Introducing Kagi Assistants
2 days ago
- #Search Technology
- #AI Assistants
- #Benchmarking
- Kagi introduces two research assistants: Quick Assistant (fast, concise answers) and Research Assistant (in-depth analysis).
- Research Assistant topped the SimpleQA benchmark in August 2025 but focuses on utility over benchmark scores.
- Assistants prioritize human-centered design, verifiability, and sourced answers to enhance, not replace, search.
- Quick Assistant is available on all plans; Research Assistant is for Ultimate tier users.
- Access assistants via search bar using bangs: '!quick' or '!research' followed by a query.
- Research Assistant uses multiple tools (web search, code execution, APIs) for comprehensive answers.
- Kagi emphasizes continuous model benchmarking to select the best-performing models for specific tasks.
- SimpleQA benchmark revealed Kagi Search's superiority as a backend due to less noisy results.
- Kagi avoids overfitting to benchmarks to maintain ethical design and user-focused improvements.