Zhihu recently released the latest version of its AI search tool "Zhihu Direct Answer," with the core highlight being a significant upgrade to the knowledge base feature. This update not only allows users to subscribe to and share content but also achieves deep integration with the Zhihu community, aiming to provide users with an immersive, multi-scenario AI Q&A experience.
According to the information, the upgraded "Zhihu Direct Answer" knowledge base will bring a series of innovative features, including immersive reading, asking questions while reading, precise questioning, multi-document questioning, and citation prompts. These features will enable users to obtain information more efficiently and personally, and seamlessly interact with professional content and expert networks within the Zhihu community.
"Zhihu Direct Answer" as an AI search tool for the Zhihu community has continuously evolved since its launch. Previously, it already supported directly tracing the original creation of Zhihu answerers in search results and integrated DeepSeek to enhance thinking depth and reasoning ability. A relevant person in charge of Zhihu Direct Answer stated that this knowledge base upgrade will not only provide users with personalized content integration and AI Q&A experiences but also expand the content taste and professional influence of Zhihu answerers across the entire network, effectively reducing the cost for users to query professional vertical content and injecting more professional vocabulary into AI Q&A.
Zhihu founder, chairman, and CEO Zhou Yuan emphasized that Zhihu is committed to building its moat in the AI era through the collaborative evolution of "high-quality content x community expert network x AI capabilities." He pointed out that "Zhihu Direct Answer" as a new interface of the community has only achieved partial functions and expectations so far, while the expert network and professional content behind it are the essence of Zhihu's advancement in AI innovation. This indicates that Zhihu's layout in the AI field is not an isolated technical application, but a strategic extension based on its deep community accumulation and professional content ecosystem.
This major upgrade of "Zhihu Direct Answer" marks a solid step forward for Zhihu in the integration of AI and community, and is expected to further improve the efficiency and experience of users in acquiring and consuming knowledge.