Kagi Launches Quick Assistant and Research Assistant AI Tools
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Summary
Kagi announces the official release of two AI research assistants: Quick Assistant and Research Assistant (formerly called Ki during beta). The Research Assistant unexpectedly topped the SimpleQA benchmark in August 2025, though the company emphasizes they're focused on building useful products rather than optimizing for benchmarks. The article introduces these flagship research tools, explaining Kagi's philosophy that AI should augment human intelligence rather than replace it, and provides details about their capabilities and intended use cases.
Key quotes
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We're building our research assistants to be useful products, not maximize benchmark scores.
We're building our research assistants with our philosophy on using AI in our products in mind: Humans should...
Today we're releasing two research assistants: Quick Assistant and Research Assistant (previously named Ki during beta).
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