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posted by martyb on Thursday January 26 2017, @02:40AM   Printer-friendly
from the and-watches-you-as-you-look dept.

The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative has acquired Meta, an "AI-powered" search engine for science papers. The tool will be made free later in the year:

Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan's $45 billion philanthropy organization is making its first acquisition in order to make it easier for scientists to search, read and tie together more than 26 million science research papers. The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative is acquiring Meta, an AI-powered research search engine startup, and will make its tool free to all in a few months after enhancing the product.

Meta could help scientists find the latest papers related to their own projects, while assisting funding organizations to collaborate with researchers and identify high-potential areas for investment or impact. What's special about Meta is that its AI recognizes authors and citations between papers so it can surface the most important research instead of just what has the best SEO. It also provides free full-text access to 18,000 journals and literature sources.

Previously: David Plouffe Tapped by the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative to Lead its Policy and Advocacy Team


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  • (Score: 2) by PiMuNu on Thursday January 26 2017, @12:21PM

    by PiMuNu (3823) on Thursday January 26 2017, @12:21PM (#458878)

    Just a reminder that AI doesnt mean anything. You might as well say "Heuristic Multi-stage Genetic Algorithm" but it wouldn't evoke images of attractive rendered female assistants making flying cars and stuff, so they don't bother.

    (or at least I presume AI == some neural network algorithm, the article doesnt really say)

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