Generative Search Glossary Definition

Term Generative Search
Definition

Generative search is a search experience that uses generative AI to synthesize answers, summaries, or recommendations from retrieved information.

Context & Usage

It can reduce the number of clicks needed for some questions, but it increases the need to evaluate citations, source freshness, omitted context, and hallucination risk.

Categories Technical Writing and Documentation, Knowledge Management and Content Governance, Web, Database, Cloud, and DevOps Technologies, Artificial Intelligence