will createa one paragraph summary of the event alongside some sources for you to read. UnlikeMicrosoft which only uses ChatGPT for Bing’schatbot, Summarizer uses three in-house large language models, LLMs for short, based on retrained versions of the BART and DeBERTa AI models to create the search-results snippets.
Retraining AI
To simplify the technology behind them,BARTandDeBERTaare generative writing AIs likeChatGPTthat have been specially trained to take into account word positioning as well as context so the text output reads well. What Brave did is take those models and retrain them using its own search result data to develop Summarizer.
Summarizer’s training regiment is a three-step process, according to the announcement. First, Brave taught the LLMs to prioritize answering the question being asked. Then, the company utilized “zero-shot classifiers” to categorize results so the given information is relevant. The final step helps the models rewrite the snippet so it’s more coherent. The result is an accurate answer written succinctly with multiple sources attached.
Be aware the feature is still in the early stages. Brave states Summarizer only utilizes about 17 percent of search queries to formulate an answer, but there are plans to scale that number even higher for better paragraphs. Its accuracy needs some work, too. The company admits Summarizer may produce what it calls “hallucinations” which are unrelated snippets mixed in with results. Plus there’s the possibility of the feature throwing in some “false or offensive text” into an answer.
Availability
Summarizer is currently available to all Brave Search users on desktop and mobile with the exception of theBrave Search Goggles.It’s disabled there. You can turn it off anytime you want by going into the browser’s settings menu. The company is alsoasking users to give some feedbackon how it can improve the tool.
We tried out Summarizer ourselves, and as cool as it is, it does need some work. Not all search results will give you a snippet as it depends on what you ask, as well as which news topics are making the rounds. The East Palestine, Ohio chemical spill, for example, is currently a hot button issue so you get Summarizer working just fine there. However when we asked about the recent cold snap in Los Angeles and what’s going on with certain video game developers, we either got no summary or outdated information. But the latter did come with sources so it was at least accurate. Still better than havingChatGPT throw a temper tantrumor lie to your face.
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Cesar Cadenas has been writing about the tech industry for several years now specializing in consumer electronics, entertainment devices, Windows, and the gaming industry. But he’s also passionate about smartphones, GPUs, and cybersecurity.
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