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AI research tools for consultants
How consultants can use an answer engine, a source notebook, and paper tools without citing a summary they did not check.
Perplexity
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Perplexity is an answer engine. You ask a question and it replies with a written answer and citations you can open. It is useful for a first pass, not for the last word on a regulated topic. Free and paid plans are published. Open the citations before you repeat a claim to a client.
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- https://www.perplexity.ai/
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Perplexity vs Gemini Notebook
Perplexity searches the web and cites pages. Gemini Notebook, formerly NotebookLM, answers from sources you upload. Here is how to choose for client research.
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Elicit
Elicit is a research tool for finding and screening academic papers and pulling them into a table. Consultants use it to turn a question into a set of studies to read. It is not a general web chatbot. Check what the current plan can search, and read a paper before you cite it.
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Gemini Notebook
Gemini Notebook is Google's research notebook, the product many people still know as NotebookLM. You add sources, then ask questions and request summaries grounded in those sources. It is offered through a Google account. Check the official page for current access rules, and do not upload confidential client files to a personal account.
Research Free and paid plans
SciSpace
SciSpace is a workspace for reading research papers, with explanations of passages and help finding related work. It suits someone who already has a PDF and wants help getting through it. Check storage limits on the site. The PDF, not the explanation, is the source you cite.