The APIs come in three "flavors": Web search, news, and RAG (retrieval-augmented generation). Web search gives LLMs access to the index of long snippets, news provides exclusively news results, and RAG pairs web search results with an LLM for more factual responses. However, the APIs have limitations, particularly with localized questions, and the live web is less curated than a static training dataset. The APIs start at $100 per month for 14,200 API calls after a 60-day trial with 1,000 free monthly calls.
Key takeaways:
- You.com has launched a set of APIs that give large language models (LLMs) real-time access to the open web, enhancing their ability to provide up-to-date responses to user queries.
- The APIs allow LLMs to overcome the limitation of being trained on static data, enabling them to provide contextually relevant and updated answers by accessing long snippets of websites.
- Three versions of the API are available at launch: Web search, news, and RAG (retrieval-augmented generation), each offering different capabilities for LLMs.
- The APIs start at $100 per month for 14,200 API calls after a 60-day trial that comes with 1,000 free monthly calls, with bespoke packages available for larger enterprise deals.