Yahoo has launched Yahoo Scout, a new AI-powered answer engine now in beta for users in the United States. Announced alongside the Yahoo Scout Intelligence Platform, the service brings generative AI features into Yahoo Mail, News, Finance, and Sports. Yahoo says Scout combines traditional web search with AI models supplied by Anthropic and Microsoft.
Yahoo Scout AI answer engine launch
Yahoo describes Yahoo Scout as an AI-powered answer engine that delivers direct responses instead of standard results lists. The product is currently available in beta to users in the United States.
The company positions Scout around everyday information needs such as travel planning, sports scores, market updates, product comparisons, and news verification.
Key technology and product integrations
Yahoo has partnered with Anthropic to make Claude the primary large language model behind Scout. The company also uses Microsoft Bing's grounding API, which links generated answers to information from across the public web. Yahoo states that this approach helps connect responses to cited online sources.
According to Yahoo, Scout draws on 500 million user profiles and a knowledge graph covering more than 1 billion entities. The company reports that it processes 18 trillion consumer events each year across its properties. Yahoo says this data supports personalized answers and suggested follow-up actions.
Within the Yahoo Scout Intelligence Platform, Yahoo outlines these uses:
- Yahoo Mail: AI-generated message summaries inside the inbox.
- Yahoo Sports: Automated game overviews and key statistics.
- Yahoo News: Highlighted takeaways from articles.
- Yahoo Finance: Tools for market context and AI-driven questions about stocks and financial news.
Eric Feng, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Yahoo Research Group, said Scout draws on a 30-year knowledge base. He stated that guidance from Scout will become more personalized over the coming months. Yahoo also signals ongoing updates to search advertising formats linked to generative AI results.
Background and availability
Yahoo reports that its combined sites and services reach about 90 percent of internet users in the United States, citing data from measurement firm Comscore. Scout is positioned as an extension of that audience reach across mail, news, finance, and sports products.
Yahoo highlights several use cases for Scout, including weather planning before travel, sports results, stock movements, product comparisons, and news fact checking.
Scout is available on the web at scout.yahoo.com. The Yahoo Scout app is available for Android and Apple devices.
Information in this report is based on Yahoo's public product descriptions and statements quoted in its Yahoo Scout announcement. Structural details about Scout's integrations across Yahoo services and data sources come from the same company materials. Availability links reference Yahoo's official Scout web experience and mobile app page, including:
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