Brave launches Ask Brave AI chat search with privacy and multimedia answers

Brave has officially launched Ask Brave, a chat-style AI search feature now directly accessible from the Brave Search homepage on any browser. This novel incarnation will provide the user with a free-form conversational method of exploring the web, wherein users are offered a greater variety of detailed and contextual answers as compared to traditional search display results. Being active by default means the user does not need to turn on any special setting for it. Instead, the user accesses it by clicking the Ask button next to the search box or switching to the Ask tab in the results. They could also add "??" to their query if they have set Brave Search as the default engine.

Whereas generic AI summaries provide short grades of their parametric results representing human, Ask Brave productizes long-form, report-style outputs to function as answers from an AI assistant like Perplexity. Building since the early emergence of AI Answers, Ask Brave takes the actual step beyond giving bare answers to offering richer and indepth ones. Ask Brave uses the Brave Search API and Deep Research capabilities when handling complicated requests, utilizing far-from-composite results with distant context from images, videos, and related news. Users can then keep up the conversation by posing some follow-ups or requesting the answer in different doctrinal forms.

What sets Ask Brave apart from many competitors is its privacy-first approach. The company has emphasized that all chat interactions are encrypted and automatically deleted after 24 hours of inactivity. Additionally, conversations are not linked to users’ IP addresses, ensuring maximum protection of personal data. This makes Brave’s AI search solution stand out in a landscape where privacy concerns often accompany AI-driven tools.

With contextual enrichments, interactive responses, and a strong commitment to privacy, Ask Brave is shaping up to be one of the most user-friendly and secure AI-powered search experiences available today. For those looking for an intelligent yet privacy-conscious alternative to other AI assistants, Brave’s latest innovation could be the perfect solution.