Consensus
NewAI search engine that finds scientific consensus on research questions by synthesizing peer-reviewed literature.
About Consensus
Consensus is an AI-powered research search engine that answers questions using evidence from peer-reviewed scientific literature, providing consensus meters that visualize how much the body of research agrees or disagrees on a given topic. Users search in natural language and receive AI-synthesized summaries of what the research says, with every claim linked to its supporting paper. Consensus indexes over 200 million papers from Semantic Scholar and applies AI to assess the direction and confidence of findings across the literature. It is designed to make research-backed answers accessible to non-experts—whether journalists fact-checking claims, policymakers assessing evidence, or students writing research papers. Consensus's GPT-4-powered Copilot synthesizes answers in conversational form while maintaining full traceability to primary sources.
Pros
- Consensus meter visualizes scientific agreement or disagreement at a glance
- Every claim is linked to its primary peer-reviewed source
- Natural language search makes scientific literature accessible to non-experts
Cons
- Free monthly search limits restrict heavy research users
- Coverage weighted toward biomedical and social sciences
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