Semantic, AI-powered, search is coming to Optimizely CMS
For more than two years I've had access to this new thing that is now called Optimizely Graph. It's been a closed beta since June 2021, first under the name Project GraphQL, later Optimizely ContentGraph – and now Optimzely Graph. Optimizely really likes to update product names!
So, what is Optimizely Graph? It's a GraphQl API, it's fulltext search, and with the new experimental feature it's even semantic AI search!
Now, officially released on September 22nd.
- CG-4537 – New feature – Implement semantic search for English content (iteration 1), part 1 Cluster
Added semantic search, which uses artificial intelligence (AI) to interpret the intention of a user query and the contextual meaning of terms as their occur to return more relevant results. Semantic search solves the “vocabulary mismatch” problem. The technology to implement this supports automating synonyms, clustering documents, detecting meaning and intent in queries, question answering, chatbots, and ranking search results.
- CG-4639 – New feature – Implement semantic search for English content (iteration 1), part 2 Gateway
Added semantic search, which uses artificial intelligence (AI) to interpret the intention of a user query and the contextual meaning of terms as their occur to return more relevant results. Semantic search solves the “vocabulary mismatch” problem. The technology to implement this supports automating synonyms, clustering documents, detecting meaning and intent in queries, question answering, chatbots, and ranking search results.
- Implemented “neural search” query in Optimizely Graph query language when _fulltext is used with matching.
- Added new ranking enum in Optimizely Graph query language, for example, SEMANTIC and use this to activate neural search queries.
- Semantic search is ignored for indexes without model, so reverts to standard ranking
In the (not too distant) future we can all wave goodbye to search tuning and synonym honing, and simply trust the almighty AI.
Want to join the beta?
Want to test it out?
- Try the search field on my blog! It's using the all new semantic search! 🤖
The future's so bright, we all should be wearing shades!
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