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AI search engines, academic papers & knowledge management

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Research and retrieval tools are really about information overload. This collection covers search engines, paper tools, and knowledge management. Two things matter: whether a conclusion traces back to a primary source, and whether it can handle non-English literature.

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43 tools
AI Search & Research 43 tools

Grok Hot New

AI assistant by xAI, real-time web, integrated with X/Twitter, witty style

ChatWeb AccessReasoning

Microsoft Copilot Hot New

Microsoft AI assistant with Bing search and M365 ecosystem

ChatSearchOffice

Skywork Hot New

AI assistant by Kunlun Tech, DeepResearch + search, popular Chinese AI

ChatSearchChinese

Quark AI Hot New

AI search and learning tool by Alibaba, top Chinese AI search traffic

SearchLearningChinese

Nami AI Search Hot New

Multi-agent AI search by 360, DeepSeek integrated, generates videos/reports/PPTs

SearchMulti-agentChinese

Perplexity Comet Hot New

AI-native browser by Perplexity with built-in AI assistant for emails, shopping, and scheduling

BrowserAI AssistantPerplexityPersonal Assistant

Metaso AI Hot New

Chinese AI all-in-one: search, writing, PPT and more

SearchWritingChinese

Fireflies.ai Hot New

AI meeting notes platform, auto-transcription, 60+ languages

Meeting NotesTranscriptionSearch

ima Copilot Hot New

Tencent AI knowledge work partner, fully open since 5/25, Copilot Q&A + knowledge plaza + skill marketplace

TencentKnowledge ManagementCopilotSkill

Dedao Brain Hot New

Luoji Siwei AI note tool upgraded from Get Notes on 5/29, with AI auto-linking knowledge and discovering blind spots

Luoji SiweiAI NotesKnowledge ManagementProactive AI

NotebookLM Hot New

AI research tool by Google, doc Q&A + audio overview, free

Doc Q&AAudioFree

Wolfram 15 (Mathematica 15) Hot New

Wolfram computational software, symbolic and numeric computation, visualization, and programming

ComputationMathSymbolicVisualization

Artificial Analysis Hot New

Independent third-party AI model benchmarking site; the Intelligence Index weights nine evaluations, and v4.2 raised the private held-out share to 40% to curb leaderboard gaming

Model BenchmarkingLeaderboardIndependentCost Comparison

GPTZero Hot New

Leading AI content detection, millions of users, accurate AI identification

Content DetectionAI DetectionAcademic

You.com New

AI search engine, multi-model, privacy-first smart search

SearchPrivacyMulti-model

Genspark New

Multi-agent AI search workspace, all-in-one AI assistant

SearchMulti-agentWorkspace

Phind New

Developer AI search for coding Q&A and debugging

SearchCodingDebugging

Scholarcy New

AI paper summary and knowledge extraction for complex literature

Paper SummaryExtractionReading

Research Rabbit New

AI paper discovery with citation visualization, free

DiscoveryRecommendFree

Txyz.ai New

AI research assistant for paper analysis, Q&A and literature

ResearchPaper InsightsQ&A

Xinliu New

AI search by Alibaba, smart search and content summarization

SearchAI Q&AAlibaba

Zhihu Zhida New

AI search by Zhihu, quality community content, in-depth answers

SearchZhihuDeep Q&A

Felo New

Free AI search: multilingual real-time Q&A and translation search

SearchMultilingualFree

Devv New

AI search for programmers, precise coding Q&A

SearchCodingDevelopers

WeatherNext Cyclones New

AI cyclone prediction model launched by Google DeepMind, providing high-precision forecasts of hurricane paths, intensity, and wind field structure, with an average early warning of 24 hours.

Weather ForecastingCyclone ModelAI PredictionHurricane Warning

WeatherNext 3 New

The most advanced global weather AI model released by Google DeepMind and Google Research on 2026/9/3: driven by real-time satellite data, updated hourly, 5 km resolution, 15-day forecasts; integrated from today into Search/Gemini/Maps/Maps Platform Weather API/Earth Engine

Google DeepMindWeather forecastingMeteorologyScientific AI

FanRuan Moss New

Business insight agent launched by FanRuan, based on natural language querying, attribution analysis, and operational diagnosis, helping enterprises identify growth opportunities from data.

Business IntelligenceBIData AnalysisBusiness Insights

Jiushuyun New

A SaaS BI data analysis platform under FanRuan, offering AI assistant natural language querying, AI diagnostics, and AI intelligent reports, serving over 5,000 enterprises.

BIData AnalysisData VisualizationReports

Gemini Hot

Multimodal AI model by Google, deeply integrated with Google ecosystem

ChatMultimodalSearch

Perplexity Hot

AI-powered search engine providing real-time answers with citations

SearchQ&ACitations

Consensus Hot

AI academic search engine, answers from scientific papers

Academic SearchPapersResearch

Metaso AI Search Hot

Ad-free AI search engine with direct answers and structured info

SearchChineseAd-free

ChatPDF Hot

AI tool for chatting with PDF documents, asking questions and extracting information from any PDF

PDFDocument Q&AAIInformation Extraction

Humata Hot

AI document analysis tool, chat with files, instant answers and summaries from long documents

Document AnalysisAIQ&ASummary

ERNIE Bot

Large language model by Baidu with powerful Chinese capabilities

ChatChineseSearch

Tencent Yuanbao

AI assistant by Tencent, integrated with WeChat ecosystem and search

ChatChineseSearch

SciSpace

AI paper reading assistant for understanding academic papers

Paper ReadingAnalysisExplanation

Elicit

AI research assistant automating literature review and analysis

Lit ReviewResearchAutomation

Connected Papers

Paper relationship visualization for discovering related papers

Paper GraphVisualizationDiscovery

Semantic Scholar

AI academic search platform for filtering relevant papers

Academic SearchSemanticPapers

AMiner

Academic platform by Tsinghua, scholar profiles and trend analysis

AcademicScholarsChinese

360 AI Search

Qihoo 360 AI search engine, real-time information retrieval with AI-generated answers

SearchAIQihoo 360Real-time

Casetext

AI legal research assistant CoCounsel, acquired by Thomson Reuters, for case search and legal analysis

Legal ResearchCase SearchAnalysis

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