Search Results for "semantic documents"

txtai executes machine-learning workflows to transform data and build AI-powered semantic search applications. Traditional search systems use keywords to find data. Semantic search applications have an understanding of natural language and identify results that have the same meaning, not necessarily the same keywords. Backed by state-of-the-art machine learning models, data is transformed into vector representations for search (also known as embeddings).

PageIndex is an innovative open-source framework that reimagines retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) by eliminating conventional vector similarity search and instead building hierarchical semantic indexes that mirror a document’s natural structure. Rather than chunking text and embedding it into a vector database, PageIndex constructs a tree-structured index — similar to a detailed, AI-enhanced table of contents — that a large language model can traverse to locate the most relevant sections of long documents. This reasoning-driven retrieval aligns more naturally with how humans explore complex texts, improving relevance and traceability, especially in professional domains like financial reports, legal contracts, and technical manuals. ...