Open Deep Search arrives to challenge Perplexity and ChatGPT Search
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Summary
Open Deep Search (ODS) has been released by researchers at the Sentient Foundation and is available as open source, in contrast to many search options that use large language models (LLMs), which are generally proprietary.
ODS matches the performance of commercial AI search services, such as Perplexity and ChatGPT Search, but allows users to modify the code to suit their needs.
It works by giving LLMs access to search tools and other resources, generating answers to questions by using a reasoning agent that integrates with the search tool.
The ODS reasoning agent can work with both open-source and closed models and can handle complex tasks, thanks to the option to use multiple search iterations.
Sentient intends to use the open inputs/open outputs strategy to supersede the capabilities of commercial AI search services.