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Design an AI answer engine that answers questions from the live web with citations.

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Search plus generation at consumer scale. The design has to deliver fresh, cited answers in a couple of seconds, resist manipulated pages, and keep cost per query viable.

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Search plus generation at consumer scale. The design has to deliver fresh, cited answers in a couple of seconds, resist manipulated pages, and keep cost per query viable.

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